For a successful green energy transition, the EU must reduce its demand for energy and resources, while safeguarding forests and protecting peoples’ rights. What is critical raw…
Critical Raw Materials: Mining on Sámi land without their consent Europe is desperate to secure critical raw materials for the green energy and digital transitions. But mining must not happen on Sámi…
Crunch time for EU deforestation law The Swedish government is trying to undermine the EU’s landmark deforestation law so that it can continue exploiting the Sámi people's land, says Lina Burnelius -…
CSDDD: Innovative law nearly scrapped by political bullying The recently agreed Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) is an extremely innovative law, although that may not be…
Cutting corners: World Bank’s forest and carbon fund fails forests and peoples How the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is failing forests and peoples. In December 2007 the World Bank…
Danish state aid case illustrates Commission’s biomass blind spot Consideration of bioenergy’s external costs is fundamental for assessing compatibility of state aid. In May 2020, the European…
Deadly price of activism On May 23, 2015, it was reported that Jopi Peranginangin, an Indonesian activist “who opposed unbridled palm oil expansion,” was stabbed to death in Jakarta (the…
2023 Fern helped to restrict bioenergy incentives in the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive Improving the third Renewable Energy Directive (RED) revision was a major campaign co-led by…
Declaration of Civil Society Organisations from Forested Tropical Countries In September 2019, environmental and human rights defenders from Africa and Asia came to the EU to sound the alarm over…
Deep in Denial When the head of the WTO says trade does not impact the environment we should all be worried. When the head of the WTO says trade does not impact the environment we should all be…
