Restoring nature, protecting biodiversity: We cannot wait until it’s all over To act or not to act: The European Parliament heard the ENVI Committee’s call for effective action to support nature; the…
Revising RED: The absurdity of burning trees as ‘zero carbon’ must end Forestry and bioenergy industries are piling on pressure to preserve lucrative bioenergy subsidies. In its upcoming RED…
Mercosur throws a spanner in the EU trade works Trade ministers cannot see eye to eye when the EU-Mercosur agreement is in the picture In part because of the controversial EU-Mercosur agreement, EU…
Elsewhere, due diligence moves forward The United Kingdom and G7 members take steps toward due diligence measures A spoke may have been put in the wheels of the EU’s due diligence proposals, but…
Due diligence… but not just yet With the delay of two legislative proposals on deforestation and sustainable corporate governance, accountability has been pushed back. Two European Commission…
The EU Renewable Energy Directive Recast An opportunity to help meet climate and biodiversity objectives An opportunity to help meet climate and biodiversity objectives The European Union’s (EU)…
The UK wants to spearhead the fight to protect the world’s forests... ...but trade, environmental protection and social justice don’t have to be mutually exclusive, says Chiara…
Putting the Environment in Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Ensuring corporate accountability for environmental impacts in the upcoming EU directive on sustainable corporate…
Unsustainable and Ineffective: Why EU Forest Biomass Standards won't stop destruction There has been intense criticism of the European Union (EU) Renewable Energy Directive (RED) for leading to…
The International Energy Agency's Net Zero Plan threatened by the 'false climate solution' of bioenergy, say scientists and NGOs The International Energy Agency (IEA) today published a new energy…
