UN Climate Action Summit: Every silver lining has a raincloud The Climate Action Summit had a host of upsides. Most came with a downside. The UN Climate Action Summit in New York, September 2019,…
NGOs submit complaint regarding long-term destructive logging in Romania Logging occurs far beyond what is permitted or reported, even within Natura 2000 sites. Estimates state that Romania is home…
The ‘Greenest’ Commission that Europe has ever seen? How do the Commissioners-designate plan to protect forests and people and halt deforestation, both within and outside the EU? Fern follows the…
The EU at the UN Climate Action Summit: Finally getting somewhere? The Climate Action Summit may have disappointed, but the new EU Commission First Vice-President is off to a positive start. Frans…
California Public Agency Endorses Controversial Forest Carbon-Trading Standard The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has adopted a repackaged, unproven standard for California. But its impact…
Civil society from emerging nations share their views on forests in danger and EU policies NGO leaders from tropical forested nations offer first-hand accounts on what is needed for effective forest…
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…
NDCs and Forests - Taking Stock and Moving Ahead 2019 is a critical year for climate ambition and revisions of National Determined Contributions (NDCs). Coordination SUD and Fern has…
Why the European Union must halt free trade negotiations with Brazil Sonia Guajajara, spokesperson of Brazilian Indigenous Peoples, explains the threats they currently face and ask the EU to support…
