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European banks fuel land-grabs in Uganda

21 May 2013

European banks and pension funds continue to finance one of the largest and most destructive palm oil giants Wilmar International, according to new research released today by Friends of the Earth Europe [1]. Well known banks including HSBC, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and Rabobank offer financial assistance to Wilmar valuing over one billion euro, and European and American financial institutions own shares in the company worth €621 million [2].

16 April 2013

Corporate reporting proposal not enough to improve companies' behaviour

Brussels, April 16 – A proposal released today by the European Commission to require large European companies to report on environmental and social issues will not guarantee ethical corporate behaviour according to the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ). [1]

27 March 2013

EU climate and energy plans for 2030 dangerously inadequate

Brussels, March 27 - EU officials today published details of their planned approach to climate and energy policy until 2030. Friends of the Earth Europe has described the plans as ‘dangerously inadequate’ and particularly criticised the lack of legally binding targets to encourage more energy from renewables and more energy savings.

The European Commission’s strategy paper [1] indicates the executive’s clear support for a legally binding target for reducing EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

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10 May 2013

2030 climate and energy policy: the time is now

7 Mar 2013

Hidden impacts: How Europe's resource overconsumption promotes global land conflicts

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- Agrofuels
  Plant-based fuels from agriculture. Also known as biofuels
- Climate justice
  Genuine, just solutions to climate change
- Energy savings
  Energy efficiency and its benefits
- Extractive industries
  Oil and gas exploration, and mining
- Renewable energy
  Clean alternatives to fossil fuels
- Shale gas
  Unconventional gas and the extraction process known as ‘fracking’
- Sustainable EU funds
  EU Structural and Cohesion funds, principally for central and eastern Europe
- Tar sands
  Unconventional oil. Also known as oil sands
- The Big Ask
  European climate campaign for annual emissions cuts

- Conflicts of interest
  Differing and competing interests in the EU institutions
- Corporate accountability
  Making companies accountable for harm they cause anywhere in the world
- Corporate capture
  When EU and international policy-making is overly influenced by business and interest groups
- Greenwashing
  Company advertising at odds with real environmental impacts
- Lobby transparency
  Lobby registration, ethical practice, and access to documents

- Banking regulation
  Getting banks to take responsibility for social and environmental risks
- EU Budget
  How EU money can be better spent
- Food speculation
  Betting on foodstuffs, and how to regulate it
- Sustainable EU funds
  EU Structural and Cohesion funds, principally for central and eastern Europe

- Agriculture
  Food and farming in Europe and its global impacts
- Agrofuels
  Plant-based fuels from agriculture. Also known as biofuels
- Biodiversity
  Species and habitat protection in Europe and around the globe
- Food sovereignty
  The right to define sustainable and just food policies
- Food speculation
  Betting on foodstuffs, and how to regulate it
- GMOs
  Genetically modified crops and organisms
- Land
  Measuring Europe’s land footprint and tackling the drivers of land grabbing

- Biodiversity
  Species and habitat protection in Europe and around the globe
- Extractive industries
  Oil and gas exploration, and mining
- Land
  Measuring Europe’s land footprint and tackling the drivers of land grabbing
- Materials and waste
  Reducing, reusing and recycling resources
- Resource use
  Europe’s consumption of land, materials, water and carbon
- Shale gas
  Unconventional gas and the extraction process known as ‘fracking’
- Tar sands
  Unconventional oil. Also known as oil sands
- Water use
  Measuring Europe’s water footprint

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European banks fuel land-grabs in Uganda

Corporate reporting proposal not enough to improve companies' behaviour

EU climate and energy plans for 2030 dangerously inadequate

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2030 climate and energy policy: the time is now

Hidden impacts: How Europe's resource overconsumption promotes global land conflicts