Government approves badger culling to 2026 and ignores public consultation
Today’s announcement follows a public consultation earlier this year. With the support of The Wildlife Trusts, over 39,000 people responded to the Government’s consultation...
World’s leading environmental event opens in 100 days
Gland, Switzerland, 27 May 2021 (IUCN) – The next IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest environmental decision-making forum, is only 100 days away....
Plans for ‘green’ jet fuels threaten to repeat biofuels mistakes –...
Many European governments are getting serious about developing sustainable jet fuels to tackle the climate impact of flying. But a new report shows Spain,...
Use of climate-warming fluorinated gases continues to drop across EU
Demand for and use of climate-warming fluorinated gases continues to drop across the European Union, according to the latest annual update of EU progress...
Increase in world plant-based sales amidst pandemic
Plant-based food sales figures have constantly been growing over the past years, but the market has seen a sudden steep increase in the first...
Directly to your hormones. A disruptive food guide
Today, PAN Europe's Spanish member Ecologistas en Acción presented its report "Directly to your hormones. A disruptive food guide" (Original title: Directo a tus...
EU Promotes Greater Global Responsibility on Plastic Waste – But Not...
In April of last year, the European Union joined Norway in co-sponsoring amendments to the world’s only waste treaty to establish new trade controls...
Green deal for Europe: First reactions from MEPs
MEPs convened in a plenary session to discuss with Ursula von der Leyen and Frans Timmermans the roadmap to a climate-neutral continent.
Following Parliament’s recent...
4 in 10 cars sold globally are SUVs – making them...
The increasing sales of SUVs is the second largest contributor to the rise in global CO2 emissions, the International Energy Agency has found. Between...
One million EVs to be sold next year in Europe alone
The rise of affordable electric cars is driven by EU law and achievable based on carmakers’ latest production plans.
• Carmakers have four tools at...
Governments plan to miss EU climate goals – analysis
A new climate ranking shows that EU governments’ plans to cut pollution from transport, Europe’s biggest emitter, will fail to meet their own 2030...
Rewriting genes could have broad knock-on effects on nature – IUCN...
The emerging field of synthetic biology could affect nature in ways that go beyond single genetically engineered organisms, according to an IUCN report published...
