
Action alert! Don’t let review dilute EU’s vital nature laws
. The EU Birds and Habitats Directives (aka the Nature Directives) exist to protect wildlife species and habitats in the UK and Europe – but these laws are under review…
Read article. The EU Birds and Habitats Directives (aka the Nature Directives) exist to protect wildlife species and habitats in the UK and Europe – but these laws are under review…
Read articleEighteen international environmental and conservation organisations are calling on European Union governments to halt all exports of raw ivory when the EU’s Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora…
Read articleAccording to leaked documents, the European Commission’s new Vice-President Frans Timmermans plans to scrap innovative proposals to increase recycling and reduce waste as well as plans to tackle air pollution…
Read articleThis time last year, I was recovering from two full-on weeks at the annual climate summit – or CoP – which had just come to an end in Warsaw, Poland.…
Read article. Over a million marine mammals, birds, turtles and fish die every year as a result of entanglement or ingestion of marine debris, choking and entangled in man-made litter. The…
Read articleLast week, two events put climate policy back in the news: the United Nations climate conference in Bonn and the EU Summit on Europe’s 2030 climate and energy targets. In…
Read article. The Chinese have a saying about drinking poison to quench a thirst, “yin zhen zhi ke”, used to warn against hasty remedies with consequences worse than the problem itself.…
Read articleMore than a year after it came into law, the European Commission (EC) has published a scorecard accessing the progress of the 28 member states in implementing the European Union…
Read articleAs a member of OceanCare’s Silent Oceans coalition, we’re pleased to share this latest press release from the campaign: WÄDENSWIL: Oil companies plan to search for oil near the…
Read articleThe European Commission has issued a headline target of a 30 per cent reduction in marine litter in Europe’s seas by 2020. This target forms a part of the Commission’s…
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