June 4, 2024
The mid year UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn takes place 3 June – 13 June 2024 and EPN Biomass Action Network is represented there by several network members. Once again we are bringing opposition to biomass burning as a climate solution to the UNFCCC. A group of campaigners from our network are attending the […]
Read MoreMay 31, 2024
The meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) that took place in May in Nairobi ended in disarray, as Parties ended up in polarized discussions
about financial resources and other means of implementation for the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) that was adopted in December 2022. As a
result, no agreement was reached on many issues.
May 21, 2024
How an ‘independent third-party’ assessment casts shadows over the most highly regarded sustainable forestry certification scheme. Is Paper Excellence, Canada’s largest forestry company, controlled by the notorious giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP)? The question is relevant because the certification standard Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) formally disassociated from APP in October 2007, citing “substantial, publicly […]
Read MoreMay 15, 2024
This telling Greenpeace report unveils the deforestation of old-growth forests in Sweden for throw-away cardboard packaging of e-commerce brands Today, Greenpeace Sweden has unveiled the report ‘Killed by Cardboard: How old-growth forests in Sweden end up as boxes for global e-commerce’ that shows how the e-commerce industry is fueling the deforestation of century-old forests […]
Read MoreApril 24, 2024
Today the European Parliament voted on the final deal of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which was stripped of its most meaningful provisions to tackle the growing amount of paper packaging waste. The paper packaging industry lobbied ruthlessly and managed to eliminate the ban on throw-away paper packaging, including grouped packaging (such as […]
Read MoreMarch 28, 2024
On Friday, the 22nd of March, Sorbatua Siallagan, the head of the Dolok Parmonangan indigenous community in North Sumatra, was approached by ten men in plain clothes, forced into a black car and taken away, while in the village to buy some fertilizer for his community. The men turned out to be police agents, who […]
Read MoreMarch 18, 2024
Destruction calls into question “zero-deforestation” commitment of the world’s largest viscose producer Jakarta, March 18, 2024 – Today, a coalition of leading environmental organizations have released the report Deforestation Anonymous that sheds light on the alarming resurgence of deforestation in Indonesia, driven by PT Mayawana Persada in Indonesian Borneo. The evidence presented in the report […]
Read MoreMarch 5, 2024
The final EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation was agreed in trilogue despite being stripped of its most pressing provisions. (March 5 2024, Brussels) – Yesterday the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union released the final text of the long-awaited compromise on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Negotiations between the European […]
Read MoreFebruary 21, 2024
Glenn Beltz/flicker (CC BY 2.0) At least 46 people have died, and more than 1,100 homes have been destroyed in the worst forest fires to hit Chile in a decade. In the first week of February, the fires have been commonly attributed to climate change. This is correct, but only part of the truth. What […]
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