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    Cows / CC0 Stijn Te Strake
    Cows / CC0 Stijn Te Strake
    Opinion |

    It’s (already) time to save the Green Deal

    Benoît Biteau Claude Gruffat
    Opinion by Benoît Biteau & Claude Gruffat
    The farming population is in freefall, with Europe having lost 50% of its farmers in 20 years. Consumers are demanding healthier food produced as close to home as possible.
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    People sitting at a table with laptops/ CC0 Headway
    People sitting at a table with laptops/ CC0 Headway
    Opinion |

    Put rights and freedoms at the centre of the upcoming Digital Services Act

    Patrick Breyer Alexandra Geese Marcel Kolaja
    Opinion by Patrick Breyer & Alexandra Geese & Marcel Kolaja
    The farming population is in freefall, with Europe having lost 50% of its farmers in 20 years. Consumers are demanding healthier food produced as close to home as possible.
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    Forest in Brazil - Joao Tzanno
    Forest in Brazil
    Opinion |

    EU-Mercosur agreement

    This is the first time that the European Parliament has sent such a clear signal that the EU-Mercosur agreement in its present form cannot be ratified by the Parliament. The alarming situation in the Amazon played an important role in the vote.
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    Europe's Regions must play key role in EU Recovery Plan

    Diana Riba i Giner
    Opinion by Diana Riba i Giner
    EFA MEP Diana Riba has called for Europe's regions to play a key role in the the EU's forthcoming recovery plan, designed to help the EU's economy and society recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Diana Riba was speaking in the European Parliament's debate on the recen...
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    Brazil Container Port
    Opinion |

    Time to put the European Green Deal at the heart of trade policy

    Saskia Bricmont Anna Cavazzini
    Opinion by Saskia Bricmont & Anna Cavazzini
    Trade Commissioner nominee Valdis Dombrovskis faces a packed in-tray. The EU’s trade policy needs a complete overhaul in order to be adapted to the EU’s new sustainability goals and to harness globalisation.
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    Climate March Sign 'There is no Planet B' / CC0 Markus Spiske
    Climate March Sign 'There is no Planet B' / CC0 Markus Spiske
    Opinion |

    The European climate targets by 2030

    The Paris Agreement was signed by 195 countries in 2015. They all agreed on the core objective of keeping the global average temperature rise well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, while pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. Five years later, not one of those 195 countries is in line with its target. We need rapid and radical action…
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    Fruits and vegetables in a wooden box/ CC0 Shelley Pauls
    Fruits and vegetables in a wooden box/ CC0 Shelley Pauls
    Opinion |

    Farm to fork strategy

    Agriculture is both hugely responsible and affected by climate change. The food we eat, how it’s made and where it comes from plays an important role in the system change that we are fighting for, since our global food system accounts for nearly one third of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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    Women and child looking out window
    Opinion |

    The EU Commission’s Renovation Wave must put people first

    Ciarán Cuffe
    Opinion by Ciarán Cuffe
    Increasing the energy efficiency of buildings and the renovation rate in Europe is a win-win. It’s a chance to tackle poverty, create jobs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, says Ciarán Cuffe, Greens/EFA MEP and rapporteur on the European Parliament’s report: ‘Maximising the energy efficiency of the EU Building stock’.
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    Opinion |

    Radical transformation of our agricultural system needed, not GMOs

    Biodiversity and ecosystems are under extreme threat, with around one million species facing extinction. To avert the worst consequences of runaway climate change, urgent action needs to be taken now.In order to respond to these unprecedented and closely interlinked crises, our food and agricultural systems need to be rapidly transformed.…
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    Slash and burn amazon ©Matt Zimmerman (CC BY 2.0)
    slash and burn amazon
    Opinion |

    The Mercosur Trade Agreement: A lose-lose deal

    When you go to the official website of the EU-Mercosur agreement, the first sentence you see is: ‘A union of countries working as one to secure the well-being of their people’. This is outrageous when you realise that this agreement will emphasize deforestation, biodiversity loss, land grabbing, violation of human rights and adding to …