Green homes: Resource sufficiency is key to achieving climate neutrality
Europe must go beyond energy efficiency and recognise the need for resource sufficiency in the real estate and...
Month: June 2021
Germany, stop therapeutic obstinacy on coal, NGOs demand
The German government plans to spend billions of taxpayers’ money to prop up an industry in its endgame....
The link between forever growth and Belgium’s ‘forever chemicals’ scandal
Toxic pollution is not an inevitable byproduct of prosperity. The choice between poisoning or poverty is a false...
Restoring the natural link between biodiversity and climate
Ecosystem restoration is a golden opportunity to repair biodiversity, combat climate change and improve human health, a major...
Toxic impact of widespread polymer pollution set to remain a mystery
Europe’s first rules to investigate growing concerns of the toxic impacts from widespread polymer pollution are set to...
Urgent break with fast fashion needed in upcoming EU textile laws
NGOs rebuff voluntary agreements to clean up the fashion industry, calling for the EU’s upcoming textile legislation to...
Heating our homes without heating up the planet
A handful of leading manufacturers of heating systems are paving the way for clean heating, showing that ditching...
Countering gender invisibility in national recovery plans
We urge finance ministers to avoid a return to austerity and to fundamentally reform the fiscal framework in...
A blueprint for breaking free from mining by 2050
Digging more mines on land and in fragile ecosystems like the deep sea threatens the biodiversity and ecosystems...
EU prepares to ‘make sustainable products the norm’
EU officials want to table new circular economy laws aimed at fostering responsible supply chains and pushing back...
