Environment

CLIMATE, COMMUNITY & BIODIVERSITY STANDARDS RELEASED

The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) announced the release of the Third Edition of the Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) Standards​ and accompanying Rules for the Use of the CCB Standards following a yearlong participatory...

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NGOs and beekeepers take legal action to defend EU ban of bee-killing pesticides against Syngenta and Bayer

Greenpeace International, Bee Life European Beekeeping Coordination and 4 other environmental and consumer organisations (Pesticides Action Network Europe, ClientEarth, Buglife and SumOfUs) are applying to intervene at the European Court of Justice to...

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Funding Boost for Forests and Climate Protection

In a further boost for global efforts to combat climate change and tropical deforestation, Norway has pledged $100 million to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), the World Bank administered facility that was set up to compensate developing...

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Knockout blow for GM 1507 Maize as Court of Justice annuls authorisation of controversial GM potato

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Greenpeace and Avaaz present 1 Million EU Citizens against GMO Crops at the European Commission, Brussels, September...

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