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    Letter |

    Greens-EFA letter to Vice-President Sefcovic and Commissioner-designate Hoekstra on the Green Deal

    In their letter, the Greens/EFA group wants to highlight again the climate and biodiversity crisis we are in and the emergency to act and fully deliver on the transformative EU Green Deal agenda in the months to come. Summer 2023 has been the hottest summer ever recorded. The door to keep 1.5°C alive is closing at an alarming pace and the…
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    Video |

    What does it mean to look beyond growth?

    What is the problem of our current economic model and who benefits from it? What needs to change? Learn from Kate Raworth, Vandana Shiva, Jason Hickel, Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Timothée Parrique.
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    Green jobs

    By greening our economies, we can provide high-quality green jobs to fight unemployment and at the same time combat climate change and environmental degradation. This brochure looks at Europe’s opportunities for creating green jobs and the efforts of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament to boost green employment.
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    European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
    News |

    Debriefing of the July Plenary Session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the Nature Restauration Law above all, but also files of the Fit for 55 package, Industrial Emissions Directive, Search and rescue in the Mediterranean, Ecodesign Regulation, and more to discover.
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    Policy Paper |

    Green design: the way forward for a true circular economy

    How will the EU ensure tech and fashion companies make long lasting, robust and quality products that don’t harm people and planet? A new law (called Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation) will tackle these problems by setting circular design criteria on just about all consumer goods. This will be a gamechanger
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    News |

    Plenary Flash 10-13 July 2023

    On the agenda this week: nature restoration law, Fit for 55 & industrial emissions directive, search & rescue in the Mediterranean, EU Chips Act, ecodesign regulation, ING2/Qatargate,...
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    Industrial farming seen from above / CCO no one cares
    Press release |

    EPP and Renew align with far-right extremists against nature restoration

    A majority of EPP, Renew and right-wing populists in the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee rejected the European Commission's proposal for a Directive on Nature Restoration. The rejection is part of an ideological right-wing campaign against the Green Deal and key legislation to protect the climate and conserve natural resources.
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    Event |

    The Beyond Growth 2023 Conference

    The Beyond Growth 2023 Conference is a multi-stakeholder event aiming to co-create policies for sustainable prosperity in Europe. The organisers aim to redefine societal goals across the board, in order to move away from the harmful focus on the sole economic growth as the basis of our development model. Visit the website to rewatch the …
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    Opinion |

    No economy on a dead planet: why we need to move beyond “growth” to a sustainable economic system

    Philippe Lamberts
    Opinion by Philippe Lamberts
    MEP Philippe Lamberts explains why we need a shift to a new, sustainable economic model and how the Beyond Growth Conference 2023 will help.
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    Aerial view crowd of people green jobs / iStock
    Opinion |

    Green jobs are the future: Why protecting the planet and fighting for worker’s rights go hand in hand

    Sara Matthieu Kira Peter-Hansen Mounir Satouri Kim Van Sparrentak
    Opinion by Sara Matthieu & Kira Peter-Hansen & Mounir Satouri & Kim Van Sparrentak
    Green jobs will save the planet and our health! This Labour Day, hear from four Green MEPs fighting for worker's rights, equal pay and more.
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