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    Press release |

    Commission list of Project of Common Interest will further lock EU into fossil energy

    The European Commission has published the 5th list of Project of Common Interest (PCI)  on cross border energy infrastructures. While COP26 is in full swing, the European Commission is proposing to develop and eventually fund fossil gas projects. The Greens/EFA group calls for the rejection of this list and for alternative projects that …
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    Photo by Daniel Sandvik on Unsplash
    Press release |

    Use of SLAPPs to muzzle press, civil society & environmental defenders must end

    Members of the European Parliament debate a report on the use of Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs) in Europe to silence critical voices such as NGOs, journalists, environmental and human rights defenders. MEPs will vote on the report tomorrow, ahead of an expected Commission proposal for legislation on the use of SL…
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    Press release |

    EFA President calls for European response to crisis at EU/Belarus border

    President of the EFA Group in the European Parliament Jordi Solé MEP has called for a European response to the growing migrant crisis at the EU's border with Belarus. Belarus' dictator Lukashenko stands accused of cruelly using migrants as a tool in a hybrid attack on the EU, follo...
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    Study |

    Towards comprehensive reform of investment protection

    This study develops proposals for a reform of EU investment protection agreements and investment protection chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements. It suggests limiting the substance of investment protection to the principles of non-discrimination (national treatment and most favoured nation treatment) and to compensation for expropriation,…
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    Policy Paper |

    Alternatives to gas projects on the 5th PCI are possible

    In the middle of COP26, here is a Green/EFA proposal to replace fossil gas projects with projects to achieve a 100% renewable based energy system. Alternative projects aligned with EU climate targets are available!
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    Video |

    #COP26 - Not a moment to waste

    The UN Climate Conference #COP26 starts today in Glasgow, Scotland! We know what we need to do. Scientists have been clear about it for over 30 years. But politicians have done too little, too late.
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    Video |

    100,000 people march for climate justice at COP26 in Glasgow

    100,000 people marched in #Glasgow yesterday. 100,000 people demanding climate justice. 100,000 people demanding real climate action. The climate crisis is here. But so are we.
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    Opinion |

    Gender and COP26: Why the climate summit should be on every feminist’s agenda

    Alice Kuhnke
    Opinion by Alice Kuhnke
    Gender justice cannot be sidelined when debating the future of our planet. It’s time for governments and institutions to take note, and put gender equality at the heart of any viable strategies on climate and ecology.
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    Video |

    The climate crisis is here - Part 1

    Numerous typhoons in the Philippines, unpredictable droughts in Uganda and life-threatening floods in Belgium - The climate crisis and its devastating effects are now everywhere and undeniable. But it's the communities least responsible, that are most affected by climate change. These are just a few stories from the front-line of humanity…
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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 |

    DAILY UPDATES FROM COP26

    Alice Kuhnke Ciarán Cuffe Jakop Dalunde Bas Eickhout Pär Holmgren Ville Niinistö Marie Toussaint Thomas Waitz
    Opinion by Alice Kuhnke & Ciarán Cuffe & Jakop Dalunde & Bas Eickhout & Pär Holmgren & Ville Niinistö & Marie Toussaint & Thomas Waitz
    This year's UN Climate Change Conference #COP26 has officially started in #Glasgow. If you want to get the latest news from COP26, check out our live blog! Fridays for Future International climate activists and our MEPs will give you daily updates straight from Glasgow