🌍 The private sector and governments must lead the way to the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (#EUDR)! 🌱 Here’s what we take away from the current negotiations around the 1-year postponement of the EUDR. ✅ Progressive private action matters. No matter the outcome of the negotiations, companies across the globe must not slow down their preparation. They should head-start the implementation of the upcoming rules now. Jointly, we must show that ambitious deforestation-free supply chains are achievable in practice. This is the time for private sector leadership. ✅Collaboration across the globe is needed. The EUDR will play a crucial role in halting deforestation worldwide. So will many other local, national and international initiatives. The Group of 20 (G20) has highlighted the importance of forests and the need for joint efforts to their conservation in the final declaration launched by the Brazilian presidency last week ( ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gf56FbG3). We can halt deforestation, but only together! ✅Support must be massively expanded. More financial and technical support to implement the EUDR is necessary. A focus on creating benefits and new business opportunities in forest regions and countries, especially for small farmers and communities, is needed. The societal costs of losing more forests and biodiversity surpass by far the cost for a massive expansion of support! 🌟 Call to Action: We urge progressive businesses and policymakers to lead by example. Let us not slow down but show leadership for active preparation, collaboration and support for implementing the EUDR and other measures to halt deforestation around the globe. Deforestation-free value chains are within reach, but every day counts. Let’s act now to protect our planet, biodiversity, and future resilience. ❓ What has happened: The last weeks have shown that the EU’s ambition to protect the world’s forests from EU-related agricultural supply chains is in danger. The EU Commission, Parliament and Council are all in favour of delaying the start of application of the EUDR by one year. They are however still negotiating a proposal by the EU Parliament to introduce a “no-risk” category. #EUDR #Deforestation #SustainableSupplyChains #ClimateAction #BusinessLeadership Louise Simon Dr. Elisabeth Hoch Sofia Helena Zanella Carra, PhD Louisa von Essen
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HARMFULL EU SUBSIDIES 💶 A must read - no wonder nature in Europe is declining so rapidly. And as EU citizens, we are all contributing to these harmful subsidies - through our tax payments. It is so important to make sure people are aware of this, and that nature provides our life systems - water, soil, air, food, protection, biodiversity. We need to change the way we treat nature, and restore at a large scale. Harmful subsidies need to stop! 🔗 Read the report on https://bit.ly/3UDQLa1 #RestoreNature #GenerationRestoration #rewilding
❗ A new WWF report shows that, every year, EU Member States are channelling an astonishing €34-48 billion into activities that harm nature 😲 Shockingly, up to 60% of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding —that’s more than €32 billion— is detrimental to nature while failing to support the farmers 🚜💔 The misallocation of taxpayers’ money spans other major sectors: 🐠 Fisheries: between €59 - €138 million 🚛 Transport infrastructures: between €1.7 billion - €14.1 billion 💧 Water infrastructures: between €1.3 billion - €2 billion Redirecting these harmful subsidies is not only urgent but also entirely feasible. Doing so could help bridge the €18 billion annual financing gap required to meet the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy targets 🐝 It's time for a major policy shift! Let’s prioritise nature for a sustainable transition that leaves no-one behind 💚 🔗 Read the report on https://bit.ly/3UDQLa1 #votefutureEU
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Great and important work by Trinomics team, supporting the most recent publication of WWF on mapping EU harmful-subsidies. Key take-aways: 🌍 EU Subsidies Impact: Member States are channeling €34 billion to €48 billion of EU subsidies annually into activities detrimental to biodiversity. 🚜 Sector Spanning: Biodiversity harmful subsidies are prevalent across major economic sectors, notably agriculture, forestry, fisheries, transport, and water infrastructure. 🌾 CAP Influence: Most harmful subsidies stem from the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), due to the significant EU funds allocated to agricultural production. 💰Financing Gap and 🔄 Repurposing Subsidies: To achieve the EU’s biodiversity goals by 2030, an annual investment of €48 billion is still needed. Repurposing can support bridging the financing gap! Repurposing EU subsidies from harmful activities to nature-positive activities is not only feasible, but also necessary if we want to close the financing gap and achieve our biodiversity and nature goals, ultimately supporting ambitions to remain below 1.5 ! Well done Petra Remeta, Līza L. and Oana Forestier! #naturepositive #climatenaturenexus
❗ A new WWF report shows that, every year, EU Member States are channelling an astonishing €34-48 billion into activities that harm nature 😲 Shockingly, up to 60% of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding —that’s more than €32 billion— is detrimental to nature while failing to support the farmers 🚜💔 The misallocation of taxpayers’ money spans other major sectors: 🐠 Fisheries: between €59 - €138 million 🚛 Transport infrastructures: between €1.7 billion - €14.1 billion 💧 Water infrastructures: between €1.3 billion - €2 billion Redirecting these harmful subsidies is not only urgent but also entirely feasible. Doing so could help bridge the €18 billion annual financing gap required to meet the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy targets 🐝 It's time for a major policy shift! Let’s prioritise nature for a sustainable transition that leaves no-one behind 💚 🔗 Read the report on https://bit.ly/3UDQLa1 #votefutureEU
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📢 Important new report out! See how much EU money are directed to harming nature. 🌳 🔥 In 2022, direct subsidies allocated by Member States to biomass as an energy source amounted to €15 billion. Many sources of bioenergy can be harmful to climate and nature. See more on WWF position on EU bioenergy policies here: https://lnkd.in/dG6iAMRE Ahead of the EU elections in June, we should ask ourselves: can our money do better ⁉
❗ A new WWF report shows that, every year, EU Member States are channelling an astonishing €34-48 billion into activities that harm nature 😲 Shockingly, up to 60% of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding —that’s more than €32 billion— is detrimental to nature while failing to support the farmers 🚜💔 The misallocation of taxpayers’ money spans other major sectors: 🐠 Fisheries: between €59 - €138 million 🚛 Transport infrastructures: between €1.7 billion - €14.1 billion 💧 Water infrastructures: between €1.3 billion - €2 billion Redirecting these harmful subsidies is not only urgent but also entirely feasible. Doing so could help bridge the €18 billion annual financing gap required to meet the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy targets 🐝 It's time for a major policy shift! Let’s prioritise nature for a sustainable transition that leaves no-one behind 💚 🔗 Read the report on https://bit.ly/3UDQLa1 #votefutureEU
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Same situation in Canada: billions of dollars of public dollars spent subsidizing big forestry, fishing, mining and agriculture companies that cause harm to both climate and biodiversity. We need to see faster progress on Canada's COP15 commitment to identify harmful subsidies by 2025, and phased them out by 2030.
❗ A new WWF report shows that, every year, EU Member States are channelling an astonishing €34-48 billion into activities that harm nature 😲 Shockingly, up to 60% of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding —that’s more than €32 billion— is detrimental to nature while failing to support the farmers 🚜💔 The misallocation of taxpayers’ money spans other major sectors: 🐠 Fisheries: between €59 - €138 million 🚛 Transport infrastructures: between €1.7 billion - €14.1 billion 💧 Water infrastructures: between €1.3 billion - €2 billion Redirecting these harmful subsidies is not only urgent but also entirely feasible. Doing so could help bridge the €18 billion annual financing gap required to meet the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy targets 🐝 It's time for a major policy shift! Let’s prioritise nature for a sustainable transition that leaves no-one behind 💚 🔗 Read the report on https://bit.ly/3UDQLa1 #votefutureEU
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💸 How much of our EU public money go into biodiversity harmful subsidies? Between 5% and 12% of the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), totalling €59–138 million per year, is channelled into biodiversity harmful subsidies. In 2023 alone, the fishing sector avoided paying approximately €597 million in taxes for fuel consumption. 💡 What can be done? Ring fence at least 25% of the EMFAF to support fishers, coastal communities and other stakeholders to protect and restore the marine environment, and phase out any financial support in the EMFAF that risks increasing the EU’s fisheries fleet capacity, worsening overfishing. 🔗 Read the full report on https://bit.ly/3UDQLa1 #votefutureEU
❗ A new WWF report shows that, every year, EU Member States are channelling an astonishing €34-48 billion into activities that harm nature 😲 Shockingly, up to 60% of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding —that’s more than €32 billion— is detrimental to nature while failing to support the farmers 🚜💔 The misallocation of taxpayers’ money spans other major sectors: 🐠 Fisheries: between €59 - €138 million 🚛 Transport infrastructures: between €1.7 billion - €14.1 billion 💧 Water infrastructures: between €1.3 billion - €2 billion Redirecting these harmful subsidies is not only urgent but also entirely feasible. Doing so could help bridge the €18 billion annual financing gap required to meet the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy targets 🐝 It's time for a major policy shift! Let’s prioritise nature for a sustainable transition that leaves no-one behind 💚 🔗 Read the report on https://bit.ly/3UDQLa1 #votefutureEU
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❗ A new WWF report shows that, every year, EU Member States are channelling an astonishing €34-48 billion into activities that harm nature 😲 Shockingly, up to 60% of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding —that’s more than €32 billion— is detrimental to nature while failing to support the farmers 🚜💔 The misallocation of taxpayers’ money spans other major sectors: 🐠 Fisheries: between €59 - €138 million 🚛 Transport infrastructures: between €1.7 billion - €14.1 billion 💧 Water infrastructures: between €1.3 billion - €2 billion Redirecting these harmful subsidies is not only urgent but also entirely feasible. Doing so could help bridge the €18 billion annual financing gap required to meet the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy targets 🐝 It's time for a major policy shift! Let’s prioritise nature for a sustainable transition that leaves no-one behind 💚 🔗 Read the report on https://bit.ly/3UDQLa1 #votefutureEU
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Not surprising since #European #colonialism since 1500 and #industrialism since the 1800s have supported corporate expansionism since the East India Company, devastating #ecosystems, #biodiversity and #indigenous peoples. Reversing 520+ years of history will take time, which the world does not have. How quickly can the worst damages be stopped while transitioning to a new #nature- and #bio-based #greener economy? European has the talent; does it have the political will?
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This is what happens when we let far-right nationalists run our countries. In Sweden this has been very obvious. Very determined the government has scaled back on every former policies to reduce our carbon footprint and protect our nature and biodiversity. It is very saddening to watch and gives us, and we are many, a sense of loss of hope for the future for our children and grandchildren. And it also affects economic developement and prosperity as loss of hope for the future puts a wet blanket over business activity. "When diplomats struck a deal to save nature in 2022, pledging to halt biodiversity loss by the end of the decade, Europe was seen as a credible leader in fraught negotiations. The EU cajoled others into stepping up their game as it championed a target to protect 30% of the land and sea by 2030. But two years later, as delegates meet in wildlife-rich Colombia for Cop16 – the international summit to save nature – Europe’s own enthusiasm for saving species appears to be endangered. EU leaders scaled back plans to cut pollution and protect habitats after angry protests from farmers at the start of the year. A law to restore nature was turned into a political punching bag, barely securing majorities in key votes to rubber-stamp the deal, and a regulation to reduce deforestation will be delayed by a year, the commission announced last week. The backsliding has alarmed conservationists and scientists, who fear that biodiversity loss is being pushed to the sidelines on the eve of the world’s most significant nature negotiations."
Europe was a leader on saving nature. Now, its backsliding could threaten global progress
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https://lnkd.in/d5mH3CkE The proposed measure was a key plank in the commission’s European Green Deal and its Farm to Fork strategy, intended to make the EU carbon-neutral by 2050, make agriculture more environmentally friendly and preserve biodiversity.
Farmers are in revolt and Europe’s climate policies are crumbling. Welcome to the age of ‘greenlash’ | Paul Taylor
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