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PRESS RELEASE | The EU must use the Citizens Energy Package to refocus the energy transition on citizens

Press release

New policy briefs by a broad range of stakeholders in energy and social policy outline key levers for the EU to improve citizen participation and inclusion in the energy transition.

Joan Lanfranco, Matthew Jones

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CAP Strategic Plans

Dossier

The reform of the EU Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is underway. Each EU Member State is writing its National CAP Strategic Plan. Will these CAP Strategic Plans pave the way for a sustainable agriculture, forestry, and rural development – in the EU and beyond?

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue, Agricultural and Rural Convention 2020 (ARC2020)

Nuclear Power in Europe: 35 Years After the Chernobyl Disaster

Dossier

Bringing in voices from our foreign offices and partners in different European countries, this dossier consists of articles shedding light on the different perceptions and myths of nuclear energy in the respective countries, a series of video statements explaining why nuclear is not the right answer to the climate crisis and various publications.

European Mobility Atlas 2021

Atlas

Sustainable transport and mobility are key to tackle the climate crisis and to achieve the targets of the European Green Deal. However, transport today accounts for nearly 30 percent of the CO₂ emissions within the European Union. How can the EU reduce its transport and mobility emissions while connecting citizens, creating green jobs and leading the innovation in the sector?

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | Global Dialogue

The Paris Agreement five years on

Dossier

On the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, where are we at when it comes to fighting the climate crisis in a spirit of climate justice? How can we increase targets to remain below 2 degrees global warming and finds ways to achieve them in a socially just manner?

Factsheets: The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement

Factsheets

The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement raises numerous concerns about environmental and social impacts. Four factsheets by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) dissect the implications of this agreement for climate, food safety, pesticides and public procurement.

Amazonia Today

Dossier

Since Jair Bolsonaro took up office as President of Brazil in January 2019, deforestation rates have curved steeply upwards once again. But it should be borne in mind that even under previous presidents, from Lula to Temer, and even with enormous global awareness of the importance of tropical forests and many national and international efforts, deforestation has never been halted altogether.

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Unlocking the ECB’s green potential

E-paper

A new report gives a clear pathway for the ECB to be playing a much bigger role in making the green transition affordable. It suggests alternative steps that would speed up and key actions that are needed to fight climate change on a larger scale. The report also warns that the EU’s new Omnibus legislative package – which weakens corporate sustainability reporting – could reduce the availability of high-quality green data. This would make it harder for the ECB to run the most ambitious version of a green refinancing programme.

Jordi Schröder Bosch

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

NEW Scorecard

What will happen with key European Green Deal files in the 2024-2029 legislative term? We take a closer look at the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

Nora Hiller, Irene Chiocchetti

Nuclear: not the answer to the climate emergency

Factsheet

The debate in France today on choosing the electricity mix is set against the backdrop of an ageing production infrastructure that is earmarked for replacement. So, what electricity mix is the answer? And does the country need to build new nuclear reactors in order to have decarbonised electricity?

Réseau Action Climat France

Circularity as a pillar of the EU's critical raw materials strategy

E-paper

The EU has made circularity central to its critical raw materials strategy, with the Clean Industrial Deal and forthcoming Circular Economy Act as key instruments. Four policy pillars show real ambition — but blind spots persist: recycling faces structural limits, international partnerships remain underdeveloped, and export restrictions risk a "circular divide" between wealthy and developing economies. Our new e-paper by Cláudia Azevedo analyses what the EU is getting right, and where it must go further.

Cláudia Azevedo

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Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plans (CSPs)

NEW Scorecard

What will happen with key European Green Deal files in the 2024-2029 legislative term? We take a closer look at Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plans (CSPs).

Melanie Muro, Irene Chiocchetti, Mattia Bonfanti

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Towards a clean and sustainable energy system: 26 criteria nuclear power does not meet

E-paper

Nuclear energy has been brought back into the European energy debate due to populist power. Currently, a complex debate is taking place within the EU about whether nuclear power should be part of the Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities. To determine whether nuclear energy can, or even should, play a role in future energy policy, it must fulfil basic criteria of sustainability.

Jan Haverkamp

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