Vessel GO-37, owned by fisherman Hans Tanis – Photo: Robert de Graaff June 2nd, Karlijn Stenvers, Suzanna de Vries Medium: De Volkskrant The fishing industry is struggling to balance EU’s demands for sustainability and economic viability. Will fishing have a place in a greener future? Fisherman Hans Tanis expresses his fears. He has been fishing … Read more
Photo: Eveline de Bruin, Pixabay Authors: Karlijn Stenvers, Suzanna de Vries Medium: Trouw “The Netherlands truly is, as they say, at the bottom of the barrel,” says Peter Schipper, researcher on water quality at Wageningen Environmental Research. The Dutch water ranks at the bottom of the EU, with not even one percent of its surface … Read more
Regeringen har beslutat att inte möta målen i EU:s strategi för biologisk mångfald – samtidigt som pengarna till naturvård minskar. GP kartlägger hur arter i Västsverige påverkas av politiken. – Antingen har man inte kunskapen eller så förstår man inte allvaret, säger Mattias Lindholm på Västkuststiftelsen. Lite här och var på den kala fågelön Ringburen, … Read more
The Swedish presidency is being criticized for wanting to remove an article in the EU’s nature restoration regulation that gives citizens the right to take the state to court. – “This contributes to a very dangerous development,” says Ida Edling of Miljöjuristerna. The EU’s Nature Restoration Law is currently being negotiated in the Council of … Read more
Det svenska ordförandeskapet får kritik för att vilja ta bort en artikel i EU:s naturrestaureringsförordning som ger medborgarna rätt att dra staten inför rätta. – Det bidrar till en väldigt farlig utveckling, säger Ida Edling, talesperson för Miljöjuristerna och Auroramålet. Just nu förhandlas EU:s förordning om återställande av natur, Nature Restoration Law, i Ministerrådet. Sverige … Read more
By Greta Hirschberg and Anna Hallgren Data analyst: Marine Delrue. Sweden’s right-wing populist party Sweden Democrats, votes the most against regulations involving the Green Deal of all other right-wing and populist parties in the EU. Historically considered one of the most environmentally friendly countries in the world, this shift solidifies the grip far right ideology … Read more
Sverige har lovat att 30 procent av arterna med ogynnsam status ska få bättre status till 2030 – ett löfte regeringen nu planerar att bryta. – Det är väldigt bekymrande, säger Marie Stenseke, före detta medordförande för FN:s panel för biologisk mångfald och ekosystemtjänster. Den 16 mars beslutade regeringen vilka utfästelser, alltså löften, Sverige ska … Read more
The Swedish government has decided to not meet the targets in the EU’s biodiversity strategy while at the same time money for nature conservation is decreasing. GP maps how species in Western Sweden are being affected by politics “Either you don’t have the knowledge or you don’t understand the seriousness,” says Mattias Lindholm at Västkuststiftelsen. … Read more
Anne Ruth den Hertog June 2nd, 2023 A phone, laptop, wind and solar energy, an electric car, they all have one thing in common critical raw materials. These are needed to create these products, which means that you are most likely indirectly dependent on them as well. To get critical raw materials Europe is planning … Read more
Article by: Alva Rosengren, Angèle Duplouy, Athanasia Dordokidou, Matteo Scannavini, Mireia Jimenez Barcelo The European Union’s Just Transition Fund (JTF) is spreading €17.5 billion to help carbon-intensive regions implement a fair and sustainable ecological transition by 2027. However, despite the EU Commission’s efforts to provide technical assistance, delays and difficulties accessing the funds by Small … Read more