Environmental Policy News in the EU
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27 Aug 2008
Baltic states failing to protect most damaged sea
Nine Baltic sea states all scored failing grades in an annual WWF evaluation of their performance in protecting and restoring the world’s most damaged sea.
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20 Aug 2008
Caucasus countries need to cooperate on Georgia forest fires
WWF called on all parties capable of helping put out forest fires in central Georgia to work together to extinguish them.
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14 Aug 2008
Mysteries of Mediterranean bluefin tuna come under the microscope
The most ambitious Mediterranean tuna tagging project yet will today start seeking answers to some key mysteries on the migratory behaviour of this most valuable but also most imperilled ‘prince of the sea’.
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13 Aug 2008
Advertising not sustainable, authority tells Shell
A Shell suggestion in advertising that oil sands were a sustainable energy source has been ruled out of order by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority, upholding a complaint lodged by WWF-UK.
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13 Aug 2008
Towards a biofuel standard to sort the green from the ungreen
A global panel of experts have today lent their support to a draft standard for the use of sustainable biofuels that will inject some rigour into the murky debate about the embracing of biofuels that may cause more emissions than they save.
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22 Jul 2008
Too much illegal wood in EU markets - WWF
Brussels, Belgium: Almost one-fifth of wood imported into the European Union in 2006 came from illegal or suspected illegal sources, with Russia, Indonesia and China being the main sources, says a new WWF report. The global conservation organisation calls for strong European legislation to prevent illegal wood entering the EU markets.
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09 Jul 2008
Major Economies Meeting turns into Major Embarrassment Meeting for G8
Rusutsu, Japan: The deadlock paralyzing today’s Major Economies Meeting (MEM) at the G8 summit in Japan is a result of missing G8 leadership on emission reductions. According to WWF, strong actions by emerging economies – which MEM host George W. Bush demands – can only be made on the basis of stronger commitments by industrialized nations. But G8 climate talks yesterday failed to signal bold action by rich nations.
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08 Jul 2008
G8 duck responsibility and fail to lead - WWF
Toyako, Japan: G8 leaders have failed to boost international climate negotiations at their Toyako summit. WWF criticizes the lack of a commitment to mid term targets and judges the goal to reduce global emissions by at least 50% by 2050 to be insufficient. » Read more
03 Jul 2008
G8 countries too slow in race against climate change
Berlin: Four days ahead of the G8 summit in Japan a new research examines the climate performance of G8 nations and five emerging economies, and reveals the G8 countries are lagging behind in the race against climate change.
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01 Jul 2008
Court of First Instance condones marine destruction - Ruling threatens Azorean marine wildlife
Environmental organisations Greenpeace, Seas at Risk and WWF are disappointed about today’s decision by the Court of First Instance not to protect the waters around the Portuguese Azores against a significant increase in commercial fishing. » Read more
