European Environmental Bureau🍃
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We are the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe's largest network of environmental NGOs. We work for a better future where people and nature thrive together. https://linktr.ee/eeb_europe
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🥗 About to grab lunch? This #WorldFoodDay, spare a thought for what’s on your plate - and how it got there.

🌍 Europe’s food system is driving crisis, not resilience. It’s time to push back against corporate control and fight for a fairer food future.

Check the full #NewLeaf in the comments ⬇️
Big thanks to Lena Höglund-Isaksson, @juttapaulus.bsky.social, Bettina Kretschmer, @patricktenbrink.bsky.social, Hans Roust Thysen, and Chris Malley, @rolandkupers.bsky.social, @talamhbeo.bsky.social and all attendees for their insights and contributions, and to 📸 Nanna Cornelsen @zerowasteeurope.eu
We need collective action, yet despite being the largest methane emitter in Europe, the agri-food sector is notably lagging behind.

As @talamhbeo.bsky.social shared today, "it's not just about the cow, but how we farm." We need a food systems approach to drive change and reduce methane now⌛📉
"Tackling methane emissions requires looking beyond industrially farmed animals. It's not just about the cow, but how we farm. 

A systems-based approach recognises the deep connections between biodiversity, farm resilience, and rural livelihoods." - Talamh Beo, A member-led organisation, of farmers, growers, land-based workers and citizens, organising for change in our food and agriculture systems
As multiple stakeholders gathered today, a common thread emerged.

Ignoring #methane will cost us greatly, whereas rapid action will provide benefits for our climate, health, and economy.

We already have many of the tools to act. Now we need ALL sectors to take up the baton and reduce methane now.
As the second biggest contributor to the #ClimateCrisis, #methane is a major contributor to global heating and a major air pollutant🔥😷

But thanks to its short lifespan rapid reductions can act as the emergency brakes on climate breakdown and improve #AirQuality🛑📉

So, how can we get there?
We have reached the first climate tipping point🚨
To prevent further tipping points we must do everything we can to rapidly reduce heating and “𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁”.

Those were the words of Lena Höglund Isaksson @iiasa.ac.at, keynote speaker at a #MethaneMatters coalition conference held today.
After long negotiations, a deal for Europe’s soil is on the table.

🟢 EU countries have already given green light.

📣 We now urge MEPs: Seal the deal!

@ec.europa.eu @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @martinhojsik.bsky.social @martinhaeusling.bsky.social @consilium.europa.eu
🤔 Why does this matter?

60-70% of EU soils are degraded, putting in jeopardy our food, water, climate defense, health as well as farmers’ livelihoods.

A Soil Monitoring Law is the first step to address this crisis.
⚠️ Europe’s soils are in crisis, and this needs to change fast!

📣 As the European Parliament prepares to vote on the #SoilMonitoringLaw, 50+ NGOs have a message:

MEPs, adopt the Soil Monitoring Law and put Europe’s soils on the path to recovery 🪱

Our joint statement: eeb.org/library/ngo-...
Amazon is poisoning the Global South for profit by still selling illegal, mercury-laden skin lighteners in 23+ countries, despite a U.S. ban.

🧪 25 of 31 creams tested broke mercury limits by thousands of times.

📘 Read the report 👉 www.zeromercury.org/poisoning-fo...
Want to learn more? 🔍

Join us tonight for an evening of networking and discussion on our latest finding. Can't make it? You can always join us tomorrow for our second annual conference "Methane Matters: now more than ever" - limited tickets available!
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Methane Matters: Now More Than Ever
The second annual conference hosted by the Methane Matters Coalition
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New report by the #MethaneMatters coalition reveals how uncontrolled #biogas expansion is being funded by the public purse🚨💸

From missing sustainability checks to a failure to mitigate #methane leaks, read the report to discover how EU climate goals are at risk 👇
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Exposed: Uncontrolled biogas expansion funded by public purse
More than €37 billion in public money available and €28 billion of private investments committed - with added risks to climate and health A new report from the Methane Matters coalition - a consortium...
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✅ Public participation is not a box to tick - it’s the foundation of a just energy transition.

Our new guide unpacks the latest EU rules and details how and when citizens can get involved in renewable energy planning, from shaping policies to contributing to project proposals.
We have just responded to the EU’s call for evidence on its new Heating and Cooling Strategy.

Here’s what we said: eeb.org/library/eebs...
Europe’s warmth should serve people, not polluters and oligarchs.
One of the biggest barriers to clean heating is economic.

Europe needs fairer energy taxation that stops favouring gas over electricity - and financing models that make heat pumps affordable from day one.
Let’s not replace one problem with another.

We can’t afford experiments that delay real progress.

The future of heating is renewable.
Europe has everything it needs to heat homes without fossil fuels - what’s missing is the scale.

Let’s renovate, electrify, and make clean heat the norm.
❤️‍🔥 Europe has the power to reclaim its heat.

It’s time to kick fossil dependence to the curb.

The EU is drafting a new Heating & Cooling Strategy - a unique chance to break free from fossil dependency and make renewable, affordable heat the European standard.

Here’s how 👇
30,000 people filled Brussels’ streets, demanding stronger laws to protect people, planet, and democracy. As deregulation spreads, citizens are prescribing a better cure, action, solidarity, and justice.

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🤒 EUROPE IS MISDIAGNOSED - New Leaf
Good morning, Europe got a blood test this week. So, how are its productivity and competitiveness levels? Oh, not that again. We have been measuring Europe’s pulse in GDP ticks since the Draghi report...
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In Parliament, the fever rises, rules to protect nature and farming are stripped away, and even “veggie burgers” face bans. But outside Brussels’ halls, Europe’s pulse beats stronger.
🤒 EUROPE IS MISDIAGNOSED

Blood tests found PFAS in every EU leader tested, proof that pollution runs through Europe’s veins. As calls grow for a full ban on “forever chemicals,” Brussels offers the wrong cure: weaker protections disguised as “simplification.”
*But seriously, prepare to be alarmed if you read to the bottom of this article 👀