Bronwyn Slater looks at the various proposals for reform of the CAP Post-2020 There are many problems with the Common Agriculture Policy, as we outlined in the article ‘EU Common Agricultural Policy: How it works’. Discussions on CAP reform are currently taking place, having begun in 2019. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the reforms …
Vandana Shiva suggests a manifesto for sustainability Human survival demands that we make a new pact with the Earth and between diverse peoples, based on a new vision of planetary citizenship. A pact based on reciprocity, caring and respect, on taking and giving back, on sharing the resources of the world equitably among all living …
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will benefit big corporations at the expense of democracy and citizens’ rights. The EU soon intends to sign two far-reaching trade agreements: one with Canada (CETA = Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) and one with the USA (TTIP = Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership). The official line …
This article was first published in the ‘Ecologist’. Reproduced here by kind permission of the author. by Mumta Ito Despite the proliferation of environmental laws and treaties, destruction of the natural world still continues apace. One of the key reasons that this occurs is because our environmental laws – which see nature as property …
by Mumta Ito (excerpts reprinted by kind permission of the author, edited by James O’Donovan) Why we need the Rights of Nature Enshrined in European Law “Our planet Earth in its present mode of fluorescence is being devastated. This devastation is being fostered and protected by legal, political and economic establishments that exalt the …
by Mumta Ito (with permission). The World Wildlife Fund Living Planet Index shows that, due to human impacts, the species on the planet have declined by 50% in just the last 40 years. Our governments and banks recognise that environmental regulation has failed. However their “solution” is to leave the future of our ecosystems …