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Turn climate dialogue into real action!
Under the Kyoto Protocol second commitment period, historical emitters are requested to report on their climate mitigation efforts every two years. At COP22 in Marrakesh, this assessment exercise is part of the so-called Facilitative Dialogue. It is supposed to identify opportunities to enhance the...
EU must take its share of responsibility for migrants & refugees
On the eve of the UN Summit on Migration and Refugees, ACT Alliance calls for increased investment in improving living conditions in fragile states and regions, more focus on the protection of vulnerable groups, and commitment to creating safe passages to Europe. 1,046,600. That’s the number of r...
NGOs call EU Member States to reject new EC proposal on migration partnerships
ACT Alliance EU joined a coalition of more than 100 civil society organisations calling EU Heads of States to reject a Commission's proposal inspired by the EU-Turkey deal that would result in a wholesale reorientation of Europe’s development aid towards stopping migration without any considering fo...
Keeping global warming below 1.5C will benefit us all
Last year saw two major international decisions taken regarding the future of humanity, namely the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. The first one sets a series of 17 goals touching upon health, education, gender, resilience and other key objectives which every country n...
Ensure that agricultural sector will not be exempted from efforts to reduce emissions
Joint NGO letter calling on emission cuts in European agriculture, 13 May 2017 NGOs calling on Agricultural Council to ensure that agricultural sector will not be exempted from efforts to reduce emissions. This is essential to avoid conflicts with the EU’s international climate commitments. The c...
CAP Fitness Check - Can the CAP deliver a sustainable European food and farming system?
ACT Alliance EU together with a broad range of NGOs call on President Juncker for a review and reorientation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy to deliver on sustainable food and farming systems . Read more : NGOs letter - CAP Fitness Check _final_version for publication 25th April