The new Czech environment minister Petr Macinka has announced that "the climate crisis is over today". Problem solved I guess.... Happy holidays to all. He also said that "green blood will run" the sort of dangerous hate mongering that risk leading to physical violence.

When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot

Important court win against pesticides abuse by our Flemish Partner @natuurpunt.bsky.social and allies www.natuurpunt.be/nieuws/vlaan...

Europe is on a mission to #RestoreNature! We checked if all EU countries are up to speed. 🌱 Good news: Most EU countries have started implementing the Nature Restoration Law Not so good news: The progress is uneven & too slow so far 👉 Read our evaluation: www.restorenature.eu/en/our-work-...

Wise words from our German @nabu.de president as Brussels face yet another ritual farm lobby tractor power display. background.tagesspiegel.de/agrar-und-er...

Current plans to tackle global warming will only save 3 percent of Europe's Alpine glaciers from disappearing this century, with most melting away within the next two decades, a new study has found. 

New study forsees loss of 97% of Alpine glaciars. With main collapse comming in the next decade or two. Biodiversity and ski aside, that’s central Europe's water tower disappearing. But sure, the problem of farmers and citizens is that "the Green deal has gone too far".

Earlier this week, members of a French farmer’s union, vandalised the national headquarters of our Partner LPO France in Rochefort. We stand in solidarity with LPO and firmly condemn these unacceptable acts of intimidation.

Ireland’s natural habitats decline further with 90% officially in poor condition www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour, says major @unep.org report - ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’ #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Indeed. www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...

1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6

"Europe needs what only the [@ec.europa.eu] commission can provide: the capacity to articulate and defend a common European interest that transcends the competing imperatives of 27 national governments." ✊

Your regular reminder that anti environment politicians are not pro farmers. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Environmental deregulation and even more farming intensification are suicidal policies given what is already happening. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The schizophrenia of focusing #cop30 on saving forests, while also promoting notoriously forest killing #biofuels www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...

Democracy does not collapse overnight. It decays slowly, often quietly, as civic space narrows and accountability fades. This is what is happening in Europe right now. Important wake up call. www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...

🔴 NEW 🔴 More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30 Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners. www.desmog.com/2025/11/18/m... 📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @ninalakhani.bsky.social 👇

French minister publicly committing to defend illegality. Its hard to fathom how damaging this is to democracy, the rule of law, citizens' trust in institutions, the credibility of the European project. Shameful. www.lpo.fr/qui-sommes-n...

Very tentative and lilited, but still GOOD NEWS. Something for @christophehansen.bsky.social and other deregulators to ponder over. Legislation is NOT a burden. It's crucial for our survival. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐔!! 🎉 Today, we join the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli, BirdLife's Italian Partner. They mark six decades of bird conservation, habitat restoration, and inspiring future generations. Find out more: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/11...

Very greatful to Italian President Sergio Mattarella for hosting our Italian Partner Lipu's 60th anniversary. And for allowing Italian people to explore the natural wonders of the Castelporziano Presidential estate , including its monumental ancient cork oak forest.

Science-policy webinar: Join us on 20.10.2025 (10-12 CET) to hear policy-relevant results of @agtransect.bsky.social project: What farmers plead for; barriers & levers 4 expanding agroecology; implications for CAP; evaluation of the CAP reform. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...

EU institutions deal last night on the "simplification" of the CAP dropped the looniest EP amendments, like exempting farmers in protected areas from env requirements that would still apply in un-"protected" land. CAP remains money (to the rich) for nothing. But without the surrealist twist.

“The Omnibus fails to meet the constitutional standards the EU’s own legal order demands”. That’s the conclusion reached by legal opinion endorsed by 100+ academics warning the Parliament about this dangerous precedent. Read the opinion 👇 #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

On health, as on environment, the intensive farming lobby is at the forefront of dismantling EU democracy.

Emptying the sky: #Malta’s commitment to #bird #conservation is in decline. From #trapping disguised as “research” to weakened enforcement and plans to constitutionally protect hunting, policies continue to favour exploitation over preservation. Read more: www.independent.com.mt/articles/202...

On and on it goes.... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The added value of Dutch agriculture is €13.3 billion, but env damage leads to net impact estimated at a negative €5.3 billion per year. Essential read at a moment when the intensive farm lobby is leading an all out assault on EU environmental legislation www.deloitte.com/nl/en/Indust...

🔥 What happens after Europe’s NGOs are dismantled? Last week, @alemanno.bsky.social mapped how civic space in Europe is being suffocated – how NGOs die. This week, we asked the next question: what happens when they do? 🧵👇 euobserver.com/eu-political...

So the EP Agri committee, so adamant that consumers would be confused by labels saying VeggyBurger or Vegeterian sausage, have voted to allow booze producers to replace health indications with a QR code Transparency seems is a one way street. Leading away from healthier and more sustainable diets.

Part of the tragedy of our time is that so many are ready to attack the bits of governance and democracy that annoy or get in their way, while ignoring the risk of the whole house coming down crashing on their heads. This is a must read piece.

⚠️In a few weeks, the European Commission will present a package, called environmental omnibus, that could roll back laws protecting our air, water, and wildlife... all to please powerful polluters. It's time for the Commission to listen to people, not polluters. #HandsOffNature

The road to hell: let’s burn more fossile fuels if we mismanage our forests....

The @ec.europa.eu confirms it has not endorsed Malta’s so-called research derogation for finch trapping, reinforcing that the previous ruling still stands. 👉 Read more: birdlifemalta.org/2025/11/euro...

Join our webinar for the launch of the African-Eurasian Flyway Initiative! ✨ The African-Eurasian Flyway is one of the world’s great migratory routes, used by over 2 billion birds, connecting ecosystems and people across Africa, Europe and Asia. 🌍 Learn more here www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

A coordinated assault on civil society is unfolding with surgical precision (...) EU institutions and national governments are deploying a 5-step playbook to eliminate independent organisations that stand between corporate power and public interest euobserver.com/eu-political...

One of a new generation of landscape level #RestoreNature projects we've been developing with our national Partners. Bringing nature at scale requires bold vision, inclusive work with communities, factoring in climate change, imagining sustainable local economies. Stay tuned.

Dear @eppgroup.bsky.social please check up the regimes that have been following the Russian play book on anti-NGOs repression and ask yourselves if those are the models you want to follow: www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/fore... Standard play book: defunding=>foreign agent labelling=>judicial repression.

When you put together the attempts to defund NGOs defending public goods, and the private interests lobby-fest driving the roll back of EU legislation, you start seeing the pattern. It is not about simplifying life for the man on the street and the struggling SME.

🚨 Across Europe, farmland that once echoed with birdsong and buzzing life is falling silent, poisoned by the overuse of harmful pesticides. These chemicals contaminate soil and water, kill the insects that birds depend on, and weaken the ecosystems that make farming possible.

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have

You are right. We can do a lot to simplify things for companies and citizens, while enforcing our good laws- unified data bases, digitalisation, remote controls, proper staffing of agencies. Weakening EU laws, as the most polluting industries and sectors ask for, is not simple. It's simply wrong.

Weather radar results show an average of 11.2tn insects during daytime hours, just over 5tn at night Insect abundance was higher over woodlands, grasslands, even urban areas – but dropped in intensively farmed regions & where artificial lighting was high. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🚨 Today, Agriculture Ministers are meeting to discuss the future of Europe’s Agriculture policy, and one crucial topic is on the table: nature. We call for dedicated funding for the environment and climate. 👉 Read our vision: www.birdlife.org/wp-content/u...

Water hemmoraging from Natura2000 peatbog in Belgium's Haute fagne. Deep drainge, bad for biodiversity, floods, summer droughts. For the sake of uneconomic spruce plantations. A priority for RestoreNature

But of course when done by blond people, it doesnt count as deforestation. (*sarcasm alert)

Irelan asks for "no additional heating approach" to farming. IE if emissions don’t increase, they can be "climate neutral" Try that with anything else. Ecuador can have no crime problem if homicide numbers stay stable. Ukrain can be at peace if bombing rate stays the same. A better world beacons