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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.

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🐛 Rising from the earth: Europe’s first ever #soil law was published in the EU’s Official Journal today! 🎉

After adoption of the #SoilMonitoring Law in October, this marks the final milestone of the process and opens the door to implementation.

A first step in the right direction for our soils!
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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@ec.europa.eu, 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘆𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀!

Turkish and European NGOs urge the EU to revoke all approvals granted to Turkish ship #recycling facilities that put workers and the environment at risk.

👉 eeb.org/eu-urged-to-...
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Our open letter with @ngoshipbreaking.bsky.social and Turkish NGOs, lawyers, unions, and city councils highlights several infringements of the EU #ShipRecycling law, including environmental and public health hazards.

Read the full letter: eeb.org/library/ngos... (photo by Angelgreat)
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
In 2014, Swedish artist Karl Jilg visualized how much urban space goes to cars🚗

Public transport deserves protection & investment. We must maintain, expand & improve it - not just replace cars, but rethink how we move. Inclusive, fair, sustainable transport is for everyone.
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🚨From agriculture to energy, mining to chemicals - powerful industry lobbies are trying to weaken the Water Framework Directive, vital EU rules to protect water.

That means more pollution, less resilience, and risks to our health. All for short-term gains of a small few.

Here's what they're up to⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
👀 Who’s at the COP – and Who Topped the MOP?

Winter may be settling over Brussels, but this edition takes you from the cold to the Amazon and the fast moving talks shaping our climate future. From global summits to EU policy twists, there is plenty at stake this week.
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🫧 Environmental rights MOP up in Geneva!

💁 This week, @eeb.org led NGOs at the 8th Meeting of the Parties of the Aarhus Convention - the international treaty which enshrines our environmental rights: access to justice, access to information and public participation.

Here's what went down 👇🧵
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
👋 German speaking environmental defenders.

Join our workshop in Berlin from 9th-10th December, 2025 to strengthen your skills and build up your toolbox! 🧰

📝 Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-t...
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📢 Alarm Bells: Unlimited Pesticides 📢

An internal EU Commission draft proposes unlimited pesticide approvals, scrapping science-based risk checks, and 3 extra years of use after bans.

A 30-year rollback that puts people's health and nature on the line 😷

Commissioners must reject it! More below ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Rooted in outdated priorities, EU agricultural policy is unfit for today’s challenges. Let's change it.

Tune in live to this @socialistsanddemocrats.eu event and to hear from our very own Celia Nyssens and discover a shared vision for a post-2027 CAP🎥👇 www.youtube.com/live/49Mq3ED...

#MakeCAPWork
EN | Cultivating tomorrow - the Post-2027 CAP and the Future of Agriculture and Food | 18/11/2025 |
YouTube video by S&D Group MEPs
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November 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
💚 Join us on December 3rd, the eve of World Soil Day, for Shaping the Future of #SoilHealth Living Labs & Lighthouses.

🪱 Expect: Policy, JRC/EUSO insights, #LivingLabs insights and a welcome lunch!

📝 Register: soill2030.eu/events/2025-...

#MissionSoil
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
As Agriculture Ministers meet today to discuss the future of EU farm subsidies, 30+ organisations - representing farmers, civil society and national coalitions - share their recommendations to #MakeCAPWork for farmers, people, nature and climate.

👉 foodpolicycoalition.eu/wp-content/u...

#AGRIFISH
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
👋 We're in Geneva for Aarhus MOP 2025!

⚓ In a moment of democratic backsliding and shrinking civic space, the #AarhusConvention remains a rare anchor for public rights in environmental governance

Our new piece explains why this MOP matters more than ever 👇
#MOP8Aarhus

meta.eeb.org/2025/11/16/a...
In a Time of Democratic Drift, the Aarhus Convention Holds the Line - New Leaf
In an era when regulatory frameworks are being weakened and democratic accountability strained (Omnibus, anyone?), the Aarhus Convention offers one of the few internationally binding backstops for pub...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🔴 Climate COPs get the spotlight – but the #AarhusConvention MOP (17–25 Nov) is key to the future of environmental democracy

🚨 With EU democracy under immense pressure, stakes are high for next week's meeting

Find out what to expect @clienteartheur.bsky.social 👇
www.clientearth.org/projects/acc...
2025 Aarhus Meeting of the Parties: what to expect? | ClientEarth
Aarhus Convention Meeting of the Parties (MOP) will take place later this year What will be the hot topics?
www.clientearth.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We’re hiring!

The EEB is looking for a (Senior) Policy Officer for Industrial Decarbonisation (CBAM) to join our Zero Pollution Industry team in Brussels.

🟢 Full-time 1-year contract.
💶 Salary from €3,041 or €3,716.
🗓️ Deadline 25 Nov 2025.

👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/TYqhb
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
〰️ DEMOCRATIC JENGA

After weeks of backroom talks on key green laws, MEPs have shown their hand. The centre is sidelined and the right has teamed up with the far-right to weaken core corporate responsibility rules.

The EU tower is wobbling - and unlike in the game, the stakes are very real.
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Countries are still failing to commit to strong climate targets, while fossil fuel emissions hit record highs.

This level of warming would breach Paris Agreement limits and unleash a new era of extreme weather and global hardship.

#ClimateCrisis #ActNow #Cop30

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🌱 How does biodiversity fuel wellbeing?

A Finnish kindergarten experiment shows that kids playing in mud, moss & wild plants see striking results: stronger immune systems, happier moods, and a real-life lesson in nature’s power. 🌿

More info ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨 EU lawmakers resisted far-right attacks on the 2040 climate target – but political compromises are undercutting action.

Delaying the new EU carbon price for heating and transport fuels (ETS2) weakens emissions cuts and slashes support for households.

Our full reaction: eeb.org/carbon-prici...
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🤷 Which environmental defender are you?

⚖️ The Legal Strategist
📣 The Community Mobiliser
🗞️ The Journalist
🧭 or, The Explorer

Take the quick quiz in our New Leaf article below — and find out how our new support portal can help you, whichever defender you are ⤵️

meta.eeb.org/2025/11/12/l...
From Outrage to Action: the New Support Portal for Environmental Defenders  - New Leaf
The BeLIFE project launches a new environmental complaints support portal to help environmental defenders understand how to take action.
meta.eeb.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Indigenous activists from Brazil stormed #COP30 demanding freedom for their territories from oil, mining, and logging interests.

“For us, the defeat of our land is felt on our own skin”

After decades of exploitation, Indigenous communities are saying: ENOUGH

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🆕📣New analysis from @ieep.eu reveals the multiple pathways EU food and farming can take to reduce its emissions, in some scenarios by up to 59% - a transformative step towards meeting EU climate goals📉🎯

But the benefits of #AgriFood #ClimateAction don't stop there 👉 meta.eeb.org/2025/11/12/t...
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🔴 Live in the European Parliament: “Rights, Risks & Resilience – Strengthening Protections for Environmental Defenders”

⚠️ Across Europe, defenders are standing up for our planet, often at great risk

🌍 Today we discuss how to transform concern into concrete commitments that truly protect defenders
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
👏 The EU just published its long-awaited Civil Society Strategy - a new framework aimed at safeguarding civic space and strengthening NGOs.

Promising! But can it deliver?

📰 @eucivilsociety.bsky.social thinks so, calling it “a good and necessary first step.”

Learn more: lnkd.in/e9cSQd9W
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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🫵 Passionate about #repair? Mad at products designed to break? Looking for a fun and meaningful job?

Our friends at @r2reurope.bsky.social are hiring a new Campaign Manager.

Apply or spread the word - all info here👇
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Jobs - The Restart Project
Work with us! We list vacancies here but speculative applications are always welcome. And we're always looking out for London-based volunteers.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM