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Reportagem recente publicada pela agência de notícias Deutsche Welle (Matheus Gouvea de Andrade, “Exportação de agrotóxicos banidos na U. E. segue em alta”, 19/06/2024) denuncia que vários pesticidas proibidos na União Europeia continuam a ser produzidos em países-membros para serem exportados para o Sul Global. E o Brasil está entre os maiores consumidores desses produtos perigosos. Flávio Aguiar, analista políticoEm 2020 a Comissão Europeia, órgão executivo da União, comprometeu-se a promover o banimento dessa produção. Entretanto, especialistas e ONGs que atuam sobre o tema apontam que aparentemente este compromisso foi “esquecido”. E a produção e a exportação continuam volumosas e lucrativas.Estudo publicado em abril deste ano (“EU Pesticides Ban. What could be the consequences?” - “O banimento dos pesticidas da União Europeia. Quais seriam as consequências?”) revela que 36% dos pesticidas importados da União Europeia pelo Brasil são proibidos na Europa. No caso do México e do Peru este percentual chega a 50%.No nosso país a campeã deste tipo de importação e uso nocivos é a soja, produzida pelo agronegócio de norte a sul e de leste a oeste no país.Um dos produtos produzidos na U.E. e importados pelo Brasil é a atrazina que, além de usada na soja, é utilizada também na produção de milho. Uma concentração excessiva deste produto pode prejudicar as glândulas e órgãos do sistema endócrino, que produz hormônios para o organismo, afetando a capacidade reprodutiva, podendo causar alguns tipos de câncer. Além disto, a atrazina pode contaminar a água e afetar por meio desta a vida dos insetos, como as abelhas. Ela está proibida na União Europeia desde 2004, mas o Brasil continua a importação do produto em larga escala. Junto com os glifosatos ela é um dos produtos mais importados pelo país, a partir da União Europeia, chegando a 200 toneladas por ano.Segundo relatório da ONG Public Eye, somente em 2018 a União Europeia exportou quase 82 mil toneladas de 41 pesticidas proibidos em seu território. Os campeões desta exportação foram pela ordem, Itália, Alemanha, Holanda, França, Espanha e Bélgica.No caso da Alemanha, 8,2% de suas exportações de agrotóxicos eram de produtos proibidos na União Europeia. Em 2022, a Alemanha exportou 18.360 toneladas de pesticidas proibidos na União. Segundo João Camargo, do Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa e co-autor do estudo sobre exportações europeias de agrotóxicos proibidos no continente, isto demonstra um comportamento decepcionante por parte do Partido Verde, que integra o atual governo de Berlim.Brasil importa produtos proibidos em outros paísesA pesquisadora Márcia Montanari, da Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, aponta que 30% dos pesticidas usados no Brasil estão proibidos em outros países. São 40 substâncias perigosas, 11 das quais provêm da União Europeia.Reportagem também da Deutsche Welle, publicada em 2022, afirma que a cada 2 dias morre um brasileiro por contaminação com agrotóxicos, sobretudo crianças e adolescentes de até 19 anos, segundo dados da ONG Friends of Earth Europe.A pesquisadora da Universidade de São Paulo Larissa Mies Bombardi, hoje vivendo na Europa, autora dentre outras obras do livro “Agrotóxicos e colonialismo químico”, publicado em 2023, corrobora o dado, lembrando que as maiores vítimas deste tipo de envenenamento são crianças, mulheres, indígenas e camponeses. Segundo ela, o Brasil padece também de subnotificações sobre o tema. Para cada caso notificado, lembra, pode haver até outros 50 não notificados por serem seus efeitos menos dramáticos ou não identificados corretamente.Por fim, cabe ressaltar que estas exportações europeias de produtos nocivos à saúde têm também um efeito bumerangue. Muitos produtos, como a soja, importados de outros países, trazem de volta para a Europa os efeitos nocivos das contaminações.

This time Ronni is joined by Cass Hebron. Cass is a climate activist, climate communications specialist and editor of 'The Green Fix' activist newsletter. She's worked on communications campaigns for political advocacy NGOs including Friends of the Earth Europe, Oxfam EU, BBC Media Action and stakeholder groups of the United Nations Environment Programme. She is originally from the UK and now based in Belgium and in her own words 'will talk about coffee forever if nobody stops me'. Connect with Cass here and follow her work here. Look out for Ronni, support the podcast, order the book, and buy him a coffee ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. The World is Storytelling podcast is based on the book by the same name. Written by Arjen Barel, Ronni Gurwicz, and Stu Packer, it is the definitive guide to how sharing stories can be used for social impact and personal growth.

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All across the globe, temperatures are rising, and thanks to the most recent report published by the International Panel on Climate Change and recent U.N. projections, we know that even if we do make sweeping cuts to emissions, we're still on course for a catastrophic temperature rise of 2.7 degrees Celsius by the year 2100. That means, the record-breaking floods, droughts, storms, wildfires, and heatwaves we're currently seeing, or for many of us, directly experiencing, are just the beginning. Global warming is not just some distant thing to worry about in the future — it's here. Right now. Although cataclysmic events like hurricanes and wildfires tend to monopolize most of the headlines on climate change, as paltry as it is to begin with, climate news coverage hardly ever focuses on the less flashy impacts. Things like heatwaves, for example, might draw some attention if they're record-shattering — but oftentimes, the impacts of long-lasting higher temperatures are not covered in any depth by mainstream news outlets. In this episode of The Response, we're going to focus on an issue that isn't talked about hardly enough: energy poverty. When temperatures rise to the point where they become dangerous, what happens to people who can't escape the heat? As temperatures continue to soar and extreme heatwaves become the norm, a lack of resources to stay cool — so, having access to things like air conditioning, for example, — is a huge issue across the world. This is especially true in southern Europe, a region that experienced a series of record-breaking, climate-fueled heatwaves this past summer. Episode credits: Written, produced, and edited by Robert Raymond Narrated by Tom Llewellyn Theme Music by Cultivate Beats Additional music by Belong, Fugazi, and Chris Zabriskie Cover illustration by Kane Lynch This episode features: Eleni Myrivili, Chief Heat Officer for the City of Athens (the first person to hold this title – recently featured in New York Times). Lidija Živčič is the senior expert at the FOCUS Association for Sustainable Development and a coordinator at EmpowerMed. Mònica Guiteras, a member of the Alliance Against Energy Poverty in Catalonia, and Engineers Without Borders.   Martha Myers, energy poverty campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe and the coordinator of the Right to Energy Coalition. Follow The Response on Twitter and Instagram for updates, memes, and more. Our entire catalog of documentaries and interviews can be found at theresponsepodcast.org — or wherever you get your podcasts. Want to help spread the word? Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify — it makes a huge difference in reaching new people who may otherwise not hear about this show. The Response is published by Shareable.

In this episode of EU Watchdog Radio, we talk about the EU's dependency on gas, what energy poverty is and in what way it is linked to the Ukraine war. We also discuss the energy alternatives the EU is considering, and what really needs to happen.Europe is facing a crisis of the cost of living and the invasion of Ukraine has exposed its dependency on Russian oil and gas.  As the EU continues to import them, it is directly funding Putin's war. According to Beyond Coal, in March  alone Europe paid 20 billion euros to Russia for fossil fuels. In today's episode, we asked campaigners and researchers Martha Myers, at Friends of the Earth Europe, and Pascoe Sabido, at CEO, why the EU is stuck in the hands of the gas lobby and how is energy poverty linked to the war in Ukraine.This podcast is produced by CEO and Counter Balance. Both NGOs raise awareness on the importance of good governance in the EU by researching issues like lobbying of large and powerful industries, corporate capture of decision making, corruption, fraud, human rights violations in areas like Big Tech, agro-business, biotech & chemical companies, the financial sector & public investment banks, trade, energy & climate, scientific research and much more…You can find us on iTunes, Spotify & Buzzsprout. Stay tuned for more independent and in-depth information that concerns every EU citizen!

Πως οι ενεργοί πολίτες έχουν παρέμβαση στα περιβαλλοντικά μέσω των Μη Κυβερνητικών Οργανισμών. Ο Κυριάκος Παρπούνας φιλοξενεί την Νατάσα Ιωάννου από τους ΄Φίλους Της Γής'. Η Νατάσα είναι από το 2014 λειτουργός σε περιβαλλοντικές και άλλες οργανώσεις, ενώ από το 2016 έχει διδάξει σε διάφορες σχολές θέματα όπως περιβαλλοντική διαχείριση και αειφορία. Το 2013 εργάστηκε στις Βρυξέλλες στην περιβαλλοντική οργάνωση Friends of the Earth Europe. Από το 2019 είναι η Γενική Γραμματέας της περιβαλλοντικής οργάνωσης Οικολογικής Κίνησης Κύπρου.

The Response is officially back for a 4th season. Over the next few months, we'll be increasing the frequency of the show and releasing new episodes at least every other week. We've already got a number of exciting interviews and roundtable discussions lined up. We also encourage you to watch our award-winning 30-minute micro-budget documentary film on Youtube: “The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People." For the 9th audio documentary episode of The Response, we're going to focus on an issue that isn't talked about hardly enough: energy poverty. When temperatures rise to the point where they become dangerous, what happens to people who can't escape the heat? The transcript is available here: shareable.net/heatwaves-and-energy-poverty-in-the-mediterranean The Response with Tom Llewellyn is a podcast series from Shareable.net exploring how communities are building collective resilience in the wake of disasters Episode credits: Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn Series producer (+ research and scriptwriting for this episode): Robert Raymond Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats Additional music: Belong, Fugazi, and Chris Zabriskie original artwork was created by Kane Lynch This episode features: Eleni Myrivili, Chief Heat Officer for the City of Athens (the first person to hold this title – recently featured in New York Times). Lidija Živčič is the senior expert at the FOCUS Association for Sustainable Development and a coordinator at EmpowerMed. Mònica Guiteras, a member of the Alliance Against Energy Poverty in Catalonia, and Engineers Without Borders.   Martha Myers, energy poverty campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe and the coordinator of the Right to Energy Coalition. Narrated by Tom Llewellyn.  

In this new episode of this podcast we put spotlights on the European Union as an economical superpower and how the EU regulates - or not - corporate power. The European way of doing (geo)politics is often described as ‘soft power'. But the impact of European businesses in other parts of the world – as well as in the EU itself - is often not so soft; As corporate behaviour often leads to human rights violations and destruction of ecosystems. So how is the EU dealing with issues like environmental justice, social rights and corporate power in a time when globalisation is being reviewed critically? Because what big European corporations and multinationals are contributing to along their global values chains, is often in stark contrast with the so called ‘European values'. Think for example the connections of the meat industry and supermarkets with the destruction in the Amazon forest. Think people in Bangladesh, risking their lives in unsafe factories for the European textile industry. Or think farmers in Nigeria who basically lost their farmlands and livelihoods due to operations of fossil fuel company Shell.     In this episode we talk to Jill McArdle, Corporate accountability campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe; She explains what is going on behind the scenes with the announced European law that potentially could hold European companies accountable for what their sub-contractors are doing in Bangladesh, the Amazon or Nigeria. This law has great potential for victims of wrong doing by European companies abroad. She explains tactics and arguments of corporate lobbies against this new law; This corporate lobby was described in a recent report called “Off the Hook?” published by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) and Friends of the Earth Europe. The new EU law on due diligence is expected for October this year. We also listen to CEO-researcher Pia Eberhardt who uncovered another massive lobby campaign in a new report called “Conquering European courts”, which is about exactly the opposite: make the EU to propose new legislation, giving more and new legal powers to corporations, which they could use to undermine public interest regulations.  Analysing dozens of documents obtained through freedom of information requests, the report reveals how banks like German Commerzbank, lobby groups like the Association of Large French Companies, BusinessEurope as well as corporate lawyers and lobby consultancies are pushing for a new legal regime that would enable industry to bypass national courts when settling disputes with EU member states. Big business' key demand is a new EU court for corporations, as well as substantive rights, which could ultimately put governments off regulating in the public interest. This new legislative proposal is expected for November this year. This podcast is produced by CEO and Counter Balance. Both NGOs raise awareness on the importance of good governance in the European Union, by researching issues like lobbying of large and powerful industries, corporate capture of decision making, corruption, fraud, human rights violations in areas like agro-business, biotech & chemical companies, the financial sector & public investment banks, trade, energy&climate, scientific research and much more…You can find us on iTunes, Spotify & Buzzsprout. Stay tuned for more independent and in-depth information that concerns every EU-citizen!

What happens behind the scenes of the EU Parliament? One of the leading figures in European politics, Claude Turmes, the Minister for Energy and Minister for Spatial Planning in Luxembourg, joins Michael Liebreich for episode 21. As a member of the European Green Party and a former Member of the European Parliament for 19 years, Claude has extensive experience representing the parliament in international climate change conferences. Bio/Introduction Claude Turmes has been the rapporteur of a large number of European directives, in particular on renewable energies, energy efficiency, the electricity market and climate plans, as well as on the European lobby register. He was the rapporteur on the EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28. From 2004 to 2018, he was the chairman of EUFORES (European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources), the Interparliamentary association for the promotion of renewable energies in Europe. Moreover, He represented the Parliament at the 2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznań and the 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakech. Prior to his election to the European Parliament, Claude Turmes was an activist and, later, he volunteered to lead various environmental associations. He has been active at both the European (Friends of the Earth Europe, the European Environmental Bureau) and national level. He was a member of the Committee and Vice-President in charge of energy/climate and European affairs and Europe of the Mouvement Écologique Luxembourg from the late 1980’s to 1999. Claude Turmes was also a teacher from 1983 to 1999 in various secondary schools in Luxembourg. Claude Turmes, after completing his secondary education, he graduated in physical and sport education from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve in 1983. Parallelly to his job, Claude Turmes studied environmental technologies at the Luxembourgish University Foundation in Arlon and finished his studies without the final thesis. Claude Turmes also attended numerous continuing education training in yoga. Key links Official Bio: https://gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/documents/ministres/cv/2019/en/Turmes-EN-Oct2019.pdf Energy Transformation - An Opportunity for Europe (Claude Turme’s book) https://www.libeurop.eu/shop/product/9781785902574-energy-transformation-an-opportunity-for-europe-636012 European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources http://www.eufores.org/ The EU’s state aid regime is upside down (May 2020) https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/the-eus-state-aid-regime-is-upside-down/?fbclid=IwAR1l8DFGKKpwOkBzgo_XuQCbQLaNm8vP5ADtQVvNN9udC6kqLzq_ZX9quyc Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (25 October 2012) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32012L0027 Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (23 April 2009) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32009L0028 "LUXEMBOURG IN TRANSITION": TOWARDS ZERO CARBON BY 2050? https://delano.lu/d/detail/news/luxembourg-transition-towards-zero-carbon-2050/212145 About Cleaning Up Once a week Michael Liebreich has a conversation (and a drink) with a leader in clean energy, mobility, climate finance or sustainable development. Each episode covers the technical ground on some aspect of the low-carbon transition – but it also delves into the nature of leadership in the climate transition: whether to be optimistic or pessimistic; how to communicate in order to inspire change; personal credos; and so on. And it should be fun – most of the guests are Michael’s friends. Follow Cleaning Up on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/MLCleaningUp](https://twitter.com/MLCleaningUp) Follow Cleaning Up on Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleaning-up-with-michael-liebreich](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleaning-up-with-michael-liebreich) Follow Cleaning Up on Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/MLCleaningUp](https://www.facebook.com/MLCleaningUp) Links to other Podcast Platforms: [https://www.cleaningup.live/](https://www.cleaningup.live/)

In today's episode I have the pleasure of talking to Riccardo Mastini - Riccardo is a a PhD candidate in Political Ecology and Ecological Economics at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.The topic sounded extremely interesting, particularly since Riccardo is at the forefront of academic research into degrowth - the idea that we need to transform our society to optimize the well-being of everybody and sustain the natural basis of life.Apart from studying degrowth, Riccardo is a Member of the Green New Deal for Europe and the Wellbeing Economic Alliance. He has also consulted the United Nations Environment Programme, several environmental agencies across the world and a lot of international NGOs.Our podcast was quite detailed and had an academic feel to it. It does require a bit of focus, but the explanations are so nuanced and in-depth that it's a worthy listen. We discussed how his PhD intersects with climate change, we delved deeper into degrowth, we looked at why we cannot continue to grow and decarbonize at the same time (at a meaningful rate anyway) and we explored the intricacies of the Green New Deal with a focus on Europe.Hope you enjoy this episode, let's dive right in!RICCARDO'S RELEVANT LINKSRiccardo’s website: https://rmastini.wixsite.com/degrowthRiccardo’s Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/r.mastiniRiccardo’s Twitter account: https://twitter.com/r_mastiniEPISODE TIMECODES3:47 - Riccardo's background, PhD & how it intersects with climate change10:50 - Defining the concept of degrowth21:04 - Is degrowth necessary to decarbonize?32:24 - The European Green New Deal & its challenges50:09 - Science vs Business vs Politics vs SocietyRESOURCES MENTIONEDFriends of the Earth Europe’s report ‘Sufficiency: Moving beyond the gospel of eco-efficiency’: http://www.foeeurope.org/sufficiencyPost-Growth Conference 2018 at the European Parliament: https://www.postgrowth2018.eu/Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona: https://ictaweb.uab.cat/Green New Deal for Europe: https://www.gndforeurope.com/campaignResearch & Degrowth: https://degrowth.org/Wellbeing Economy Alliance: https://wellbeingeconomy.org/Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy: https://steadystate.org/Degrowth.info: https://www.degrowth.info/en/Is Green Growth Possible?: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59bc0e610abd04bd1e067ccc/t/5cbdc638b208fc1c56f785a7/1555940922601/Hickel+and+Kallis+-+Is+Green+Growth+Possible.pdfDecoupling debunked: https://eeb.org/library/decoupling-debunked/A Good Life For All Within Planetary Boundaries: https://goodlife.leeds.ac.uk/The EU needs a stability and wellbeing pact, not more growth: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/16/the-eu-needs-a-stability-and-wellbeing-pact-not-more-growthWorld Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/1/8/5610806IPCC Low Energy Demand scenario: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-018-0172-6Tradable Energy Quotas scheme: https://www.flemingpolicycentre.org.uk/teqs/

Many communities in the world are fighting for their right to live in a safe and natural environment. Some weeks ago, during Young Friends of the Earth Europe’s training in Ireland, we spoke with Lynda Sullivan and V’Cenza Cirefice about their experiences working with communities affected by environmental injustice. They not only reflected on common obstacles and struggles for these communities, but also shared with us some strategies and advice for anyone looking to support them. This podcast is supported by the European Union.

In this episode, we discuss how setting up ground rules and a clear framework for organising has made our group more resilient and our work more effective. We introduce the tools that we use to make our meetings more inclusive, and talk about how fostering an egalitarian culture through the conscious establishment of group rules can contribute to challenging the hierarchical structures that have become dominant in our cultures. To find out more on intersectional organising, have a look at the Young Friends of the Earth Europe manifesto for equality and interculturalism: http://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/young_foee/yfoee_manifesto_final.pdf If you want to take part in our direct action training on Saturday, 8th December 2018, follow the link here: https://www.facebook.com/events/751035208602664/

To mark ten years of Young Friends of the Earth Europe, we gathered inspirational & funny stories from those who’ve been involved since it started in 2007.

Episode 14: GMO Foods Kirsten Saylor of Right to Know MN tells us about the campaign to get GMO foods labeled in Minnesota, and Mute Schimpf of Friends of the Earth Europe tells us how the pending US-EU trade deal could threaten the power of local and national governments to make just such regulations.