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Letter to President Barroso ahead of the June Council meeting, 17-18 June

Ahead of the EU June Council, APRODEV and CIDSE called European Heads of State to take steps in order to move to a -30% 2020 EU emission reduction target, commit to report transparently on its fast start finance in Cancun and thereafter, and support a second commitment period of the Kyoto protocol with ambitious aggregate and individual mid-term targets for developed countries. Similar letters have been sent to the Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero and the EU President Van Rompuy ahead of the June council and to Spanish Minister for the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, Elena Espinosa, ahead of the June Environment Council meeting. read the letter

EU Common Agricultural Policy Reform 2013

Facing the global challenge of food security for the common agricultural policy (CAP) reform 2013: A discussion paper by APRODEV- July 2010

Climate Finance: Not enough meat in the EU Finance Report

"The unwillingness to be clear about the source of their fast start finance is only corroborating the grape vine, which contends that a great majority in the EU intend to recycle their ODA commitments and baptise it climate finance", asserted Augustine B. Njamnshi of the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance.This lack of clarity is frustrating developing countries, especially those who quickly associated with the Copenhagen Accord with the hope of getting something from the package". Media release - NGO comments on preliminary report on the FSF here.

“This
unwillingness
to
be
clear
about
the
sources
of
their
fast
start
finance
is
only
corroborating
the
grape
vine,
which
contends
that
a
great
majority
in
the
EU
intend
to
recycle
their
ODA
commitments
and
baptize
it
climate
finance,”
asserted
Augustine
B.
Njamnshi
of
the
Pan-‐African
Climate
Justice
Alliance.
“This
lack
of
clarity
is
frustrating
developing
countries,
especially
those
who
quickly
associated
with
the
Copenhagen
Accord
with
the
hope
of
getting
something
from
the
package.”

EU plans on emission reductions step in the right direction

26 May 2010 - APRODEV and CIDSE welcome the arguments the European Commission put forward today for the EU to step up its commitments on greenhouse gas emission reductions to 30% by 2020. APRODEV and CIDSE say that the Communication “Unlocking Europe's potential in clean innovation and growth” discredits fabrications about the negative impacts of ambitious reduction targets. They urge EU member states to agree on raising their collective target from 20 to 30 % by 2020. More

Comments on EC communication on Food Security

APRODEV, CIDSE and CARITAS Europa highlight the need to avoid inconsistencies within this new EU policy framework, to establish credible mechanisms for monitoring implementation of all instruments relevant to it and to ensure coherence of other policy areas with the development agenda it sets out. Read the commentary