#Act4 FarmAnimals The Baftas awards frontrunner joins protestors on Tower Bridge in London to campaign for a meat-free world. Joaquin Phoenix joins Animal Equality in urging people to 'go vegan' 3 February 2020 Animal Equality
#Act4 Wildlife Belgium must prohibit the import of kangaroo meat, just as it prohibited the import of seal products. All Belgian supermarkets are removing kangaroo meat from their shelves 3 February 2020 GAIA
#Act4 FarmAnimals A report calling for a new pricing model across all Member States will be debated by MEPs on 5 February 2020 at the event "The True Price of Meat" by Compassion in World Farming. EU urged to adopt "sustainability charge" on meat: "pricing has been kept artificially low for too long" 3 February 2020 CIWF
#Act4 Wildlife The world's oceans act as a massive carbon sink trapping 50 times more than is in the atmosphere. Greenpeace says world network of ocean sanctuaries needed to help seas store carbon and protect nature 4 December 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals On 20 November 2019, EIT Food hosted its first EU conference in Brussels, bringing together policymakers and food innovation experts to brainstorm the future of food. The event was organised in partnership with Brussels-based think tank Friends of Europe. Future of food, including cell-based meat, discussed at the EIT Food Forum in Brussels 28 November 2019
Bloc warned against making symbolic gestures not backed up by concrete action 'Our house is on fire': EU parliament declares climate emergency 28 November 2019
Frustrations at boiling point as farmers reject 'climate sinners' and 'animal abusers' labels German farmers point the finger at climate and animal activists for creating negative attitudes towards them - and their children 26 November 2019
The African MGS consultation meeting carried out a stock take of previous AMCEN decisions and actions from global forums and conferences. African Ministers Conference on the Environment - Very little space for civil society engagement 20 November 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) announced today the theme of United Nations World Wildlife Day 2020: “Sustaining all life on Earth”. “Sustaining all life on Earth” will be the theme of World Wildlife Day 2020 19 November 2019
Lucy Hughes created MarinaTex for her final year project in product design at the University of Sussex. It’s also edible and, she says, intended as an alternative to plastic typically used in bakery bags, sandwich packs and tissue boxes. Tipping the scales? Briton develops fish waste 'plastic' 14 November 2019
Report claims 400,000 insect species face extinction amid heavy use of pesticides ‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn 13 November 2019
Australia suggests that an average person could be ingesting approximately 5 grams of plastic every week Study assesses plastic ingestion from nature to people 10 November 2019