Part of a series of factsheets examining the social and environmental impacts of coal, oil and gas extraction.
Impacts on developing countries
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Plant-based fuels from agriculture. Also known as biofuels
Genuine, just solutions to climate change
Energy efficiency and its benefits
Oil and gas exploration, and mining
Clean alternatives to fossil fuels
Unconventional gas and the extraction process known as ‘fracking’
EU Structural and Cohesion funds, principally for central and eastern Europe
Unconventional oil. Also known as oil sands
European climate campaign for annual emissions cuts
Differing and competing interests in the EU institutions
Making companies accountable for harm they cause anywhere in the world
When EU and international policy-making is overly influenced by business and interest groups
Company advertising at odds with real environmental impacts
Lobby registration, ethical practice, and access to documents
Getting banks to take responsibility for social and environmental risks
How EU money can be better spent
Betting on foodstuffs, and how to regulate it
Food and farming in Europe and its global impacts
Species protection in Europe and around the globe
The right to define sustainable and just food policies
Genetically modified crops and organisms
Measuring Europe’s land footprint and tackling the drivers of land grabbing
Reducing, reusing and recycling resources
Europe’s consumption of land, materials, water and carbon
Measuring Europe’s water footprint
