Last week saw the marking of World Food Day, a day when people around the world raise awareness around a scandalous fact – that 1 in 8 people on the planet goes to bed hungry every night.Hunger has...
The representatives of big business, including the big accountancy firms, have been scurrying in and out of politicians’ offices trying to persuade them that getting companies to pay their fair share...
Due to EU policies on biofuels, including generous subisidies, EU biofuels consumption is expected to double between 2010 and 2020. However, this is having a massive impact on poor communities around...
In a major shift in its biofuels policy, the European Commission today announced that it was limiting the use of biofuels made from food crops in its renewable energy targets. But late changes to the...
Over the last few years we’ve been showing how the European Union’s biofuels targets have led to land grabs and food insecurity in developing countries. Europe’s thirst for fuel has had a huge...
In recent years, communities supported by ActionAid and its partners from around the world have suffered the negative impacts of industrial biofuels production projects and policies. While ActionAid...
On 7th of December the European Commission presented its proposal on how it will spend €62 billion on aid between 2014 and 2020.This represents a slight increase in the EU’s development budget and is...
For decades, European dairy farmers have been given massive subsidies under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU). This has enabled them to export cheap milk powder, among...
Over the last century, innovation in global air transport has opened the door for endless possibilities worldwide. Because of these innovations we get to explore new parts of the world, visit our...
Against a background of unprecedented food shortages, including in Senegal, this study aims to analyse how the Economic Partnership Agreements currently under negotiation between the EU and West...
