The UN’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently published the sixth assessment report on the impacts, adaptation and vulnerability of climate change. It’s the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding,...
“The new CAP takes further steps towards a fairer distribution of income support and a greater targeting towards small and medium-sized farms.” (European Commission) The New Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is declared to be greener and fairer. In order to improve farmer’s situations a fairer distribution of CAP income support among farmers is promised by...
Brush up your knowledge on CAP Friends of the Earth is putting you to the test! We have come up with a quiz to pick your brain about local farming within a larger context of European policy. Also we want to get your input as a consumer of local produce and products. So, we have...
Over 10 years ago, Friends of the Earth Malta was actively campaigning for a Climate Bill in Malta, as part of the campaign ‘The Big Ask’. In this European campaign, Friends of the Earth groups in 16 Member States were calling on their governments to create climate change laws. In Malta, this goal was achieved...
The New Year has started and with it come new resolutions, challenges, intentions. Adapting new manners can be exciting and exhausting at the same time. To keep them implemented in the long-term, it’s helpful to set reachable goals and one’s that do not cause a lot of overcoming. Friends of the Earth has created an...
To all young people under 25 – enough talking, time for some action. Join us from the seascape of our coast and the silent hidden world of flying mammals, to our homely habits and the buzzing of bees as we explore the diversity of approaches to protect our planet. We are hosting six unique sessions...
Shall we be concerned by the decline of organic farmers? Are young people interested in this work? Can biodynamic and organic farming become the dominant model? Organic farmer and lecturer Jiří Prachař working in Germany, answers these questions in an interview. According to the European commissioner for agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski, the EU lost 4 of...
Around this time of year this winter flowering evergreen shrub paints one of the prettiest natural landscapes by colouring pink the limestone garigue and valley sides with its clusters of bell-shaped flowers (occasionally found in darker shades or, rarely, almost white). This native plant, the only one represented in Malta from the species-rich Ericaceae family...
