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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11581

28 June 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 30
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) climate
NGOs fear adverse effect of using forests to offset fossil emissions

Brussels, 27/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - Using forests' ability to absorb CO2 to offset greenhouse gas emissions from transport or construction would be counter-productive, warned the NGO Fern “Making the EU work for people and forests” on 22 June.

For this reason, it is awaiting with great trepidation the proposal that the European Commission is due to set out on 20 July on the contribution that agriculture and forestry can make to tacking climate change, a key part of its climate summer...

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