As the second week of UN climate talks near a close in Bonn, Germany, public-interest civil society groups and rightsholder constituencies secured an overdue victory with the first ever set of requirements for all participants in UNFCCC processes to have to disclose their affiliation prior to participation.

As the right wing EPP grouping of the European Parliament gears up with 2024’s election in its sights, it senses blood as its hunts down key aspects of the Green Deal. Legislation to protect biodiversity and make food production more sustainable is under concerted attack.

More than 100 environmental, scientific and social organisations, as well as farmers, trade unions and church groups call for an end to EU derogations that water down CAP environmental measures. They also urge to keep the Farm-to-Fork ambitions of the Green Deal alive.

The Big 5 oil and gas majors have brought more than 400 lobbyists to the UN climate talks since the Paris Agreement was signed at COP21.

Six months after the arrest of then Vice-President of the European Parliament Eva Kaili, CEO, Transparency International and LobbyControl take stock of the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the European Parliament.

In this episode of EU Watchdog Radio, Hans van Scharen talks to Special UN Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri.

A new study of the top 50 highest-spenders on EU lobbying based on LobbyFacts data shows that Big Toxics - major chemical industry players - now out-spend Big Tech in their EU lobby firepower.

New analysis shows that major chemical industry players ‒ Big Toxics ‒ are at the top of LobbyFacts rankings when it comes to lobby spend.

An unprecedentedly large coalition of politicians from the US Congress and the EU Parliament call for an end to fossil fuel industry influence at the UN climate talks weeks before crucial negotiations.

An unprecedentedly large coalition of politicians from the United States Congress and the European Union Parliament call for an end to fossil fuel industry influence at the UN climate talks weeks before crucial negotiations on the topic in Bonn, Germany.