The European Ocean Act: Securing Europe’s Ocean Future: Europe’s future security, competitiveness and resilience will be decided at sea. This implementation gap is becoming a strategic vulnerability for Europe, weakening fisheries productivity, offshore infrastructure, maritime supply chains and coastal stability. The European Ocean Act is an opportunity to move from commitments to delivery, ensuring 100% of EU waters are managed sustainably within ecological limits. This policy briefing lays out two strategic imperatives for the Ocean Act.
Europe’s future security, competitiveness and resilience will be decided at sea. This implementation gap is becoming a strategic vulnerability for Europe, weakening fisheries productivity, offshore infrastructure, maritime supply chains and coastal stability. The European Ocean Act is an opportunity to move from commitments to delivery, ensuring 100% of EU waters are managed sustainably within ecological limits. This short briefing lays out two strategic imperatives for the Ocean Act.
The European Ocean Act: Turning Ocean Governance into Delivery: The European Ocean Act represents a critical opportunity to move from fragmented commitments to implementation and measurable delivery, while creating a more coherent and effective framework for EU ocean governance. However, it should not become a deregulatory vehicle for weakening environmental protections. This policy briefing lays out our recommendations for the Ocean Act, to ensure it builds Europe's economic security, maritime resilience and strategic autonomy.
The European Ocean Act represents a critical opportunity to move from fragmented commitments to implementation and measurable delivery, while creating a more coherent and effective framework for EU ocean governance. However, it should not become a deregulatory vehicle for weakening environmental protections. This policy briefing lays out our recommendations for the Ocean Act, which must be implemented ensure it builds Europe's economic security, maritime resilience and strategic autonomy.
สิทธิในการลด: สู่ระบบการใช้ซ้ำและระบบที่เอื้อต่อการลดเพื่อแก้ไขปัญหามลพิษพลาสติกอย่างยั่งยืน: ทุกวันนี้ แม้ประชาชนจะตระหนักในผลกระทบทางสิ่งแวดล้อมและสุขภาพของพลาสติก แต่โครงสร้างพื้นฐานทางสังคมยังเอื้อให้การบริโภคพลาสติกแบบใช้ครั้งเดียวเป็นแนวทางที่สะดวก ถูก และในหลายกรณี เป็นทางเลือกเดียว ที่ประชาชนสามารถเข้าถึงได้ รายงานฉบับนี้เสนอให้สังคมเปลี่ยนแนวคิดต่อการลดการใช้พลาสติกว่า ไม่ได้เป็นเพียงหน้าที่ของประชาชน แต่เป็น "สิทธิในการลด" ที่รัฐบาลต้องรับรองด้วยการจัดตั้งระบบและโครงสร้างพื้นฐาน เพื่อให้การใช้ซ้ำ การเติม และการซ่อมแซม กลับมาเป็นบรรทัดฐานทางสังคมอีกครั้ง
ทุกวันนี้ แม้ประชาชนจะตระหนักในผลกระทบทางสิ่งแวดล้อมและสุขภาพของพลาสติก แต่โครงสร้างพื้นฐานทางสังคมยังเอื้อให้การบริโภคพลาสติกแบบใช้ครั้งเดียวเป็นแนวทางที่สะดวก ถูก และในหลายกรณี เป็นทางเลือกเดียว ที่ประชาชนสามารถเข้าถึงได้ รายงานฉบับนี้เสนอให้สังคมเปลี่ยนแนวคิดต่อการลดการใช้พลาสติกว่า ไม่ได้เป็นเพียงหน้าที่ของประชาชน แต่เป็น "สิทธิในการลด" ที่รัฐบาลต้องรับรองด้วยการจัดตั้งระบบและโครงสร้างพื้นฐาน เพื่อให้การใช้ซ้ำ การเติม และการซ่อมแซม กลับมาเป็นบรรทัดฐานทางสังคมอีกครั้ง
Right to Reduce: Toxic-free reuse and reduction-enabling systems as real solutions to plastic pollution: The "Right to Reduce" is a concept created by the Environmental Justice Foundation. This policy white paper asserts that the ability to reduce consumption of plastics and materials is a human right. It shows that today, individuals are systematically denied the right to reduce due to the dominance of plastics in everyday life, leaving people with little meaningful ability to avoid plastic consumption. This right to reduce is guaranteed by establishing toxic-free reduction-enabling systems, challenging the current system of plastic overproduction and overconsumption, and rejecting false solutions.
The "Right to Reduce" is a concept created by the Environmental Justice Foundation. This policy white paper asserts that the ability to reduce consumption of plastics and materials is a human right. It shows that today, individuals are systematically denied the right to reduce due to the dominance of plastics in everyday life, leaving people with little meaningful ability to avoid plastic consumption.
This right to reduce is guaranteed by establishing toxic-free reduction-enabling systems, challenging the current system of plastic overproduction and overconsumption, and rejecting false solutions.
臺灣政府基金的氣候相關財務揭露分析報告: 這份報告深入檢核台灣四大政府基金的氣候韌性，透過 TCFD 與 CDP 雙重國際架構，檢視它們在氣候資訊揭露的表現與氣候轉型計畫的可信度。分析結果顯示，各大基金普遍缺乏量化減碳目標與科學轉型路徑，不僅資訊揭露完整度與品質低落，其轉型計畫更因缺乏公信力而難以應對氣候風險、貢獻淨零目標。我們強烈敦促政府立即建立跨部會監督機制、將基金的氣候揭露法制化、要求基金提出對齊國家淨零的短中長期目標與路徑，以守護全民資產與環境永續。
Joint letter to Cyprus EU Presidency: Upholding the common fisheries policy at the EU Fisheries Directors General and Attachés informal meeting in Cyprus: This letter, signed by the Environmental Justice Foundation, Coalition Clean Baltic, ClientEarth, Oceana, Seas At Risk and WWF EU, urges Mrs Marina Argyrou, Director of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Research of Cyprus and presiding over the informal meeting of EU Fisheries Directors General and Attachés (26-28 April 2026), to resist growing pressure from some Member States to reopen core fisheries legislation under a so-called "simplification package", and to prioritise the full and timely implementation of existing Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) provisions as a prerequisite to achieving sustainable EU fisheries.
This letter, signed by the Environmental Justice Foundation, Coalition Clean Baltic, ClientEarth, Oceana, Seas At Risk and WWF EU, urges Mrs Marina Argyrou, Director of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Research of Cyprus and presiding over the informal meeting of EU Fisheries Directors General and Attachés (26-28 April 2026), to resist growing pressure from some Member States to reopen core fisheries legislation under a so-called "simplification package", and to prioritise the full and timely implementation of existing Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) provisions as a prerequisite to achieving sustainable EU fisheries.
Criminal catches: How to stop the supply of illegal seafood to the UK - Report Summary: The Coalition for Fisheries Transparency is calling on the UK to fully implement the Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and human rights abuses in the fisheries sector. The Coalition's report, Criminal catches: How to stop the supply of illegal seafood to the UK, provides detailed evidence on the problems in British seafood supply chains and clear recommendations to address them.
The Coalition for Fisheries Transparency is calling on the UK to fully implement the Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and human rights abuses in the fisheries sector. The Coalition's report, Criminal catches: How to stop the supply of illegal seafood to the UK, provides detailed evidence on the problems in British seafood supply chains and clear recommendations to address them.
環境正義基金會 氣候金融政策簡報: 本簡報闡述了為何氣候金融是改革全球經濟體系的基礎。本簡報援引2024年發表於《自然》（Nature）期刊的研究指出，若現在投入6兆美元用於減緩措施，便能確保未來符合《巴黎協定》目標，並使最貧困地區免於遭受最嚴重的收入損失。這個金額僅佔「不採取行動」情形下所將產生的38兆美元成本的六分之一。否則，在26年內，北美與歐洲的中位數收入將下降約11%，而南亞與非洲則將下降22%。該研究主張，要彌補減緩、適應以及損失與損害方面的資金缺口，必須提高透明度、制定以氣候為核心的政策、撤資化石燃料，並提供激勵措施，以實現2035年前建立真正的零碳經濟。
EJF’s Policy Brief on Climate Finance: This briefing sets out why climate finance is the foundation for reforming the global economic system. Drawing on 2024 research published in Nature, it shows that investing US$6 trillion in mitigation now, a sixth of the US$38 trillion cost of inaction, would secure a Paris-aligned future and spare the poorest regions the steepest income losses, with median income falling by around 11% in North America and Europe and 22% in South Asia and Africa within 26 years. It argues that closing the mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage finance gaps demands greater transparency, climate-focused policy, divestment from fossil fuels and incentives for a real zero-carbon economy by 2035.
This briefing sets out why climate finance is the foundation for reforming the global economic system. Drawing on 2024 research published in Nature, it shows that investing US$6 trillion in mitigation now, a sixth of the US$38 trillion cost of inaction, would secure a Paris-aligned future and spare the poorest regions the steepest income losses, with median income falling by around 11% in North America and Europe and 22% in South Asia and Africa within 26 years. It argues that closing the mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage finance gaps demands greater transparency, climate-focused policy, divestment from fossil fuels and incentives for a real zero-carbon economy by 2035.
A Manifesto from the Species of the Pantanal: This manifesto calls for urgent action to protect the world's largest tropical wetland, the Pantanal, on behalf of the species that inhabit it. This landmark manifesto has been signed by 16 leading conservation organisations.
Citizen scientists of the sea: The power of fisher inclusion in Ghana's closed season monitoring: Fisher inclusion transforms closed seasons from a top-down directive into a community-driven conservation effort. Sustained engagement and recognition of fisher knowledge are essential to rebuilding Ghana’s fish populations and securing the livelihoods of coastal communities.
Why the EU should follow Scotland and require CCTV on ‘supertrawlers’: Ten EU-linked freezer trawlers, all of them so-called supertrawlers over 100m long, spent an estimated 14,530 hours fishing in Scottish waters in the 12 months to 1 February 2026. Since 7 March, Scotland has required cameras on board to monitor trawlers in its waters, and the rest of the UK and EU should follow suit.
Ten EU-linked freezer trawlers, all of them so-called supertrawlers over 100m long, spent an estimated 14,530 hours fishing in Scottish waters in the 12 months to 1 February 2026. Since 7 March, Scotland has required cameras on board to monitor trawlers in its waters, and the rest of the UK and EU should follow suit.