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Green Impact

We rely on a multidisciplinary approach, technological innovation, and a stakeholder network to generate a transformative impact on social justice and welfare policies concerning nature, animals, and human society.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Benedetta Scuderi (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Oct 2024 · Microplastics WG

Response to Carbon capture utilisation and storage deployment

30 Aug 2023

Carbon capture technologies could potentially become allies against the climate crisis in the future. However, at present, we believe that suitable technologies are lacking. In fact, the few plants employing this technology use it to extract oil from wells through CO2 injection. What comes out is more oil and even a portion of the injected CO2. Such use would not align with climate mitigation goals. Additionally, the costs of this technology are currently too burdensome relative to the outcomes. Furthermore, a vast pipeline network would need to be developed to transport the CO2, adding to the expenses and raising concerns about environmental and human health impacts. Given the numerous risks, accidents cannot be afforded. The greatest concern is that this technology might be used as an excuse to continue utilizing fossil fuels or forest biomass as energy sources. Indeed, this is precisely what is happening, with many power plants requiring incentives to implement all of this. Large energy production plants and the business world at large see carbon capture as an opportunity to keep producing and consuming even more. This pertains to fossil fuels as well as bioenergy production. In fact, BECCS technology could be exploited to indiscriminately continue biomass usage, with all the resulting impacts. In conclusion, we don't believe that carbon capture technologies can be an immediate solution. The climate crisis is here now, so we need alternative solutions, which could involve true renewables like solar or wind energy.
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Response to Wildlife trade – alignment of EU rules with recent decisions taken under the CITES convention and changes to EU ivory trade rules

25 Feb 2021

Green Impact ( www.greenimpact.it) welcomes the introduction of a stronger regulatory regime for the trade of ivory. The Proposed Commission Regulation introduces stringent rules on the trade of 'worked ivory' which should greatly help eliminating trafficking, The proposed revision, however does too little in relation to 'raw ivory'. Raw ivory is mainly dealt in the Guidelines document - which are not binding rules nor can be used as official interpretation of existing EU CITES rules by the national management and enforcement authorities. Contrary to several other Non - EU States, the proposed regulation, if adopted in its current form, will not prohibit the trade of raw ivory. We therefore call on the Commission and the National CITES Management authorities to improve the text taking into account what already done by several other States. We have put together a compilation of existing laws on ivory trade in several Non- EU States which we attach to this contribution and we expect the EU to show the greatest possible ambition to make sure that the trade in ivory will end. This objective cannot be achieved through soft law ( guidelines).
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