The EU has decided to delay its landmark anti-deforestation law, which will now see it enter into effect as of 30 December 2025 – a year later than originally planned.
This is a significant blow for the fight to protect the world’s climate-critical forests and those who depend on them, but it could have been much worse.
Next year, we will continue to campaign to hold the EU to account and push for these vital laws to be enforced as planned, with the financial institutions bankrolling deforestation included too.
18 Dec 2024
Global Witness
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