YOUR PLANET. YOUR EU. YOU DECIDE.

ClientEarth calls for a systemic legal shift in the EU to prioritize planetary boundaries, proposing the appointment of a Vice-President for People and the Environment and the removal of fossil fuel subsidies. The document advocates for binding sustainability requirements in trade, a transition to 'energy sufficiency', and the adoption of a Sustainable Food System legislative framework to address gaps in the European Green Deal.

• ClientEarth proposes the appointment of a European Commission Vice-President for People and the Environment to ensure the European Green Deal's commitments are integrated across all EU decision-making and to coordinate its implementation.
• The document argues for a complete end to public financial support for fossil fuels, including fossil gas, and suggests that the EU should align State aid policy to block such support.
• To improve the rule of law, ClientEarth recommends increasing resources for environmental enforcement bodies and improving access to justice in 21 of the 27 EU Member States.
• The manifesto calls for a shift in energy policy toward 'energy sufficiency', which prioritizes absolute resource-use reduction targets over efficiency and circularity alone.
• ClientEarth identifies a significant gap in the European Green Deal regarding food systems and advocates for a Sustainable Food System legislative framework with binding targets for healthy food access and planetary limits.
• The document suggests that the EU should remove fossil gas and biomass from the EU Taxonomy's list of sustainable activities to prevent private sector greenwashing.
• ClientEarth urges the EU to make sustainability chapters in trade agreements legally binding and to condition new agreements on international climate and biodiversity commitments.

APA

ClientEarth (n.d.). YOUR PLANET. YOUR EU. YOU DECIDE. https://www.clientearth.org/media/0y3gm3ui/eng-eu-manifesto-clientearth-decisionmakers.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. YOUR PLANET. YOUR EU. YOU DECIDE. n.d. https://www.clientearth.org/media/0y3gm3ui/eng-eu-manifesto-clientearth-decisionmakers.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearthndyour, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{YOUR PLANET. YOUR EU. YOU DECIDE.}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/0y3gm3ui/eng-eu-manifesto-clientearth-decisionmakers.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }