Now is the Time to Enforce, not Delay, the EU Deforestation Regulation

A statement by the World Resources Institute (WRI) urging the European Commission to reject a proposed second delay of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) enforcement to December 2026, arguing that such a postponement undermines global climate commitments and businesses that have already invested in compliance.

• The European Commission has proposed delaying the enforcement of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for a second consecutive year, with a new proposed implementation date of late December 2026. The WRI argues this risks the law's credibility and the EU's reliability as a partner to commodity-producing countries.
• The EUDR aims to block commodities linked to forest degradation and deforestation—specifically beef, leather, palm oil, rubber, wood, soy, cocoa, and coffee—from the EU market. WRI notes that the EU is responsible for 13–16% of global deforestation via imports, despite containing only 7% of the global population.
• WRI opposes efforts to weaken the EUDR, such as the introduction of a 'no-risk' country category or exempting certain countries from declaration requirements. The organization claims these changes would create loopholes allowing deforestation-linked products, such as leather from Brazil, to be laundered into EU supply chains.

APA

van Veldhoven, S. (2025). Now is the Time to Enforce, not Delay, the EU Deforestation Regulation. World Resources Institute. https://www.wri.org/news/statement-time-to-enforce-not-delay-eu-deforestation-regulation

Chicago

van Veldhoven, Stientje. Now is the Time to Enforce, not Delay, the EU Deforestation Regulation. World Resources Institute, 2025. https://www.wri.org/news/statement-time-to-enforce-not-delay-eu-deforestation-regulation.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=van Veldhoven |first1=Stientje |title=Now is the Time to Enforce, not Delay, the EU Deforestation Regulation |publisher=World Resources Institute |date=24 September 2025 |url=https://www.wri.org/news/statement-time-to-enforce-not-delay-eu-deforestation-regulation |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{vanveldhoven2025now, author = {van Veldhoven, Stientje}, title = {{Now is the Time to Enforce, not Delay, the EU Deforestation Regulation}}, publisher = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2025}, month = sep, url = {https://www.wri.org/news/statement-time-to-enforce-not-delay-eu-deforestation-regulation}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }