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Dear readers,
Welcome to the Climate Weekly digest by the Centre for Science and Environment’s Climate Change programme and Down to Earth.
In 2023, the European Union (EU) introduced the EU Deforestation Regulation (or EUDR) to reduce the EU’s share of deforestation within transboundary supply chains of commodities such as cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, soya, rubber and timber. In his latest article, CSE Climate’s Rudrath Avinashi takes a deep dive into the regulation and its implications for Global South countries. The EUDR will subject the commodities to a ‘due diligence’ process before entering the European market based on criteria such as rate of deforestation, rate of expansion of agricultural land and production trends for the relevant commodities. Consequently, penalties will be imposed depending on the degree of non-compliance with the regulation.
Among the seven commodities targeted by EUDR, cattle, cocoa and oil palm contribute two-thirds to the total deforestation associated with EU imports. Further, a country-level analysis shows that commodity-dependent countries in the Global South would be severely impacted by the regulation. Avinashi notes that the regulation places a disproportionate burden on developing countries, raising concerns over economic vulnerabilities, exclusion of smallholder farmers caused by greater due diligence burdens, and the imposition of a one-size-fits-all definition of ‘forests’ on the Global South. The EUDR is set to be enforced at the end of 2025.
In climate justice news, on July 23, a landmark ruling in the International Court of Justice declared that country-led actions driving climate change are illegal, and states should be held legally responsible for emissions. Climate experts pointed out that ruling would play a key role in global climate talks and provide negotiating room to climate vulnerable countries. In this regard, CSE Climate’s Sehr Raheja spoke to Arpitha Kodiveri, an environmental law and justice scholar, and Aditi Shetye from World’s Youth for Climate Justice to understand the ICJ ruling and how that can impact climate action in developing countries.
Lastly, the third episode of our podcast, Climate Politics, is set to be released on July 28. In this episode, Rudrath Avinashi will speak to Advait Arun from the Center for Public Enterprise on the impact of the US dollar on the global energy transition and decarbonisation efforts in the Global South.
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