“Single number CO2 labels make no sense” – this is a principal conclusion of a new study1 carried out for ANEC by the Öko-Institut (Germany).

With climate change high up on the political and business agendas, product carbon footprinting (PCF) has become fashionable. Consequently, an increasing number of CO2 or climate protection labels are being developed by retailers and producers for products such as foods.

The IRU regrets that the European Institutions did not reach a compromise agreement in second reading on the passenger rights regulation and calls for a reasonable conciliation procedure for balanced and practicable rules to be agreed upon.

George Lyon (Liberal Democrat, UK), ALDE Spokesman on Agriculture and author of Parliament's report on reforming the Common Agricultural Policy, has called for decisive reform and realignment of the CAP after 2013 to address the challenges of the 21st century. He identifies the key challenge as a near doubling of food demand by 2050 against a backdrop of less land, less water and major cuts in energy use because of climate change.

Welcoming Parliament's support for the exclusion of food from cloned animals from rules on the authorisation of novel foods, EP rapporteur Kartika Liotard (GUE/NGL, NL) said that the Commission can no longer ignore the will of the majority of citizens*.