In a few weeks' time, the EU will decide on the content of its Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). The directive provides a unique opportunity to regulate the impact of EU companies beyond its borders, with a focus on human rights violations and environmental destruction; including fuelling the climate crisis.
But ongoing negotiations on the...
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Jean-Pascal Van Ypersele is a former vice-chair of the IPCC, and and professor of climate and environmental sciences at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain). Olivier de Schutter is a Belgian legal scholar and UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Riccardo Mastini is an environmental economist. This op-ed is also signed by the directors of Climate Action Network Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe, and Action Aid.