Earthsight has published fresh criticism against the EU’s plan to rely on green labels to stem deforestation in countries that export to the EU. Seen against the backdrop provided by Earthsight’s criticism of green labels and the Stockholm Environment Institute’s recommendations for ‘due diligence legislation’ the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil scheme stands out as a pioneer as a nationally mandated certification scheme.

Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday were set to unveil legislation to reduce illegal deforestation globally by restricting the trade of certain agricultural commodities, such as palm oil and cattle, produced with those methods.

The world needs “a major breakthrough” to slow the pace of climate change and build resilience to protect the most vulnerable from increasingly severe and frequent climate impacts, the deputy UN chief told a crucial high-level meeting on Wednesday, looking ahead to November’s COP26.