Former EU environment chief hits out at plans to delay anti-deforestation law

Credibility 'damaged' by proposed 12-month delay, which followed lobbying from governments and firms around the worldA former top environment official has said the EU's credibility on its climate commitments has been damaged by plans for a one-year delay to a law to combat deforestation that followed intense lobbying from companies and governments around the world.Virginijus Sinkevičius, a Lithuanian MEP who was the environment commissioner until mid-July, said postponing the deforestation regulation would be "a step backward in the fight against climate change". Continue reading...