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New Zealand will tax livestock farmers for greenhouse gas emissions by 2025

12-10-2022

New Zealand announced this week to be the first country in the world to tax livestock GHG emissions by 2025 within their ETS emission trading scheme. Farmers with cows and sheep have to...

Open letter to EU to include Framework Sustainable Food Systems in work programme 2023

29-09-2022

Joint open letter on the need to include the framework on Sustainable Food Systems in the EC work programme for 2023 29 September 2022 Dear President von der Leyen,  Cc: Executive...

EU Commission and Parliament requested to reduce food prices

14-09-2022

The EU Commission will publish its proposals tomorrow on how to reduce energy prices, a very good initiative.  TAPP Coalition today asked EU Commissioners including Frans Timmermans and...

Climate Protest The Hague for a higher meat price by six Dutch youth organisations

30-08-2022

True meat price youth demonstration' The Hague 27th Sept  Six Dutch youth organizations, representing 80 youth organizations and 100.000 young people, organized a Climate Demonstration...

German meat tax comes closer now liberal government party FDP agrees

17-08-2022

The German liberal FDP party no longer seems to oppose the introduction of a meat tax to finance a stricter animal welfare law in livestock farming. The three parties of the 'traffic...

TAPP Coalition Position on the EU Sustainable Food Systems Law and ETS

26-07-2022

On 28 April, the European Commission opened its public consultation for the sustainable food system framework initiative. All stakeholders, including citizens, were invited to provide...