BRUSSELS: Malaysia urged Europe on Thursday not to forget the world’s farmers when it strives to meet its Green Deal ambition for carbon neutrality. T...
: Malaysia urged Europe on Thursday not to forget the world’s farmers when it strives to meet its Green Deal ambition for carbon neutrality.
“When we talk about Green Deal and we talk about sustainability we are talking about touching the lives of the people,“ Primary Industries Minister Teresa KokThe EU “should not ... forget about the life of the people, especially the poor,“ said Kok, who was in Brussels on a mission to win a change of attitude in Europe towards palm oil.
Its use in food and cosmetics has already dropped in Europe, partly due to pressure from green groups on major corporations, but has been increasing in biofuels.that palm oil farming has turned a corner in Malaysia with over two-thirds of dedicated land now certified as sustainable. She said her government “will decide later” on whether the country would go to WTO court, but that she hoped the EU would recognise Malaysian certification on sustainable palm oil farming.
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