Letting the Amazon burn

This trade deal is about to make things a whole lot worse for the Amazon ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   [Amazon rainforest burning and enveloped in smoke]( {NAME}, More than a quarter of the Amazon has already been decimated. And now Europe is about to sign a deal to import the cheap beef, soy and wood fuelling its destruction. But we still have a shot at stopping it. Already several countries, like Austria, have rejected the deal, and if big, influential Germany does so too, it could be the death knell of this Amazon-killing idea. But right now the German climate and agriculture ministers are on the fence. That’s where we come in. These ministers are from the Green Party – they should be nowhere near this environmental horror show. And if we can show their reputations will be dust if they back this terrible deal, we could still stop it before it's too late. If everyone reading this chips in the cost of a coffee, we’ll have enough to launch an all-out campaign in these minister's home cities – plastering the walls with thousands of posters, driving mobile billboards around the streets and running polls to show how much the German public want this trade deal blocked. This is urgent – the EU Commission president is meeting Latin American governments in a couple of weeks and wants to announce progress on the agreement then. Can you chip in to stop this Amazon-killing deal? [Donate $3]( another amount]( Beef, soy and other products have played a devastating role in the Amazon’s recent history – driving illegal slash-and-burn clearing of vast tracts of rainforest that has trashed precious ecosystems and put the whole planet in peril. The so-called Mercosur pact would throw petrol on the fire, lowering duties on beef, soybean and other exports to the EU from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. And it would boost the global trade in dangerous pesticides too. It’s incredible that these Green ministers aren’t already vigorously opposing this. But the German car industry stands to make huge profits from Mercosur – and so they’ve agreed to look the other way while the Amazon burns. That’s why it’s so important we make as big a noise as possible now. {NAME}, if we work together, we can make a real difference – unleashing a torrent of ads and on-the-ground actions to show that the public elected these Green politicians to stand up for the planet, not plunder it. Time is running out to save the Amazon from even more corporate greed. Can you chip in to help? [Donate $3]( another amount]( Thanks for all that you do, Olivia, Nabil and the Ekō team --------------------------------------------------------------- More information: [EU-Mercosur: A nightmare for nature]( Greenpeace. 1 March 2023. [Final push for EU-Mercosur deal, amid deforestation fears]( EU Observer. 7 June 2023. [Von der Leyen vows to conclude EU-Mercosur deal by year-end]( Politico. 12 June 2023. [Germany champions Mercosur deal despite agriculture woes]( Euractiv. 17 March 2023.   Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy. This email was sent to {EMAIL}. | [Unsubscribe]( Â