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    		<title>CRIN calls for greater protection of children against harmful chemicals</title>
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    		<description><![CDATA[By Wim Aerts CRIN (Child Rights International Network) is calling for stronger protection of children through stricter European legislation, with an exhibition at the European Parliament. On Tuesday, 3 March, several Belgian Grandparents for Climate attended the opening of an exhibition at the European Parliament on the impact of chemicals on children’s health. The exhibition [&hellip;]]]></description>
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    		<description><![CDATA[By Sirpa Peltari and Päivi Härkönen Over the past year, the number of members of the Finnish Climate Grandparents has grown. We are pleased that new local groups have been established in four cities: Turku, Hämeenlinna, Joensuu and a group just started in Tampere. Hämeenlinna A book/author presentation at the Hämeenlinna library was a success: [&hellip;]]]></description>
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    		<title>Our opinion on the new European Arctic Policy</title>
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    		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission&#8217;s renewed engagement with Arctic policy arrives at a critical juncture. The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the global average, triggering cascading consequences that reach far beyond its shores — disrupting global weather patterns, accelerating sea level rise, and threatening one of the world&#8217;s most irreplaceable ecosystems. The EU, as [&hellip;]]]></description>
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    		<title>Grandparents and Grandchildren&#8217;s common action in Norway</title>
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    		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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    		<description><![CDATA[Our Norwegian member organization, together with the Children&#8217;s Climate Panel sent a letter to the Norwegian Government, calling to participate in an upcoming (April 2026) meeting in Colombia about just transition away from fossil fuels. We publish this letter for two reasons. First of all we would like to see more organizations demanding their governments [&hellip;]]]></description>
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    		<title>Dutch Climate Chair offered to the Mayor in the City of Arnhem</title>
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    		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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    		<description><![CDATA[The Climate Chair and Arnhem Mayor Ahmed Marcouch, surrounded by the grandchildren, vice-mayors and councillors. They are all proud of this newest monument for the Arnhem City Hall. (Photo by Jeroen Lauran) By Jaap Huurman The Climate Chair of Arnhem, about which was written in a News item on December 7, 2025, is early March [&hellip;]]]></description>
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    		<title>Recruiting new members in Denmark</title>
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    		<description><![CDATA[Mid-February we posted a News item about co-operation between Flemisch Grandparents for Climate and other organizations of seniors. Here is another example of how such co-operation can create more visibility. By Bolette Brødsgaard On January 17 2026 more than 2700 seniors came to a special free fair for seniors in Copenhagen. This fair takes place [&hellip;]]]></description>
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    		<title>Belgian Grandparents talk to politicians about Climate Alarm</title>
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    		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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    		<description><![CDATA[By Wim Aerts In 2025, the Grandparents for Climate in Flanders held climate conversations with more than 300 local groups from various senior citizens’ associations. These conversations were accompanied by a range of activities, such as a comedy performance, a quiz, a climate slide presentation, and more. Well over three hundred Grandparents for Climate and [&hellip;]]]></description>
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    		<title>Concern Regarding the Reversal of the Combustion Engine Phase-Out</title>
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    		<description><![CDATA[Read the answer from the European Commission to our letter of concern (December 2025) Dear Members of the European Commission, We, the European Grandparents for Climate, are writing again to you, this time to express our profound disappointment regarding the European Commission’s decision to step back from the previously agreed phase-out of internal combustion engines. [&hellip;]]]></description>
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    		<title>We stood in front of Alden Biesen where  European leaders met, demanding not to weaken the Green Deal</title>
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    		<description><![CDATA[Before the leaders&#8217; retreat on February 12th, WWF EU, Friends of the Earth Europe, and the European Grandparents for Climate gathered outside the retreat venue in Alden Biesen, Belgium, to protest Europe&#8217;s irresponsible policies. These organizations strongly reject deregulation measures that sacrifice public health, social justice, and environmental safety for the benefit of companies and [&hellip;]]]></description>
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    		<title>Working towards a Grandparents EU Community of Practice on Pesticide Free Initiatives</title>
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    		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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    		<description><![CDATA[By Jan Joost Kessler and Jaap Huurman Join our Community of PracticeWe would like to create a pesticide free Grandparents EU-community of practice, for the exchange of experiences and for joint actions. If you are working already in these fields or if you have plans to do so, we would be interested to know about that.Please [&hellip;]]]></description>
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