A new European social contract must be green
Civil society stands up for a European pact for the future—green, social and fit for a one-planet economy.
Patrick ten Brink
EU leaders may miss a rendezvous with history
The emerging strategic agenda for the next EU mandate reveals an ecological step backwards Europe cannot afford to take.
2024: a year that will decide the future
The European Green Deal faces a fork in the road—between the politics of hope and the politics of fear—as the June elections loom.
Energy union: including the public imperative
Pursuit of industrial competitiveness and renewable technologies must avoid a backlash from disengaged citizens.
Backtracking on a green and just transition?
The Granada declaration will signal whether Europe’s leaders can rise to the climate, biodiversity and pollution crises.
Nature Restoration Law: an opportunity crucial to seize
The EU Nature Restoration Law has been saved but with its ambition deeply eroded—negotiators must restore its aspirations.
How to promote green industry beyond subsidies
The EU has more to offer green industry—a stronger regulatory framework and credible carbon pricing.
Progress and setbacks from COP27
The European Union cannot rely on the United Nations process to deliver and must reinforce its own climate efforts.
Green Deal: the light at the end of the crisis tunnel
The faster we deploy the European Green Deal, the quicker we become crisis-proof. Brussels must resist siren calls for inertia.
Pollution: no acceptable levels
‘Zero pollution’ is a very good goal for the European Union to adopt—but only if zero means zero.
Leaving behind the EU’s deadly addiction to deregulation
Better regulation is benevolent and participatory, cognisant of complexity and future-oriented. Deregulation it is not.
Returning our food systems to business as usual would be a historic mistake
Amid the coronavirus crisis, some are calling for a deferral of European ecological action. Yet unsustainable food systems are one source of new human diseases.