Category: Society - Page 23

A European initiative for a global green deal

COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh is now open but the European Union does not seem to have the will to achieve serious goals.

As COP27 opens in Egypt while famine sweeps Somalia, an outcome-based approach to climate change must replace the appearance of action.

It will take more than sustainable-finance rules to summon the investment required for the socio-ecological transformation.

The European Commission’s initiative on long-term care addresses disability yet ignores key aspects of international law.

Europe can replace all Russian fossil-fuel imports with clean solutions by 2025—but only if it avoids the coal trap.

The Green Deal assumes economic growth can be ‘decoupled’ from ecological damage. That’s wishful thinking.

Meeting the challenge of climate change requires social democracy to come up with a new social paradigm.

Not only have many children been traumatised by the Russian invasion. Some of their carers and teachers have too.

Measures advanced by trade unions, and trade union involvement, will be key to getting through this crisis.

In a world that is ever more interconnected it is essential to question naturalised dividing lines and build solidarity.

‘Respect’ was a motif of the successful electoral campaign by Germany’s social-democratic leader, Olaf Scholz, in 2021. What’s at stake?

The faster we deploy the European Green Deal, the quicker we become crisis-proof. Brussels must resist siren calls for inertia.

To deal with the climate crisis, governments must recognise that only the state has allowed the last three crises to be contained.

A new declaration based on the Istanbul convention carries forward the struggle against a pervasive social phenomenon.

A ‘social taxonomy’ should be developed as a counterpart to the green investment taxonomy, with comprehensive employee involvement.

Lack of action has allowed Greece to build a dark system of pushbacks, surveillance and other fundamental rights violations.