Getting to zero—what’s the beef?
Most livestock land will have to be repurposed as carbon sinks to remove the huge global emissions related to food production.
Society
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Women in union leadership—not seeing the wood for the trees?
The feminisation of trade unions is percolating to the upper echelons. But organisational cultures still work against women taking leading roles.
How it feels to be a rank outsider
Young working-class people may have an aversion to being categorised on the social ladder. But that doesn’t make the ladder go away.
The right institutions for the climate transition
Global climate commitments will not amount to much without the institutional foundation the transition to a zero-carbon economy needs.
Fixing climate finance
Finance was at the heart of the COP26 rupture between developed and developing countries—it’s time for a new approach.
How the climate crisis is changing Europe’s economic landscape
After four decades, the pandemic and especially the climate crisis have silenced the exponents of fiscal orthodoxy. Keynes is back.
On the way to a European digital public sphere
A European digital public sphere need not be constructed de novo. Many elements already exist to be cohered.
Can the crisis of social reproduction bring the demise of central-European illiberals?
Weronika Grzebalska argues that illiberal policy innovations in central Europe are fuelling the crisis of social reproduction they promised to tackle.
A European digital public sphere—legal and policy implications
The EU has hitherto applied conventional market-regulating tools to the online arena. It’s time to adopt a human-centred approach.
Why do we need a European digital public sphere?
Introducing a new series on a European digital public sphere, some contributors sketch what it is—and explain why we need it.
Against ‘weaponised migration’
Using stigmatising language to describe the crisis at the Poland-Belarus border is wrong and plays into Lukashenka’s hands.
Jobs and a just transition can deliver climate ambition
As COP26 continues, global social ambition will have to match that for the climate to secure a liveable world for all.
Time for a proactive domestic and European industrial policy
There is growing recognition in Europe of the need to steer an ecological industrial transition—just not enough.
Facebook Files and ePrivacy lobbying expose the power of Big Tech
As MEPs host the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen this afternoon, they need to step up their challenge to the surveillance capitalists.
The gamble for the planet: young climate activists could tilt the scales
Government leaders in Glasgow are still behind the climate curve but young activists might just drag the world ahead of it.
Climate conference: fix article 6
Alongside ambitious emissions-reductions targets, well-functioning carbon markets are key to success at COP26 and on today’s agenda.
Growing old—and what it means for the future of Europe
Milan Brglez, Jarosław Duda, José Gusmão, Marina Kaljurand, Miriam Lexmann, Marisa Matias and Sirpa Pietikäinen
Ageing can and should be a positive process, which the Conference on the Future of Europe should embrace.