Reaching Net Zero Might Fail—And It’s Not Because Renewables Are Too Expensive
Solar and wind are now cheaper than fossil fuels, but…
How Trump’s energy policies could set America back decades
Just as Donald Trump’s overall economic strategy is based on nostalgia for a bygone era, his fossil-fuel-centered energy policies would represent a quixotic attempt to reverse history.
Renewables and agriculture—friends, not foes
There is enough land in Europe for wholly renewable energy without compromising nature protection or food production.
The case for a global climate assembly
Only a minority of respondents in recent surveys trust their governments to achieve a just transition.
Criminalising climate protest while ignoring the crisis
The scales of justice are tilted against peaceful protesters—while those responsible for the crisis act with impunity.
Saving the planet from plastics
If corporate interests undermine efforts to reduce plastic manufacturing, they will derail the fight against climate change.
Reclaiming time from its tyranny
We are running out of time on the climate crisis—yet ‘slow living’ is a key to its solution.
Adapting workplaces to climate change
To sustain healthy and safe conditions at work, unprecedented action is urgently needed.
EU climate ambition: ensuring it is lawful
NGOs have increasingly looked to the courts for action on climate change. Now the Court of Justice of the EU is the focus.
Fossil-fuel power in Europe: the only way is down
For the first time, in the first half of this year wind and solar generated more electricity in the European Union.
The invisible victims of the climate crisis
It is time to open a discussion on Europe’s role in the protection of climate refugees.
Neoliberalism is blocking green growth
Climate change is a global challenge, yet trade rules do not allow developing countries to break with neoliberal orthodoxy.
How Big Oil gaslights Europe on climate policy
In the race against climate catastrophe, decades-old fossil-fuel-industry narratives retard the green transition.
Climate capabilities: realising the green transition
People are not unaware of climate change, Lisa Pelling writes. But they find it difficult to imagine the green transition.
Agriculture emissions: Danes not following the herd
Denmark’s tax on greenhouse-gas emissions from agriculture is a reason for hope—but not complacency.
Leaving the Energy Charter Treaty—it’s not so easy
The European Union has given notice of its withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty. There is still much to do.
Fossil-fuel subsidies: a litany of broken promises
While pledged to phase out fossil-fuel subsidies by 2025, EU member states are spending more than at any point since 2015.
Heat stress at work—a political emergency
Climate change is creating new risks, requiring a minimum protective threshold for all workers in Europe.
The 1.5C target for global heating must prevail
Even if we overshoot the 1.5C limit set by the Paris Agreement, we must return to it as quickly as possible.
Sustainable Development Goals: time for a rethink
A political reconceptualisation is critical if humanity’s hope for a sustainable global future is to be rescued.
Sufficiency: towards an eco-social economy
The only exit from the ‘polycrisis’ is a corridor of sufficiency between meeting need and avoiding excess.
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