Reaching Net Zero Might Fail—And It’s Not Because Renewables Are Too Expensive
Solar and wind are now cheaper than fossil fuels, but…
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Solar and wind are now cheaper than fossil fuels, but…
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.
There is enough land in Europe for wholly renewable energy without compromising nature protection or food production.
Only a minority of respondents in recent surveys trust their governments to achieve a just transition.
The scales of justice are tilted against peaceful protesters—while those responsible for the crisis act with impunity.
If corporate interests undermine efforts to reduce plastic manufacturing, they will derail the fight against climate change.
We are running out of time on the climate crisis—yet ‘slow living’ is a key to its solution.
To sustain healthy and safe conditions at work, unprecedented action is urgently needed.
NGOs have increasingly looked to the courts for action on climate change. Now the Court of Justice of the EU is the focus.
For the first time, in the first half of this year wind and solar generated more electricity in the European Union.
It is time to open a discussion on Europe’s role in the protection of climate refugees.
Climate change is a global challenge, yet trade rules do not allow developing countries to break with neoliberal orthodoxy.
In the race against climate catastrophe, decades-old fossil-fuel-industry narratives retard the green transition.
People are not unaware of climate change, Lisa Pelling writes. But they find it difficult to imagine the green transition.
Denmark’s tax on greenhouse-gas emissions from agriculture is a reason for hope—but not complacency.
The European Union has given notice of its withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty. There is still much to do.
While pledged to phase out fossil-fuel subsidies by 2025, EU member states are spending more than at any point since 2015.
Climate change is creating new risks, requiring a minimum protective threshold for all workers in Europe.
Even if we overshoot the 1.5C limit set by the Paris Agreement, we must return to it as quickly as possible.
A political reconceptualisation is critical if humanity’s hope for a sustainable global future is to be rescued.
The only exit from the ‘polycrisis’ is a corridor of sufficiency between meeting need and avoiding excess.