The renewable answer to Europe’s fossil-fuel inflation
Fossil-energy prices have played a big role in the cost-of-living crisis—and renewables are a big part of the solution.
Energy transition: more ambition needed from EU27
The climate blueprints from EU member states are inadequate—and would forgo major socio-economic benefits.
For equality and the climate, a European wealth tax
The richest 10 per cent of Europeans are responsible for the same carbon emissions as the poorer half of the population.
Green jobs: from challenge to opportunity
Greening our economies offers a unique opportunity to improve job quality in Europe. Justice for workers should be at the core.
EU member states threaten progress on air quality
The Council of the EU’s position would continue to expose the poorest to toxic air for years to come.
COP28 must focus on the climate-fuelled health crisis
The data show we are heading toward catastrophe, yet world leaders refuse to recognise the urgency of phasing out fossil fuels.
COP28: the loss-and-damage fund
A year on from the breakthrough on climate-change funding, poor countries eye disappointment at the Dubai summit.
How industry can launder a health-risking substance
Titanium dioxide should remain classified as carcinogenic within the EU—despite industry interference.
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.
Powering up: the EU and solar energy
A new approach is needed towards the photovoltaic industry in Europe.
Sweden’s climate policy—off the rails
A government beholden to the radical right, Lisa Pelling writes, is a warning to Europe the green transition can go into reverse.
Which comes first—Big Toxics’ profits or health?
Stricter European Union regulation of toxic chemicals is being jeopardised by corporate lobbying.
Air quality critical for social justice and the environment
New European air laws can save lives and help the climate. A key vote takes place in the European Parliament today.
Feeling the heat: Europe’s firefighters need support
Firefighter numbers have been cut, when investment—especially in prevention—is key to stemming Europe’s wildfires.
Cutting methane emissions: greater ambition needed
A proposed EU regulation on methane emissions must be strengthened, not diluted, to address a planet on fire.
Europe must unite to stop deep-sea resource grab
The ban on deep-sea mining risks losing its traction—and Europe is divided on the issue.
Five years of ‘Fridays for Future’: what future now?
The movement is adapting its strategy to advocate for social climate policies.
Facing the social realities of the green transition
Europe faces many challenges on the road to climate neutrality. Broad civil-society involvement is crucial for getting there.
The answer to an anti-green backlash is to be redder
Labour must not follow the Tories downwards, Paul Mason writes, as they grasp at electoral straws.
Three choices for a more strategic Europe
The EU aims to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 55 per cent by 2030. It must make strategic choices to realise 90 per cent by 2040.
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