A new European social contract must be green
Civil society stands up for a European pact for the future—green, social and fit for a one-planet economy.
Mining for critical materials cannot undermine trust
The climate transition must benefit local communities, Lisa Pelling writes, if it is not to exhaust their patience.
When less is more: reducing Europe’s material footprint
Beyond cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, the key to a sustainable planet lies in resource management.
Time for a European industrial strategy
The next phase of the European Green Deal can be centred on a European industrial strategy.
A global legal precedent on climate change
Older Swiss women have set a global legal precedent for challenging their nation’s climate-change policy.
EU leaders may miss a rendezvous with history
The emerging strategic agenda for the next EU mandate reveals an ecological step backwards Europe cannot afford to take.
Beyond the ‘backlash’: the green electoral agenda
Voters want a just transition and more, not less, green investment ahead of the European elections.
Grids risk holding back Europe’s energy transition
Europe must revise outdated grid plans to prepare for surging deployment of wind and solar power.
Honesty needed to save just transition in EP elections
Unless the political dial can be turned, this year’s European Parliament elections will put the environment on the line.
No gala for gas: annual jamboree postponed
The European Gas Conference in Vienna has been postponed in anticipation of climate-justice protests.
Beyond just transition—ecology at work
The economic transformation required by ecological crises implies new capabilities for workers to develop alternative plans.
Renewing the welfare state, Europe’s green trump card
The untapped potential of European welfare states must be unleashed in light of the climate emergency.
Reset finance: a new financial agenda for the EU
In the next mandate, the EU needs to set clear rules for private investment in the green transition, to avoid past mistakes.
Renovating buildings while leaving no one behind
Europe has a leaky buildings stock but the revised directive on their energy performance will still leave some in the cold.
Industrial policy and Europe’s just transition
Europe’s re-engagement with industrial policy needs to address its social as well as environmental dimensions.
A socio-ecological contract for a Europe in transition
The decarbonisation of Europe must be accelerated—which requires a new European social model.
Getting to net zero: Europe’s investment challenge
Europe must invest heavily in its decarbonisation. Yet the expenditures are manageable, the alternatives unconscionable.
The farmers’ protests, the far right and the fallout
The EU must stop giving ground on its climate vows—unless it wants to help the far right ride to victory.
Rare earths, geopolitics and a village called Ulefoss
Strategic autonomy meets local democracy at the resource frontier while Europe pushes ahead with the green transition.
Renewable electricity in Europe—wind in its sails
The EU’s power sector is in the middle of a monumental shift from fossil-fuel to renewable generation.
COP and women: change of political climate needed
Women, though disproportionately affected by climate change, are an afterthought when it comes to climate action.
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