EU carbon border tax could hurt developing countries
Europe should mitigate the protectionist threat in its climate agenda.
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Europe should mitigate the protectionist threat in its climate agenda.
The worst scenario of an ‘unjust transition’ has hoved into view with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But another Europe is possible.
Converting to an economy based on need rather than accumulation is not just an ecological imperative but a social desideratum.
The treaty stands in the way of signatories implementing the IEA’s exhortation to stop investing in fossil fuels.
Far from reversing EU action on climate change, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has boosted a wave of more ambitious policies.
‘Just transition’ is an idea whose time has come. But where did the Just Transition Fund come from?
The REPowerEU plan to end Europe’s dependence on Russian gas would still leave it in hock to fossil-fuel companies.
The ‘teals’ and Greens will turn up the heat on Labor’s climate policy. Here’s what to expect.
Biodiversity receives less attention than climate, although the collapse of the planet’s biomass is as worrying as climate change.
The EIB must resist pressure to finance liquefied-natural-gas projects and champion zero-carbon public transport instead.
Implementing the ‘Fit for 55’ package depends on citizens and NGOs being able to hold governments to account.
Sweden needs a ‘joined-up’ approach to climate change or it will fall well short of its responsibilities.
Europe has lost almost two precious decades to decarbonise industry due to one of the worst designed EU policy instruments.
Women face the greatest risks from environmental crises and have been shown to deliver better environmental policy results.
Recent crises have exposed the shortcomings of our international institutions and growth-obsessed economic models.
Europe’s problem isn’t just dependence on Russian oil and gas. It’s dependence on fossil fuels, period.
Without active participation of women, a carbon-neutral future will remain out of reach.
Europe must exit from its dependence on Russian fossil fuel by designating the next year as one of state-financed domestic conversions.
Europe could simply buy fewer fossil fuels from Russia, maybe more from elsewhere—but there is a more fundamental answer.
The wealthy are the biggest greenhouse-gas emitters, Jayati Ghosh writes, yet carbon taxes hit the poor hardest.
Powerful industrial-agriculture lobbies are seeking to take advantage of the crisis to undermine EU commitments.