The Chernobyl Dissidents: How the Disaster Shaped Bulgaria and Eastern Europe
10/02/2026
The fallout exposed the cynicism of the communist regime and shaped the country’s environmental and democratic awakening.
Left in the Dark: How Critics Are Using Blackouts to Undermine the Energy Transition
05/02/2026
Though they have been fertile ground for disinformation, power outages can also open discussions about our energy infrastructure.
The EU’s 2040 Climate Target: Emit Now, Remove Later?
11/02/2026
A critical step on the path towards climate neutrality, the European Union’s 2040 target calls for a 90-per-cent reduction in emissions. Yet as far-reaching as this goal may seem, its provisions constitute a weakening of Europe’s climate ambitions. By allowing costly and ineffective CO₂ removal and storage technologies as a way of lowering emissions, the target risks deterring direct emission cuts and outsourcing pollution.
The Future of Creativity
22/01/2026
Journalism, a Bourgeois Profession?
21/01/2026
On thin ice
Collective Wisdom in a Melting World
To preserve Arctic communities’ way of life, it is important to tackle structural exploitation and avoid simplistic good-bad binaries.
Society of the Melting Snow
Demographic changes and inadequate tech fixes force Austria to question skiing monoculture. Yet alternative visions are struggling to take root.
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering
Martin Vrba calls for
transparent research on
still-opaque technologies.
Desperation for Refrigeration
Seen as a necessity, the fridge is turning into a luxury item. Has it become a guilty environmental consumer trap?
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