Berliners have often used referendums for issues ranging from housing to climate action. But have they been effective?
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Read moreWe asked climate justice researcher Roland Ngam about the summit's significance and the alternatives to the green growth model it promoted.
Read moreFossil fuels have kept us hooked to large, impersonal energy systems. Could renewables re-politicise or even democratise our relationship with energy?
Read moreGreen renovations are driving up rents for the most vulnerable. Can the basic right to housing be made compatible with climate targets?
Read moreIn this week’s State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen has the opportunity to relaunch the continent’s climate ambitions.
Read moreUganda’s East Africa pipeline is sharpening conflict inside and outside the country. Could abandoning the project be the answer?
Read moreA few weeks ahead of the Slovak elections, the former populist PM and Russia's sympathizer, Robert Fico, is edging towards power.
Read moreCan we let go of economic growth in a conflict-ridden world, where GDP counts as a source of power?
Read moreEurope has no shortage of libraries and yet there is no European Library. How can that be?
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