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15.03.2023
Alcarràs and As Bestas: Spain’s Renewable Energy Divides Play Out in CinemasGreen Transition

In Spain, the installation of large renewable energy plants generates contrasts. Local populations concerned at the transformation of their homelands on the one hand. A climate that cannot wait on the other. The films Alcarras and As Bestas brought these divisions that risk undermining the energy transition to the big screen.

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14.03.2023
Political Renewal on Europe’s Divided IslandDemocracy

A new leadership offers Cyprus chances for radical change, but more effort should be asked when it comes to defending the island's rich environment.

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08.03.2023
Migrant Women Face a Double Penalty at WorkMigration

Despite the progress made towards greater gender equality at work, many women work jobs that they are overqualified for, especially migrant women.

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07.03.2023
Where Will the Green-Labour Alliance in the Netherlands Lead?Politics

Greens and Social Democrats hope that cooperation will end decades of right-wing government.

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03.03.2023
Global Biodiversity Governance Has a Big BlindspotEnvironment

A biodiversity crisis is underway despite stronger global rules for nature.

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01.03.2023
Sweden’s Green Transition AbandonedPolitics

The Swedish government's reliance on the Sweden Democrats is steering the country away from a progressive course.

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28.02.2023
Brazil Turns Green?Politics

We ask what lies ahead for Brazil under Lula's government which has promised to do more on environmental and social issues.

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27.02.2023
Eyes on Germany: Storm Clouds in BerlinDemocracy

In the first of a new monthly column on the German Greens in government, Inge Jooris unpicks the messy result of a messy election.

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23.02.2023
Objects of Political Desire II: What’s Stronger Than Fear?Politics

Rejecting emotional politics altogether won’t fight fearmongering but providing a vision of a desirable future can.

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22.02.2023
Narratives Meet RealityGeopolitics

Russian propaganda has long relied on the kind of anti-imperialists always ready to cast doubt on Western narratives. Over the years, public debate has been deeply damaged by a corrosive configuration whereby doubt opened the way to lies and lies reinforced doubt. But with the war in Ukraine the machine started to spin too fast. A bunch of gifted writers helped it reach its point of implosion.

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