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23.08.2022
Rachel Carson and the Environmental AwakeningGreen Transition

How the American biologist changed the course of the environmental movement through her seminal work Silent Spring.

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18.08.2022
The Climate Won’t Wait for Italian PoliticsEnvironment

Italy is experiencing one of the harshest summers on record, yet ongoing election campaigns zero-in on winning votes.

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17.08.2022
Annalena Baerbock, Robert Habeck and the Limits of Co-LeadershipPolitics

Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck’s leadership of the Green Party have much to teach us about power-sharing in German politics.

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16.08.2022
Europe’s New Reality: Defence Spending After the InvasionGeopolitics

As Russia attempts to redraw Ukraine’s borders by force, defence spending is going up around Europe.

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11.08.2022
EU Climate Policy: The Climate Crisis Calls for More than Corporate AccountabilityGreen Transition

Why the EU regulatory framework needs more than reporting guidelines to compel companies to meet climate goals.

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10.08.2022
New Climate Politics: A Reading ListClimate and Energy

The climate ecological crisis needs to be understood and faced as political and economic challenges.

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10.08.2022
The Human Cost of Outsourcing Europe’s Border ControlsMigration

A deadly crush on the EU’s southern border should be a turning point, yet authorities are doubling down on their hard-line approach.

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04.08.2022
The Andalusian Elections: A Turning Point in Spanish Politics?Democracy

Spain’s latest regional election are a taste of major shifts in the country’s political climate.

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03.08.2022
Energy Crisis: Keeping the Cost of Living Down While Protecting the ClimateClimate and Energy

Households across Europe are facing spiralling energy costs as fuel prices rise. But fossil fuel subsidies are no answer to this crisis. Governments should focus on direct support to cover essentials and speeding up the energy transition.

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02.08.2022
More Harm than Good: The Misuse of European Biodiversity FundsEnvironment

The case of a small town in Lithuania shows how funding earmarked for the protection of biodiversity is being used in ways that undermine this goal.

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