While the pace of the present day can cloud the vision, casting out our gaze to the future allows a bigger picture to emerge.
Beyond any one theme, this edition looks forward to imagine the Europe(s) to be in 2049. It will be a new era, shaped by people from current trends, institutions, emissions, and waste. From the evolution of the internet and the ongoing reinvention of monetary systems to landscapes – geopolitical and natural – and everyday routines shaped by the climate crisis, this collection of essays, stories, and interviews, complemented by infographics, seeks to capture life and society in 2049. With this special edition, the Green European Journal contends that the politics of tomorrow start with the politics of today. If we can envisage, design and embrace a brighter, open future, we just might get one too.
Neither an academic nor a policy foresight study, this edition is presented with the aim of thinking about the future to make the present a better place. It was made possible thanks to the amazing work of the editorial team and board, as well as all the Journal’s partners, and was realised in cooperation with the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union.
13.03.2019
Destination Europe
The Green European Journal's editor-in-chief introduces the edition, journeying through a future Europe that aspires to make life better, brighter and more humane in 2049.
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Europe: the Next Act
An interview with the Dutch historian on 10 years of crises and where Europe is headed now politics is back.
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13.03.2019
Futures Foretold: Climate Fiction
The two stories of Souria's life up to the year 2049. One built around the struggle to contain climate change. One a witness to planetary collapse and missed opportunities
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Trading Places
On the paradigm shift that awaits, a common-sense approach to rebalancing the troubled structures of international trade in the global economy.
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13.03.2019
Global Means
Sociologist and thinker reinvents the institutions of the liberal global order. Fly through a 30-year rescue of social rights and the environment from the ravages of unbridled globalisation.
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Earth, Wind and Solar Energy
The editorial team brings you infographics on the potential of renewable energy in 2049, while Daniel Scholten explores the power struggles its rollout will bring.
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13.03.2019
Fighting the Backlash: Feminist & LGBTQI+ Futures
By Ana Maria Ciobanu,
Anaïs Van Ertvelde,
Ángela Rodríguez Martínez,
Annabelle Dawson,
Catríona Graham,
Gwendoline Lefebvre,
Ivana Živković,
Jelena Tešija,
Laura Gallagher,
Louka Jule Goetzke,
Lyle Muns,
Réka Kinga Papp Annabelle Dawson
gathers 10 voices looking
forward to a Europe in
2049 where the gendered
structures of power and
violence have crumbled
in the face of feminism,
awareness and equality.
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