Climate Change

The response to recent crises shows that the European project is simultaneously advancing and fraying. In the context of a newly found appetite for EU enlargement and with crucial elections just months away, progressives need to outline what kind of Europe they are striving for. From the Green European Journal’s winter 2023 print edition.

Over-exploitation, pollution, and land consumption are exacerbating the effects of climate change in Italy’s Pianura Padana.

Seen as a necessity, the fridge is turning into a luxury item. Has it become a guilty environmental consumer trap?

Rivers can be used to combat the risks of flooding or drought, particularly in urban areas. But schemes can negatively impact the environment and water quality.

Drought and torrential rain exposed Italy to devastating floods last May. Inefficient administration, short-sighted politics, and an unstoppable appetite for urban sprawl are to blame.

Green renovations are driving up rents for the most vulnerable. Can the basic right to housing be made compatible with climate targets?

In Poland, the debate on the ecological transition is polluted by government-driven pro-nuclear propaganda.

On 23 July, a crucial election could determine Spain’s future course, but the divisive electoral campaign shows that the country has already changed.

Rising powers, new alliances and rivalries, and the global challenge of climate change are reshaping world politics. What role for the EU?

Only political and legal shift can prepare Europe for a phenomenon that is bound to grow in the years to come.