Energy

Deep-sea mining could have major ecological consequences. To avoid it, human society must fundamentally change its growth-at-all-costs model. 

How did the notion of energy transition come about, and what risks does it pose for meaningful climate action?

Can energy communities help get people on board the green transition and turn the tide against the rising far right?

Can Vienna reach its ambitious climate goals while ensuring that the burden of the effort is not passed down to the city’s residents?

Faced with resistance to their energy-intensive data centres in northern Europe, Big Tech companies are looking south. Can Spain take this gamble?

Progressive green-left coalitions must translate social discontent into grassroots support for a just climate agenda.

Philippa Nuttall examines the major achievements and uncertain future of the EU’s climate agenda.

Fossil fuels have kept us hooked to large, impersonal energy systems. Could renewables re-politicise or even democratise our relationship with energy?

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.