Climate and Energy

France & Germany historically represented two different approaches to producing energy – are they growing closer?

Are some of the measures to promote energy security doing more harm than good, by creating a distraction from the real steps needed in light of climate change and increasing instability?

Could Trump’s climate-skeptic administration inadvertently contribute to the fight against climate change?

People across Europe still suffer from ‘energy poverty’ – what does it consist of and what policies are needed to deal with the problem?

Post-Trump, should Greens embrace the potential of negative carbon emissions?

What can we take away from COP22 in light of Trump’s victory & what are the next steps? An interview with Lucile Schmid and Bas Eickhout.

Is Morocco’s promising progress on renewable energy reliant on repression & human rights abuses in Western Sahara ?

Where does the key to the divestment movement’s success lie? And how much does the success of COP 22 depend on divestment?

The case of the small village of Trun in Bulgaria – threatened by a new gold-mining project – is a stark illustration of how the interests of biodiversity, nature and ordinary people living in the area can simply be dismissed. A proliferation of such projects could have a serious impact on the ecology of the entire region, as well as contributing to a global impact on the climate.

The Swedish power company Vattenfall, its mining activities and its impact throughout Europe – especially in Germany – illustrates the need for Greens to Europeanise their battles and their cooperation. Environmental protection and cross-national cooperation are two values that European Greens pride themselves on upholding. Vattenfall is and should be a test case for European Greens.