Green Transition

EU climate policies and Biden’s IRA were important successes. But the current shifts represent a new challenge for the Green New Deal agenda.

Austerity is still Europe’s default response to economic uncertainty. Can the EU change its ways and steer the continent towards a greener and more just future?

The government, private investors, and the EU are eyeing Czechia’s white gold, but local communities have different aspirations for their future.

As the European Union tries to enhance its competitiveness on the global stage, balancing its trade ambitions with its sustainability goals has proven difficult. The recently delayed EU Deforestation Regulation, challenged by both internal political forces and the bloc’s external partners, is a good example. While such laws are necessary in climate mitigation efforts, the EU’s primary goal should be to reduce overconsumption and enhance self-sufficiency.

EU’s collaboration with Serbia’s Aleksandar Vučić to access lithium risks undermining citizen trust in accession to the EU project.

Can a new economy support the sustainability goals of the world’s northernmost settlement and its inhabitants?

Is the EU’s renewed emphasis on industry and competitiveness a deviation from the green transition path?

To remain an influential international climate player, the EU must change course on its climate diplomacy.

Sufficient funding is necessary to make the EU’s green industrial policy successful.

To enable a successful green transition, the human element of this massive undertaking should take centre stage.