Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Budget watchdog enters political fray with warning over petrol car ban
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Green Deal founders amid shifting policy focus This week saw further signs that environmental legislation is slipping down the EU policy agenda as European leaders focus on industrial competitiveness and defence and Hungary prepares to take the helm of the rotating EU presidency. 12/04/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. European Parliament approves energy market overhaul MEPs have approved a sweeping reform of EU gas and electricity market regulations, with the aim of accelerating the clean energy transition, and including provisions that could further restrict Russia's ability to continue selling natural gas to Europe. 12/04/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. In Greece, renewable energy achievements are no hot air Wind will only get us partway to our objective. Time is running out: ocean-based wind, solar, tidal, and carbon storage will all have to be on the table if we hope to meet our goal, Greek Minister of Environment and Energy Theodoros Skylakakis writes. 10/04/2024
Now playing Next Climate Euroviews. In search of a climate breakthrough, all eyes are on Brazil The road to COP30 demands bold leadership that unites rather than divides and invites international cooperation. Brazil can deliver what we desperately need, May Boeve and Ilan Zugman write. 08/04/2024
Now playing Next Climate Euroviews. To overhaul food production, first we have to convince the farmers Actors across the food supply chain need to be more open to experimentation and implementation of sustainability-minded farming techniques and practices, Robin Saluoks writes. 05/04/2024
Now playing Next Climate Euroviews. As heatwave season looms, is Paris ready for the 2024 Olympics? With the world’s cities set to be home to more than two-thirds of the global population by 2050, it is crucial we learn to act, rather than react — before it’s too late, Jonathan Birdwell writes. 02/04/2024
Now playing Next Climate Euroviews. Are water cycles the missing piece of the climate crisis puzzle? Climate models are based largely on extrapolating fossil fuel emissions. But is a missing critical factor linked to plants and water making things worse, Eurof Uppington writes. 25/03/2024
Now playing Next Climate Euroviews. Buildings create 37% of greenhouse gases. Here's how to change that Many solutions exist to make our built world more sustainable, but the clock is ticking. Five areas must be prioritised to make progress in decarbonising real estate, Gregory Dewerpe writes. 23/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. The EU Nature Restoration Law could stop us from destroying ourselves We have an opportunity to forge a path towards a future that is not only sustainable but also flourishing, Janez Potočnik writes. 22/03/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. It’s the Amazon’s turn to lead on global climate action It seems easier to resign ourselves to a world marked by constant climate catastrophes than to imagine a reality in which our economies and energy systems are released from the shackles of the fossil fuel industry, Colombian President Gustavo Petro writes. 21/03/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Can historic landmarks like the Eiffel Tower ever be truly green? It's generally assumed that old historical buildings are likely inefficient, use more energy, and are maintenance-intensive. However, the Eiffel Tower is an example I’d like to highlight, proving this doesn’t have to be the case, Cristina Gamboa writes. 18/03/2024
Now playing Next Climate Euroviews. Extreme weather is worsening our food supply Children shouldn’t be dying from malnutrition. We can nourish everyone alive, and every child being born, every second, for the rest of our collective time on this planet, Matt Freeman writes. 16/03/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Long duration storage is an imperative for industrial decarbonisation Europe's industries are diverse, and so are its energy needs. But the common thread binding them is the need for sustainable, reliable, and cost-effective secure energy solutions, Julia Souder writes. 14/03/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. European leaders ‘outpaced’ by increasing risk from climate change The situation is already critical as climate change leads to increasingly frequent and severe flooding, drought and rising sea levels. Without urgent action by governments and EU leaders the impact is likely to become 'catastrophic' over the coming years, the European Environment Agency warns. 11/03/2024
Now playing Next Climate Euroviews. Climate change remains worse for women — but it doesn’t have to be International Women's Day is an opportunity to highlight how, unless significant action is taken, climate injustices towards women will only continue, Salomé Lehtman writes. 08/03/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Deregulating green policies jeopardises Europe's competitiveness Of course, more needs to be done to promote European industry. But retreating from the vision of the Green Deal is not the answer, Mats Engström writes. 07/03/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Indonesia’s approach to green transition needs European buy-in Only through holistic national strategies, underpinned and underwritten by the international community, we can achieve a truly just and sustainable global green transition. Our European partners are a much-needed friend in that process, Azis Armand writes. 04/03/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Starmer’s green pledge U-turn is the latest environmental tragedy Starmer's flip-flopping means the UK risks more years of Tory rule, the rise of extremism and the legitimisation of the far-right — now a dangerous mainstream force in Europe — as well as the devastation of our planet, Isabel Schatzschneider writes. 28/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. The European Investment Bank is not a leader in the green transition As president, at a minimum, Calviño must commit to consulting people impacted by EIB projects as part of their design and either ensuring or providing remedies for negative environmental and social impacts of its investments, Sutharee Wannasiri writes. 27/02/2024
Now playing Next Kenya Euroviews. A Trump win would see Africa (and the world) spiral into climate hell Trump's election victory would see a return to policies that led to a whopping 110 million Africans facing humanitarian and environmental crises today. But what happens in Africa will not stay in Africa, Nathaniel Mong’are writes. 27/02/2024
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