Climate Crisis
Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay – Great Green Wall
Insightful analysis of Biden’s new tariffs on China. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Sustainability
Climate Crisis
Fausto Corvino: Europe’s climate laws could spell the end to low-cost flights – but what about private jets?
Private flights in Europe have increased from just under 120,000 in 2020 to more than half a million in 2022, yet the European Commission has no plans to do anything about it. Fausto Corvin is […]
Climate Crisis
Daniel Bleakley – Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds
A damning new report has shown that nearly all major car companies are actively sabotaging the world’s efforts to avoid catastrophic global warming. The lobbying strategies being used by the world’s largest automakers are putting […]
Climate Crisis
Alejandro González, Bart-Jaap Verbeek: The EU’s critical minerals crusade
How the EU trade policy on raw materials deepens the environmental and inequality crises Alejandro González is Senior Researcher at SOMO Bart-Jaap Verbeek is Researcher at SOMO Read HERE
Climate Crisis
Doloresz Katanich – European ports turned into car parks as EV makers hunt buyers
What should be considered a major asset in the low-carbon transition is Ursula Von Der Leyen’s worst nightmare. In ‘EuroNews’. Read the article HERE.
Energy
Jiang Lin and Friedrich Karhl – Solar plus batteries ‘cheaper than new coal’ for meeting China’s rising demand
China’s electricity sector is seeing major changes in terms of costs, demand patterns, regulation and market operation. Our new study indicates that the traditional economic calculus used to justify new coal capacity may be outdated. Dr Jaing […]
Environment
Filippos Proedrou, Maria Pournara – The EU’s new ecocide law may still let environmental criminals get away with it
Another case of EU law that is written in such a way as to be designed to fail. Filippos Proedrou is a Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy at the University of South Wales. Maria […]
Climate Crisis
João Carmago, Leonor Canadas – The Global Left Must Dare to Win on a Tight Deadline
A siren call for a revolutionary eco-socialist politics. Joao Camargo is a climate activist in grassroots movement Climaximo in Portugal and in the Climate Jobs campaign. Leonor Canadas is an activist in Climaximo, a grassroots […]
Environment
Richard Thompson – The godfather of microplastics on 20 years of pollution research and the fight for global action
Regulators, governments and citizens all urgently need to turn off the tide of plastic pollution at its source. It’s frustrating to see the lack of consensus among nations about how to address this global problem. […]
Environment
Costas Velis – A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production
A UN global plastic treaty will not have teeth if it doesn’t take on the issue of plastic production, which continues to grow year-on-year. Costas Velis is lecturer in Resource Efficiency Systems at the University […]