We face a double crisis as the twenty-first century unfolds. On the one hand, it is an ecological crisis: climate change and several other Earth System pressures are exceeding planetary boundaries to a dangerous extent. On the other hand, it is also a social crisis: several billion people are deprived of access to basic goods and services. More than 40 percent of the human population cannot afford nutritious food; 50 percent do not have safely managed sanitation facilities; 70 percent do not have necessary health care.
Energy
Carbon Tracker: 79% of EU coal generators are currently running at a loss and could lose €6.57 bn in 2019
In this latest Analyst Note from the Power and Utilities team we explain the financial implications of recent changes to coal power economics in the EU. In doing so, we argue EU policymakers and investors […]
EU politics
The Washington Post: In Eastern Europe, the E.U. faces a rebellion more threatening than Brexit
Liberal values? European values? Viktor Orban represents the only values that count in the EU: Neo-liberalism. What the authors meticulously avoid is that Orban’s policies are exactly what the EU wants of him. Orban is […]
Austerity
Larry Elliot: People want homes, jobs, a future: no wonder they distrust capitalism now
“State control over the people replaced state control over the economy as the focus of policy”. This is what we mean when we refer to the EU government and the governments of the member states […]
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