Green home grants are failing to boost clean heating – new analysis
Many people in low-income countries cannot afford to buy clean heating systems. Meanwhile, ‘green’ subsidy schemes continue to...
Month: February 2021
EU microplastic ban just closer, with major loopholes
The EU will stop firms adding microplastic to almost all products. Great. But as the process moves forward...
Legal trouble brings chemical burns for European Commission
In a disappointing week for the European Commission, two powerful institutions pushed back on its permissive attitude to...
UN members must recognise a healthy environment as a fundamental human right
The UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) ended with yet more dithering. Our governments must work together to codify international...
Emission trading: Invisible hand or sleight of hand?
The European Union’s industrial greenhouse gas emissions are self-regulated through the market rather than the Industrial Emissions Directive....
Carbon removal: Complementing or clouding climate action?
The EU’s excessive focus on carbon removal could harm efforts to combat global warming. Our primary focus must...
Europe’s repair heroes in the spotlight
Meet the repair campaigners and practitioners across Europe who help others to save money while helping save the...
Corporate blackmail blocks climate action
As German energy giant RWE exploits an outdated legal instrument to resist necessary climate action, pressure mounts on...
Portugal’s EU Challenge: Green Fiscal Steps To Build Back Better
Green redistribution policies will play a key role in Portugal’s EU mandate, from taxing polluters to non-harmful investments....
Greenland: Global warming hotspot and environmental frontline
As rapidly increasing temperatures in the Arctic cause the ice to recede in Greenland, there is an international...
