Germany’s new coalition: changing gear on climate
Germany’s ‘traffic light’ coalition is sending strong green signals. But political roadblocks lie ahead.
Getting to zero—what’s the beef?
Most livestock land will have to be repurposed as carbon sinks to remove the huge global emissions related to food production.
The right institutions for the climate transition
Global climate commitments will not amount to much without the institutional foundation the transition to a zero-carbon economy needs.
Fixing climate finance
Finance was at the heart of the COP26 rupture between developed and developing countries—it’s time for a new approach.
How the climate crisis is changing Europe’s economic landscape
After four decades, the pandemic and especially the climate crisis have silenced the exponents of fiscal orthodoxy. Keynes is back.
Jobs and a just transition can deliver climate ambition
As COP26 continues, global social ambition will have to match that for the climate to secure a liveable world for all.
Time for a proactive domestic and European industrial policy
There is growing recognition in Europe of the need to steer an ecological industrial transition—just not enough.
The gamble for the planet: young climate activists could tilt the scales
Government leaders in Glasgow are still behind the climate curve but young activists might just drag the world ahead of it.
Climate conference: fix article 6
Alongside ambitious emissions-reductions targets, well-functioning carbon markets are key to success at COP26 and on today’s agenda.
Deforestation an attack on the human rights of forest peoples
The European Commission must recognise deforestation is not only about the environment but human rights, especially for indigenous peoples.
Is remote work an ecological alternative?
Can the trend to remote work spurred by the pandemic be associated with lower greenhouse-gas emissions? It depends.
The EU must step up in Glasgow
The EU was critical in the Paris climate agreement of 2015 and success in Glasgow may again depend on its leadership.
After the Bundestag elections—a change of climate?
Angela Merkel was labelled the ‘climate chancellor’. But powerful coal and car industries limited her achievements. Will her successor break free?
The myth of green capitalism
Rallying behind market-based measures to address climate change allows the owners of capital yet another way to avoid a reckoning.
Ecosocialism: more than another Third Way
The old left was too slow to see beyond materialist consumption. But an ecosocialism can underpin coalitions with the green parties which filled the gap.
To stop global heating, tax multinationals better
The rapid, radical decarbonisation needed to save the planet will cost a lot. Taxing multinationals and the wealthy properly can help pay for it.
Time is running out for a new agricultural model for the global south
Jayati Ghosh is baffled that at a coming food summit the UN should partner with the World Economic Forum, not its own specialist agencies.
Norway’s oil and money up for grabs in the coming election
Norway’s electorate has an existential choice to face about its Oil Fund, associated with domestic prosperity but looming climate catastrophe.
Not seeing the wood for the trees—the EU’s environmental blunder
Supporting a conversion to wood burning has unwittingly incentivised power plants to increase greenhouse gases.
National egoism versus planetary responsibility
Tackling the climate crisis is fundamentally incompatible with our understanding of sovereignty.
Climate change: labour’s neglected role
The Paris Agreement’s goals can not be fulfilled if neoliberalism prevails—which means only labour’s participation can bring success.