Green economy
European food companies break their plastics promises
Tuesday 09 August 2022 |
Kira Schacht | Deutsche Welle (DW)
Two-thirds of pledges to go greener on plastic fail or are dropped, a DW investigation has found. Here's how European food and drink companies break their own commitments, and how legislation might hold them accountable.
How these companies tried to greenwash their plastic waste
Thursday 17 November 2022 |
Kira Schacht | Deutsche Welle (DW)
Europe’s food and drinks companies make big promises to cut plastic waste. But they don't deliver. We checked. A story about ambitious commitments, hidden failures and how to hold firms accountable.
It's time for Croatia to embrace the European Green Deal
Tuesday 06 October 2020 |
Toni Gabrić | H-Alter
Average temperatures are rising more and more in the Zagreb region, while snow cover is decreasing year after year. However, Jagoda Munić, Director of Friends of the Earth Europe says that “Croatia is a very passive observer of developments around the European Green Deal.”
There are more forests in barren Greece than in Hungary
Tuesday 19 May 2020 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
Less than 4 per cent of the world's forests are in the European Union, shared by no fewer than 16 million owners. There is no common EU forestry policy, but the European Green Deal is set to put a new emphasis on reforestation.
The energy transition yet to come
in depth
Thursday 06 February 2020 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
The European Union wants to abandon coal by 2050, but this will require significant help from European banks, which still finance 26 per cent of all coal power plants in the world.
EU agency: 'Europe will not meet 2030 climate goals'
Friday 06 December 2019 |
Elena Sánchez Nicolás | EUobserver
The latest report by the European Environment Agency predicts that Europe will not achieve its 2030 climate and energy targets "without urgent action during the next 10 years".
Global climate protection map
Wednesday 19 June 2019 |
OBC Transeuropa All the resources for a sustainable lifestyle, or at least for reducing its environmental impact, are located geographically through the Open Street Map.
Shedding some light on baffling bills
Saturday 10 November 2018 |
Sergio Cebrián | Voxeurop
When it comes to electric bills, the components that determine how much you pay are changing significantly. And according to standards, this spells major disruptions for classifications.
Europe drifts from its goals
Thursday 14 June 2018 |
Antoine de Ravignan | Alternatives Economiques
Despite setting ambitious targets for reducing CO2 emissions, the EU’s carbon footprint increased last year.
A Balkan Dam Boom Imperils Europe’s Wildest Rivers
Friday 18 May 2018 |
OBC Transeuropa The Balkan Peninsula faces a wave of thousands of hydroelectric projects that would block pristine, free-flowing rivers and cause major environmental damage altering the regional ecosystems.
