Environment
Climate renovation of buildings: lessons from around Europe
Tuesday 26 January 2021 |
Antoine de Ravignan | Alternatives Economiques
To meet its climate targets, the EU must double the speed it is renovating its residential and office buildings. Sweden has already almost completely decarbonised its sector. But it is on its own.
European banks are still major backers of the fossil fuel industry
Monday 25 January 2021 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
As public institutions struggle to implement their plans effectively, private banks are still not pulling their weight. With the slowness and mounting obstacles facing public finances, combined with the unreliability of the private system, how secure is the future of energy transition?
How energy is produced in the EU (and how much greenhouse gas it produces)
Friday 22 January 2021 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
The natural resources used to produce energy directly impact CO2 emission levels and the long-term environmental sustainability of the energy sector. National differences within the EU are large, and suggest the very different approaches being taken.
Emissions in Europe: how much CO2 does energy cost us?
Thursday 21 January 2021 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
In terms of CO2, energy production is the human activity with the worst impact on the environment in Europe. Emissions in the EU may be falling, but there are still major obstacles to achieving climate neutrality. Meanwhile, to the east, dozens of new coal plants will be built in the near future.
The Global Wind Atlas
Thursday 29 October 2020 |
OBC Transeuropa The Global Wind Atlas displays the typical amount of wind flowing in all areas of Europe, making it easier to identify valuable ares for wind power generation.
An interactive map on climate warming in Europe
Friday 18 December 2020 |
OBC Transeuropa Sheldon.studio
Our analysis looks at the rise in average temperature for about 100,000 municipalities in Europe. Mean temperature values of the 1960s were compared with those of the 2010s, in order to explore the import of global warming at a local level.
Habitats, species, ecosystems: the state of nature in south-east Europe
Tuesday 01 December 2020 |
Pietro Stefani | OBC Transeuropa
The latest report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) paints a grave picture of the EU’s environmental situation, which requires urgent attention from member states if current trends are to be reversed. A look at south-east Europe.
Can the green transition help in solving fiscal and monetary divergencies in the EU?
Thursday 27 August 2020 |
Petter Aspestrand | OBC Transeuropa
The COVID-19 pandemic may have opened a window of opportunity for the European Union to strengthen its fiscal cohesion and to put the climate transition on the right track.
Plastic packaging: Europe faces a waste problem
Friday 30 October 2020 |
Antoine de Ravignan | Alternatives Economiques
As a result of more stringent standards, recycling of plastic packaging is set to fall in the EU. Without better industrial capacity, the EU will not reach its 50% target in five years' time. And illegal exports are likely to increase.
Climate warming in Europe, municipality by municipality
Large investigation
Thursday 14 May 2020 |
Lorenzo Ferrari Ornaldo Gjergji
| OBC Transeuropa
In more than 35,000 European municipalities, average temperatures have risen by more than 2°C over the last fifty years. From big cities to small villages, the climate crisis reaches every corner of Europe – but citizens are rising up, and people in power are finally taking action.
