Environment
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.
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.
Forest fires in Europe
Wednesday 25 July 2018 |
OBC Transeuropa The European Forest Fire Information System provides users with rich, fine-grained and constantly updated information on wildland fires in Europe, including forecasts and trends.
Do EU green investments in Hungary go where they are the most needed?
Tuesday 14 June 2022 |
Laszlo Arato Kata Moravecz
| EUrologus
Climate change will heavily affect the economy of some Hungarian regions, but they receive a relatively low share of EU funding meant for green projects, sustainability and environmental protection.
More trains, fewer emissions
Wednesday 27 October 2021 |
Lorenzo Ferrari Gianluca De Feo
| OBC Transeuropa
Currently, trains offer a reasonable alternative to around half of the most popular short-haul flights in Europe. Additional improvements and incentives could bring further reductions in CO2 emissions from transport.
Data centres: the last great tech threat to energy sustainability
Thursday 21 April 2022 |
José Luis Marín | El Orden Mundial
The energy needs of these physical infrastructure, where much of the world’s digital information is stored, have grown exponentially in recent years. While business has been booming, so have concerns about their sustainability and the environmental threats that data centres present.
Romania: 25,000 deaths from pollution per year
Thursday 16 December 2021 |
Mihaela Iordache | OBC Transeuropa
For years the media have denounced that Romania is becoming the landfill of Europe. Yet, the institutions do not intervene, and meanwhile the European Environment Agency reports that the country ranks first in Europe for deaths caused by pollution.
Covid-19: the plastic pandemic
Monday 24 May 2021 |
Marco Ranocchiari | OBC Transeuropa
In Europe, the period 2020-2021 was to mark the turning point in the fight against plastic waste, one of the most urgent problems of our century. Then came the new Coronavirus: with masks, gloves, and anti-contagion packaging, the risk of a step back is increasingly concrete
Half of the European funds spent to fight climate change went into ineffective measures
Tuesday 06 July 2021 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
As part of the Common Agricultural Policy, the European Union spent 100 billion Euros to combat climate change between 2014 and 2020. But these funds, which make up half of the entire EU budget earmarked for the fight against climate change, have not led to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Sustainability labels and the carbon footprint of foods
Friday 22 October 2021 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
If the European Union really wants to meet its Green Deal targets, food related emissions must be curbed. To that end, the introduction of "traffic light" sustainability labels could convince Europeans to cut down on their meat consumption.
