OBC Transeuropa
Half of the European funds spent to fight climate change went into ineffective measures
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.
With the FCAS, European integration takes steps forward
The two aeronautical giants Dassault Aviation and Airbus will develop a new fighter aircraft. A strategic programme for the development of the European military industry, which could contribute to the strengthening of the community project
Publishers’ reliance on Google and Facebook is a problem for media independence
Big tech companies bring in plenty of traffic for media outlets but take a disproportionate chunk of the earnings. And even when agreements are signed, it’s Big Tech that sets the rules
Covid-19: the plastic pandemic
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
How to visualise risk: a modern implementation of the Risk Characterisation Theatre
A different visual approach to associate likelihood of occurrence of a given event to the lived experience of people viewing the graph. An introduction to a new interface developed by OBC Transeuropa.
How to dig the wealth of information stored by Wikidata and use it for journalism: a new R package
Our new R package 'tidywikidatar' makes it easier for data journalists to take advantage of the information available on Wikidata. This walkthrough exemplifies the main functionalities of the package.
Four ways of looking at European cross-border rail links
According to absolute numbers, Central Europe can count on the most cross-border train connections on the continent. What happens, however, if we take into account the length of each country’s borders and their population sizes?
More and more trains crossing European borders
A dense network of cross-border rail connections cuts through the continent, and it’s set to expand even further in the coming years thanks to new infrastructure and the birth of the European single rail market. However, there are still profound differences between the central and peripheral regions of Europe.
Biden, the EU and arms exports
With Biden’s arrival in the White House, many pieces are moving on the international chessboard, including relations between Western democracies and the Middle East, and the delicate issue of arms exports.