German top court declares €800bn EU recovery fund 'legal'

By focusing on achieving arbitrarily set low-debt objectives rather than responsible investment, the EU's economic policy has damaged public services, living standards and our efforts to tackle the climate crisis. It's time for change.

For the first time, the EU is facing pressure at COP27 to soften its resistance to compensate the world's poorest nations for the loss and damage created by floods, rising seas and other impacts fuelled by the climate crisis.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has set a deadline of the end of 2024 deadlines for banks to green their lending operations and meet climate requirements

Much has been made of how the fate of the world's eco-system depends on the Amazon — and the Brazilian election. But there's another problem in Lula's in-tray: the destruction of the wetlands.

For Polish decision-makers, the River Oder is just a navigation channel, not an eco-system that is important in terms of biodiversity, drought control and providing for local communities.

If parts of Europe are cold and hungry while others are able to protect themselves, there will be a political backlash that could tear the EU apart — a solidarity mechanism can prevent this.

The European Central Bank raised interest rates by another three-quarters of a percentage point despite strong political opposition.

Norway opposes the EU proposal to set a dynamic price ceiling for natural gas transactions, instead strongly advocating for commercial agreements to tackle the energy crisis, the country's minister of oil and energy Terje Aasland said.

Popular during the first and second world wars when energy use in households was down to a minimum, 'cooking boxes' are simple, portable ovens that exploit the natural heat-trapping properties of wool to slow cook meals.

As part of efforts to achieve zero pollution by 2050, the European Commission unveiled stricter rules to tackle air and water pollution.

EU energy ministers met to hammer out the bloc's energy plan. And although they approved new measures to tackle high gas prices, the EU's 27 energy ministers shied away from radical market reform as proposed by the EU Commission.

EU ministers agreed to discuss a climate compensation fund as part of the COP27 UN climate negotiations but did not make any concrete commitments.

Supporting investment in Ukraine's renewable energy sector and importing green electricity back into the European Union is a quadruple policy win at minimal cost to taxpayers.

The outcome of the two-day meeting of EU leaders did not deliver any clear agreement on whether and how to limit gas prices — but some believe EU ministers will agree on emergency measures in the coming weeks.