Ugandan activist Hilda Nakabuye warns over climate inaction
Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, one of Africa's leading climate activists and lead of Uganda's Fridays for Future movement, describes young Africa's green hopes.
War, Peace and the Green Economy
This magazine is about the world's collective and potentially transformational journey towards a green economy. It is also about taking the reader on what we hope is a fascinating "green voyage" across Europe, Africa and China.
Does Ukraine war mean a renaissance for nuclear in EU?
Increasing nuclear energy capacity has re-emerged as an option to help Europe cut dependence on Russian fossil fuels. But the age-old debate on nuclear safety is still alive — and divisive.
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Interview: 'Carbon tax' MEP with one eye on Mozambique
Dutch MEP Mohammed Chahim is rapporteur forthe proposed carbon tax on imported goods which is planned to come into force in 2026. It is one of the biggest and most complex legislative proposals Europe has ever drawn up.
Magic Magid: The paradox at the heart of EU's Green Deal
Former Green MEP Magic Magid talks about organising more evidence-based research to help tackle the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on European communities of colour.
African economies risk suffocation by 'shock' carbon tax
What some Africans now are bracing for is a carbon "shock", where EU tariffs would end up "suffocating some African economies," a senior advisor at the African Climate Foundation warns.
China & EU must cooperate on green goals, despite divides
The sombre moment of Russia's invasion of Ukraine requires that China and the EU put aside their differences and strengthen their cooperation on the green transition — even if doing so is difficult.
Experts: climate change will not mean mass migration
Reality or alarmist?: EUobserver talks to two leading experts who question the conventional assumption that climate change will drive millions of people to migrate to Europe.
Path to a just transition in Africa is via green industrialisation
On natural gas especially, African leaders and Europeans do not see eye-to-eye. Simply put, the words "transition fuel" have a different meaning in Brussels and Addis Ababa.
Scepticism in Africa about the EU's green connectivity plan
The EU's much-publicised Global Gateway connectivity initiative is not universally welcomed in Africa. Here's why.
Nuclear and gas in EU taxonomy slammed as 'greenwashing'
The EU's decision to include natural gas and nuclear power as "transitional activities" in its sustainable investments guidelines for green finance continues to generate massive controversy. Critics call it the "biggest greenwash ever."
Outside shocks supercharge the EU Green Deal — for now
Russia's war against Ukraine and, before that, Covid 19 risk derailing the EU's ambitious Green Deal. Instead, as Wester Van Gaal explains, both external shocks have supercharged the project — at least for now.
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