Energy and the Climate Crisis

European Perspectives: Climate Protection from London to Skopje

Rafaela Xanthoula Ayadi, Greece “Compared to other European countries, Greece has changed and implemented relatively little so far, in terms of climate protection. Until now, the country has been subject to numerous fines because it has illegally dumped waste in landfills – a violation of EU (…)

Wednesday 22 January 2020

“A piece of the Arctic to go, please!”

Donald Trump’s plan to buy Greenland from the Danes sounded like a bad joke, even outside of Denmark. Trump’s initiative was generally dismissed as absurd, but lying beneath it was a political calculation. The melting of the Arctic’s ice means the valuable resources presumed to exist beneath the (…)

Monday 9 December 2019

Climate Crisis Divides European Parliament

Alexandre Duporte examines how different party families in the European Parliament view the climate crisis.

Thursday 5 December 2019

Germany’s Hysteria over Cutting Carbon Emission Misses the Point

German politicians are the most fervent ones in the European Union when it comes to fighting climate change. Most recently, Berlin lawmakers proposed raising sales tax on meat from 7 percent to 19 percent in a bid to protect the climate and improve animal welfare. But with German politics’ (…)

Saturday 7 September 2019

Clean energy for all Europeans, by all Europeans?

This article was written following the workshop that took place on 15 May in Brussels, titled “Local Energy Communities – Exploring Research, Technologies and Regulations for their Implementation in Europe” in 2016 that the new energy model would be summarised as “6-D”: de-carbonisation, (…)

Monday 3 June 2019

Why aren’t we all protesting?

Over the last weeks, countless school and university students have been protesting for better climate policies. They are many – but not everyone has joined in. In this essay, Giovana Faria from our German sister edition Treffpunkt Europa wonders which reasons keep people from participating – (…)

Friday 17 May 2019

For a European subsidy scheme for renewable energy

In 2009, the Renewables Directive mandated EU member states to ensure that by 2020, twenty percent of European energy consumption comes from renewable sources. As a result, member states created national-level support schemes for renewables. This causes difficulty when energy flows across national borders, and despite legal uncertainties caused by the present situation, subsidy schemes mostly remain in national silos. To avoid confusion, we should move towards EU-wide subsidies.

Friday 26 April 2019

Environmental action: Words versus deeds

Global warming is a major problem facing all of humanity. 2016 was the hottest year on record so far. Polar ice caps are melting, climate catastrophes are already reality. Fortunately, humanity has decided to react. But sometimes, words aren’t easily translated into actions. Fight for the (…)

Thursday 25 April 2019

Nord Stream 2: Can Denmark make Berlin and Moscow tremble?

Did the Nord Stream II gas pipeline project have its wings clipped? Denmark has delayed its approval for building the segment of the pipeline that crosses its territorial waters. Whilst a total restructuring of the entire project seems to be highly unlikely, Copenhagen’s decision unveils the contradictions between Nord Stream II and Europe’s energy policy.

Saturday 13 April 2019

Make the World Greta again

As thousands of students participated in “Fridays for Future” marches today, The New Federalist wants to look back at how it all began: August 2018 – summer break in Sweden ended but Greta Thunberg, unlike her other classmates, did not return to school that first Monday. Instead, she stood in (…)

Friday 15 March 2019

Innovation and energy transition, a winning combination for European industry

How can an energy transition based on a multifaceted innovation approach endow the EU and its industry a decisive advantage in dealing with an unstable 21st century? What strategies are in place on a European level to ensure the “innovative energy transition” succeeds?

Saturday 9 March 2019

The environment: High on politicians’ agendas, subject of increasing civic mobilisation

The subordinacy of environmental and climate issues to economic and political disputes should sound alarm bells, especially in light of dramatic data and events calling for immediate actions.

Thursday 21 February 2019
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