“The time for courageous climate policy is now!” By Charlotte Unger, courtesy of IASS In 2019 the public debate on climate change shifted markedly, yet little was achieved in terms of concrete action. What developments can we hope to see in the year ahead? Heralded as a year for action, 2019 turned out […]
Tag: environment
Time to break the cycle of panic
“Let’s (Not) Panic Again” By Simon Sarevski, courtesy of the Austrian Economics Center Since time immemorial if you asked an adolescent whether he expects to live a better life than his parents the definitive answer would have been negative. But then, at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, that answer changed to a […]
Don’t loosen bank rules for Green New Deal
“European green finance is expanding, a discount on bank capital would discredit it” By Alexander Lehmann, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute The Commission’s ‘European Green Deal’ sets out massive investment needs in a variety of areas, amounting to potentially 1.5 per cent of the EU’s annual GDP. If these targets are to be […]
Where’s The Beef?
By Christian Hald-Mortensen With delicious animals increasingly under fire for their part in climate change, the market for meat substitutes is growing fast. Old and new brands alike are racing to provide environmentally conscious consumers plant-based or lab-grown alternatives. So how can the discerning buyer separate the meat from the chaff? Christian […]
EU’s “climate emergency” threatens rule of law
“Goodbye freedom, democracy and the rule of law” By HSH Prince Michael of Liechtenstein, courtesy of ECAEF and GIS By declaring a state of climate emergency, the European Parliament opened the door to excessive measures that could ultimately violate individual freedoms and erode democracy in the European Union. The climate debate has become […]
Rwanda’s lessons on gender equality, public health, and development
“Women Leaders in Global Health 2019: Powerful Lessons from Kigali” By Dr. Nicole de Paula, courtesy of IASS Potsdam Rwandans are a testimony to human resilience. Following the country’s darkest times, when around 800,000 Tutsis were slaughtered by ethnic Hutu extremists during the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has emerged as the “Switzerland of Africa”. […]
Picking Losers: Green energy subsidies are a chronicle of failure
“Crescent Dunes: Another Green Flop” By Chris Edwards, courtesy of the Cato Institute The Department of Energy called the vast and expensive solar project a “success story” and “milestone for the country’s energy future.” But you can’t trust what the government says. Crescent Dunes is a flop and taxpayers are set to lose $737 million […]
Can Europe use trade to enforce Green Deal globally?
EU trade policy: Global enforcer for the European Green Deal By Johan Bjerkem, courtesy of EPC Stuck in a trade war between the US and China and in light of a dwindling World Trade Organization (WTO), the EU’s trade policy is in need of a new, positive and constructive agenda. The EU cannot afford […]
Ditching fuel subsidies cuts emissions without harming economy
“Removing fossil fuel subsidies reduces emissions with limited impacts on economic activity and household incomes Courtesy of ESRI New ESRI research examines how removing eight fossil fuel subsidies would impact both the economy and carbon emissions. It finds that simultaneously removing seven of them — all but the household fuel allowance — would […]
Market Environmentalism Is No Oxymoron
By Kai Weiss, courtesy of the Austrian Economics Center This article is an adapted version of remarks given at the Climate and Freedom Summit 2019 in Madrid, Spain, organized by Fundalib, Reason Foundation, and the Clean Capitalist Leadership Council on December 12. No other political topic has played as great of a role in 2019 as […]