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Space power – a timely answer to Europe’s energy problematique

July 2, 2018

Guest post by Vidvuds Beldavs, strategist for NZP FOTONIKA-LV, the national photonics platform of the University of Latvia Juncker’s European Commission (EC) has until the end of its term 31 October 2019 to take decisive action to address Europe’s energy problematique – intermingled problems that cannot be solved independently. The EU needs to maintain robust… » read more

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blogactiv, development, digital, EU Priorities 2020, EU Priorities and Opinion, Global Europe, Innovation and Growth

Ready or not: Moving from climate disclosure to action

March 26, 2018

  Guest post by Richard Samans and Simon Messenger. Richard Samans is Chairman of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board and Managing Director and member of the Managing Board of the World Economic Forum. Simon Messenger is Managing Director of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board. Expectations of investors and regulators are changing regarding the obligation of… » read more

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Better regulation, blogactiv, Business & Climate Change, Climate & Environment, development

Can new Balearic Islands Climate Law spur Spain and EU into action?

February 19, 2018

  As the Balearic Government launches its first climate law, the president of this autonomous Spanish community looks expectantly towards Madrid and Brussels. Guest post by Francina Armengol – President of the Balearic region of Spain Today my Government is presenting the first climate and energy transition law in Spain, in what we hope will… » read more

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Better regulation, blogactiv, Business & Climate Change, Climate & Environment, development, Global Europe, Science & Policymaking

Triggering a critical mass of sustainable investment: How can Europe do it?

February 12, 2018

Kirsten Dunlop is Chief executive of Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest public-private innovation partnership focused on climate change. Kirsten leads Climate-KIC’s mission to decarbonise and transform land, cities and manufacturing sectors through strategic innovation and systemic change. The European Commission’s HLEG Working Group on Sustainable Finance released its long-awaited final report on 31 January. More than two… » read more

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blogactiv, Business & Climate Change, Climate & Environment, development, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, Financial Services, Future EU, Global Europe, Science & Research, Sustainable Dev.

The future of Europe will be local

January 30, 2018

    Open letter by the Council of European Municipalities and Regions. Last September, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, invited all Europeans to think together about the future of our Union. Without waiting for this invitation, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, a federation of national associations of towns and regions from 42… » read more

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blogactiv, democracy, development, Future EU, Global Europe

Why Improved Cooperation between Asia and Europe Doesn’t Make a Difference

November 22, 2017

Guest post by Robert C. Thomas, YPFP Asia-Pacific Fellow   Inward-looking US politics and policy under the current presidential administration have proven to be a source of geopolitical concern for US allies and trade partners. Uncertain about US policy and leadership, they have been looking for ways to secure their interests in a world where… » read more

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blogactiv, development, Trade & Industry

No such thing as national sovereignty for energy

October 9, 2017

Guest post by Stuart Reigeluth, vice-president of Revolve Water Energy will flow fluidly across transnational grids, tapping into decentralized hubs everywhere, that are both interconnected all along the way by the digital technology of things. While the integration of the European energy systems is of paramount importance for the overarching project called ‘Europe’, geopolitically, the… » read more

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blogactiv, Business & Climate Change, Climate & Environment, development, Energy, Science & Policymaking

Showcasing the communities of the future

September 8, 2017

  Guest post by Eamon O’Hara, Executive Director and cofounder of ECOLISE On 22nd September, policy makers and representatives of the thousands of community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability in Europe will gather at a conference in the European Economic and Social Council (EESC), Brussels, to launch the first ever European Day of Sustainable… » read more

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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, development, EU Priorities 2020

The “universality principle”: the sustainable development goals and civil society’s role

January 15, 2016

Guest blog post by Sergi Corbalán, Executive Director of the Fair Trade Advocacy Office and Co-chair of the Civil Society Alliance for the European Year for Development 2015. Sergi Corbalán argues that the universality of the new Sustainable Development Goals’ framework is one of the most important features as it eliminates the old division between… » read more

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blogactiv, development, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020

Real pain for developing countries, champagne for rich ones

July 17, 2015

The United Nations Financing for Development Conference was held in Addis Ababa this week. Yes, Ethiopia may not be Heard in Europe’s usual patch, but our spies are everywhere. Developing countries, 77 of them in fact, were pushing for the creation of a global tax body overseen by the UN. They want it because they… » read more

Addis Ababa, development, Development Policy, FFD, financing for development, Global Europe, Global tax body

EU overseas aid stagnates, leaving millions of poor people at risk

April 8, 2015

By Hilary Jeune, Oxfam’s EU policy advisor The leadership of a handful of countries is masking the failure of the majority of European governments to deliver on their overseas aid promises, as shown today by new figures for overseas aid spending by EU-19 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In times of… » read more

Aid, Aid Effectiveness, AidWatch, austerity, development, English, EU institutions, Global Europe, MDGs, Poor people

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Blog Closed – Operating Elsewhere but check the PS9, NatGeo, Emphas.is and World With Jan

November 24, 2012

It took some time to get all the blogging thinking back in order inside to start fully commitment into writing and posting regularly so you can continue to follow the my world, my work and the projects I’m around on the following new alternative spaces: My personal stuff is now called: World With Jan  … » read more

Cheetahs on the Edge, co-developed, crowd-funding, development, emphas.is, Features, jan husar - the book, New Features, ps9, ps9 wild, Public Affairs, public section nine, Slovak, visual journalism, worldwithjan.com

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Blog Closed – Operating Elsewhere but check the PS9, NatGeo, Emphas.is and World With Jan

It took some time to get all the blogging thinking back in order inside to start fully commitment into writing and posting regularly so you can continue to follow the my world, my work and the projects I’m around on the following new alternative spaces: My personal stuff is now called: World With Jan  … » read more

Cheetahs on the Edge, co-developed, crowd-funding, crowd-sourcing, development, emphas.is, Features, jan husar, jan husar - the book, National Geographic, New Features, ps9 wild, Public Affairs, public section nine, Slovak, visual journalism, worldwithjan.com

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