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October 20, 2017
The title of the book “Cool Cities”, written by Benjamin Barber, plays with the different dimensions of climate change that can be tackled at local level and even the mood for doing it. It is thus, an integrated metaphor of the book itself. As a Political Science authority, Barber explains, in the first section of… » read more
Posted by Atlantic Arc Cities
By Mostafa Darwish & Arthur Wyns Climate Action is necessary on all levels, from changing personal behaviour to promoting sustainable businesses & entrepreneurship. Climate-KIC – or the Knowledge and Innovation Community – does just that: as Europe’s largest public-private innovation network, it empowers young people to come up with new business ideas to challenge and… » read more
Posted by Arthur Wyns - environmental journalist
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, EurActiv.com, Innovation & Enterprise, Sustainable Dev. |
October 11, 2017
High medicine prices is a key public health challenge in Europe and Trade policy – an exclusive EU competence can improve or exacerbate the situation. Free Trade and Investment agreements can make easier or harder for European governments to change existing policies to curb the costs of pharmaceuticals. Following a civil society dialogue meeting with… » read more
Posted by Hungarian-European Citizen
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blogactiv, Civil Society (NGOs), Global Europe, Health & Consumers, medicines, Public Health, Sustainable Dev. |
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
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, Business & Climate Change, Climate & Environment, development, Energy, Science & Policymaking |
October 6, 2017
Guest post by Roberto Defez, molecular microbiologist at the Institute of Bioscience and BioResources, Italian National Research Council. Agriculture is at a turning point. Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis (Health) and Phil Hogan (Agriculture) are sitting on two running horses approaching a crossroad. There is no middle road. They have to decide whether to keep research on… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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Agriculture & Food, BioTech, blogactiv, Development Policy, Food & Consumers, Innovation and Growth |
October 4, 2017
The implementation of solar cookers across Moroccan communities is proving to be a great example of how decentralization of renewable energy is contributing to the energy independence of a country. By Lina Yassin & Arthur Wyns Morocco is being widely portrayed around the world as one of the leading countries in renewable energy deployment. The… » read more
Posted by Arthur Wyns - environmental journalist
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, EurActiv.com, Innovation & Enterprise |
September 29, 2017
Gathered in A Coruña in 2015, the Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities (CAAC) decided to create an Atlantic Urban Strategy. This plan aimed to reinforce cooperation between the Atlantic Cities as well as their position and interests in European policies and Urban Agenda. The same year, the Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) initiative was launched by… » read more
Posted by Atlantic Arc Cities
September 26, 2017
Arthur Wyns & Mariah Sampson Cities are centres of action and innovation, where ideas blend and combine like exciting flavours in an exotic soup, they are centres of development and education, and now, with increasing urbanisation and exponential population growth, the role of cities is becoming increasingly important in the implementation and development of sustainable… » read more
Posted by Arthur Wyns - environmental journalist
September 19, 2017
Guest post by Nada Al-Nashif, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences at UNESCO. “Supporting youth in the Southern Mediterranean region is vital,” writes Nada Al-Nashif. “Today’s youth are transforming their societies. We must harness their energies, capacities and ideas as partners for a common future built on peace, social justice and human rights.”… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, democracy, development, Development Policy, Global Europe, média |
September 14, 2017
Mientras escribo estas líneas, no dejan de llegar noticias acerca de la devastación del huracán Irma. No cabe duda de que la naturaleza está desatada. Los científicos han venido advirtiendo durante años que el calentamiento global conllevaría tormentas más intensas y circunstancias climáticas extremas cada vez con más frecuencia. Pero saber que esto puede suceder… » read more
Posted by Uniting Europe
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
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, development, EU Priorities 2020 |
August 31, 2017
Guest blog post by Claudia Ciobanu, a Warsaw-based freelance reporter covering Central and Eastern Europe. Romania’s Prime Minister Mihai Tudose announced in a TV interview last night that he plans to withdraw Romania’s application to make Rosia Montana a UNESCO world heritage site. This may look like a technical detail in a nature protection case.… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
July 13, 2017
In March, Vladimir Putin said in an interview to CNBC that Russia stands to benefit from global warming since it creates favorable conditions for national economic improvement. Later this year, after the U.S. declared its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, Putin emphasized that people should not worry too much about Trump exiting the… » read more
Posted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy
Μία αποκλειστική ματία στις λεπτομέρειες της διαδικασίας της Έγκρισης Επί της Αρχής (Approval In Principle) του ΔΝΤ σε σχέση με το 3ο Ελληνικό Πρόγραμμα Οικονομικής Βοήθειας: “…οι επιλογές παραμένουν περιορισμένες. Είτε το ΔΝΤ θα ικανοποιηθεί με μία αργότερη αλλά λεπτομερέστερη ανάλυση των μέτρων ελάφρυνσης του Ελληνικού χρέους και θα παράσχει χρηματοδότηση, είτε το Eurogroup θα… » read more
Posted by EU and Greece
Member States’ proposed aid funding in 2018 EU Budget is insufficient and attempts to divert money away from those most in need, argue a coalition of development and humanitarian organisations. Today, EU Member States agreed their position on the bloc’s budget for 2018 with a proposal to cut €90million from the development aid budget… » read more
Posted by Oxfam's EU Advocacy office in Brussels
