UN chief presses EU to agree tougher climate change target
By: EBR | Friday, November 20, 2020
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday (19 November) urged the European Union to lead global efforts to slash planet-warming emissions by setting a new climate change target next month
Smaller House majority poses headaches for Democrats
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 18, 2020
For six months, centre and left Democrats fought side by side. But now, with the enemy defeated, the internal war blazes up
Are we witnessing the dawn of a new global politics?
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 17, 2020
«Like many millions, I was besotted by the coverage of the US election»
China puts “6G” test satellite into orbit
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 17, 2020
China launched what it claimed is the first 6G experimental satellite to test communications from space using high-frequency terahertz spectrum
Much more ambition needed to clean up shipping
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 17, 2020
International Maritime Organisation plans and ambitions on cutting greenhouse gas emissions fall well short of what is needed
Are Europe’s Leaders Ready for a Biden Presidency?
By: EBR | Friday, November 13, 2020
Europe’s leaders cannot expect a free ride from the incoming Biden presidency. It’s time to prepare the ground on security, defense, and strategy if the changing transatlantic relationship is to remain relevant
Why our ocean could hold the best solutions to climate change
By: EBR | Friday, November 13, 2020
The ocean is the Earth’s natural climate moderator – regulating climate and influencing weather patterns around the globe and affecting every one of us, even if we don’t live by the coast
Development banks make landmark climate pledge, but no fossil fuel phase out
By: EBR | Thursday, November 12, 2020
The world’s public development banks on Wednesday (11 November) pledged to align their financial firepower with the Paris Agreement on climate change, but avoided a firm commitment to phase out fossil fuel financing
Disability inclusion isn’t a tick-box exercise. It’s vital to achieving the SDGs
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 10, 2020
We are six months on from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond the rollercoaster ride the coronavirus has put the whole world on, it has specifically thrown a spotlight on and sharply exacerbated inequalities globally
Europe’s High Expectations for a U.S. President Joe Biden
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Joe Biden will be America’s next president, but relieved European leaders are deluded if they expect a return to the past for the transatlantic relationship
Moderation After a Divisive Election: Lessons from Britain/s 18th Century
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 10, 2020
During the reign of Queen Anne (1702-1714), Britain was as divided along partisan cultural lines as the United States is today. That history offers hope to Americans
Joe Biden’s ‘Time to Heal’
By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, November 9, 2020
Joe Biden sent an encouraging message Saturday night in declaring ‘a time to heal’, as he claimed his victory in the race for the White House
The Twin Fallacies of Europe’s Leaders
By: EBR | Monday, November 9, 2020
At the time of writing, it is becoming more than obvious that the historical analysts of the future will have no difficulty in describing the current inertia in applying Delayed Sanctions to Turkey until December as Too Little, Too Late
Mainstream media and pollsters are already the losers
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
A surge of unexpected votes for Donald Trump has confounded the forecasters, again
NewB: sustainable, ethical and cooperative banking in Belgium
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
We live in difficult times, but after 60 years Belgium gets a new consumer bank, a cooperative bank with, at the moment, 116,000 members
How the European Union Should Tackle Turkey’s Hostility
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 3, 2020
The era of European benevolence and benign neglect with Ankara is over; Turkey is now openly adversarial toward the entire European Union and NATO. It’s time for the EU to clarify its response
This is how much plastic scientists now think is at the bottom of the ocean
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Plastic pollution in the ocean could be an even bigger problem than first feared, with 14.4 million tonnes of microplastics estimated to be at the bottom of the sea
UN says Nagorno-Karabakh attacks could be war crimes
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Artillery strikes on civilians in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could amount to war crimes, the UN human rights chief said on Monday (2 November), reiterating a call for Azerbaijan and Armenia to halt attacks on towns, schools and hospitals in the mountain enclave
US Presidential Election explainer: What to watch out for as the results roll in
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 3, 2020
The 2020 US presidential election has been different than any other in history. Here is the rundown of key things to watch out for as the results roll in
Will the polls get it right this time?
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Former Vice-President Joe Biden holds a 10-point lead over President Trump in the final Wall Street Journal/NBC News national survey, while polls in many battleground states suggest that enough are in play to allow either candidate to build an Electoral College majority