Privacy concerns set to grow with the digitalisation of education
By: EBR | Monday, August 2, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalisation of education, which is set to continue as students return to school, but the safeguarding concerns it has raised also remain
The climate crisis is here and it is already killing people
By: EBR | Monday, August 2, 2021
This is the moment for urgent and equitable action to prevent dangerous global warming and address the climate crisis, ensuring that those responsible for it do not end up paying the heaviest price, argue climate activists
Carbon pricing in buildings? Help renovate and fuel-switch to renewables first
By: EBR | Friday, July 30, 2021
Including buildings in an emissions trading scheme will have a limited impact on emissions and should, at most, complement other measures like substantially increasing renovation rates, switching to renewables and phasing out fossil fuels subsidies
EU’s new climate package must now close the ‘National Ownership Gap’
By: EBR | Thursday, July 29, 2021
Europe must go beyond EU-level targets and ambition to implement climate action across member states, if it wants to reach its own ambition and limit the world to 1.5°C warming
More than 1 in 6 young adults in the EU were not in education or work in 2020
By: EBR | Thursday, July 29, 2021
More than one in six young adults in the European Union are not in employment, education or training (NEET), new figures show
Brexit: EU pauses legal action against UK
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, July 28, 2021
The EU has paused its legal action against the UK for alleged breaches of the Northern Ireland Protocol
Commission moves against EU countries over unfair trading practices
By: EBR | Wednesday, July 28, 2021
The European Commission on Tuesday (27 July) opened infringement procedures against 12 member states after they failed to transpose EU rules banning unfair trading practices in the agri-food sector within the allotted time frame
Critics warn carbon price proposal would exacerbate energy poverty
By: EBR | Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Energy poverty could be exacerbated as prices rise under the European Commission’s proposed revamped emissions trading scheme, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has warned
Preparing for curtain calls, Merkel too busy to think about life after office
By: EBR | Friday, July 23, 2021
Germany’s Angela Merkel made clear on Thursday (22 July) she would keep working on issues such as climate change till her last day as chancellor but, inscrutable as ever, gave little away about her plans once she leaves office after the 26 September election
Von der Leyen rejects UK bid to reopen Irish protocol
By: EBR | Friday, July 23, 2021
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has insisted that the EU would not reopen the controversial Northern Ireland protocol
Beyond the strategy review: the ECB must act on climate
By: EBR | Thursday, July 22, 2021
The European Central Bank (ECB)’s new monetary policy is a positive step, but it needs more ambition to tackle its climate problem
Europe’s Looming Unpredictable Autumn
By: EBR | Thursday, July 22, 2021
There will be no respite when European leaders return from a summer break punctuated by floods, cyber attacks, coronavirus, and challenges to the EU’s rule of law. All the more reason for them to explain to citizens what is at stake for Europe’s future
2021 Rule of Law
By: EBR | Wednesday, July 21, 2021
EU report shows positive developments in Member States but also points to serious concerns
EU wants its flag to fly at Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
By: EBR | Tuesday, July 20, 2021
European Commissioner Margaritis Schinas and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa said they had asked athletes from Slovenia – currently holding the EU Council’s rotating presidency – to be allowed to bear the bloc’s starred flag
Europe’s hydrogen split: blue vs green and north vs south
By: EBR | Tuesday, July 20, 2021
The only element keeping blue hydrogen projects alive are subsidies and as green hydrogen declines in cost more government subsidies will be needed. This might be good for Shell and Exxon but is unlikely to be popular with voters
Merkel sees ‘surreal’ wreckage as Europe flood death toll tops 180
By: EBR | Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday (18 July) that she was horrified by the “surreal” devastation in the flood-ravaged region of Germany, as the toll in western Europe reached at least 184 people dead with dozens still missing
This is how the 2020 recession affected Europe’s public and private sectors
By: EBR | Tuesday, July 20, 2021
One of the positive surprises about last year’s recession is how little damage it inflicted on average household and corporate balance sheets in Europe
Climate-focused investors give warm welcome to EU masterplan
By: EBR | Friday, July 16, 2021
A European Union climate masterplan to raise the cost of pollution and eliminate emissions is a step towards a single carbon price that many investors striving to make companies more sustainable say can help to engineer deeper change
Europe fiddles while forests burn
By: EBR | Friday, July 16, 2021
The European Commission’s approach to using forest wood for energy could prove a faux pas ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit in November, a dangerous move which contradicts the findings of the EU executive’s own research department
The EU Angela Merkel Leaves Behind
By: EBR | Friday, July 16, 2021
Chancellor Merkel’s last official visit to the White House holds a special political significance. President Biden has placed human rights and rule of law at the top of his agenda, just as these values are under attack from within and outside Europe
By: N. Peter Kramer
