Ecology
Losses from Heat to Widen Inequalities in Europe
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Europe wants to justify its unsuccessful struggle against climate change by its defense needs.
Climate and Military Security
Low water levels in the Danube have caused serious disruption to electricity generation, transportation, and tourism. Years of spending on the fight against climate change have led to nothing.
Drought on the Danube Threatens Regional Economic Growth
Large-scale wildfires and EU States’ inability to combat natural disasters increase insurance risks and households’ insurance costs.
Europe’s Insurance Market in Crisis
We still have problems in Europe regarding the climate, energy, homelessness and, of course, we are becoming poor. Having a house, moreover the one equipped with air conditioners is expensive and everything costs more and more.
Will the Summer Never End? Is It the Only Problem the European Union Faces?
Expert Joseph Dellatte argues that the European Union’s Emissions Trading System should become a major tool of its new industrial policy.
Making the European Carbon Market an Industrial Policy Magic Wand Attempted Again
In Europe, no matter that there are already more policies regarding climate change, it is still having problems because of high temperatures drying the rivers and depleting hydroelectric energy sources.
River Droughts In Europe And Their Consequences
In a Carnegie Europe report entitled A Grand Strategy for Europe’s Clean Industrial Future, analysts Milo McBride and Pauline Gerard advocate creating a comprehensive clean industrial strategy in Europe.
Europe Keeps Devising Strategies Irrelevant to Its Real Capability
In an article entitled Gas-lit: The Three Seas Initiative is out of step with a clean-energy future, Szymon Kardaś, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, criticizes the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) that is still staking on gas infrastructure even after the dependence on Russian gas was reduced considerably.
Central and East European Countries Keep Clinging to the Gas Model Even Though Its Constraints Are Already Visible
In their article entitled The new climate battle, experts of the European Council on Foreign Relations discuss how the socio-political changes in Europe and its economic problems are debunking the European climate agenda.
Political Sentiments Changing Fast, Climate Agenda Losing Support
Europe is facing an unprecedented crisis in terms of weather conditions, highlighting its structural and social vulnerabilities.
The Summer Nobody Tells Us About: High Mortality Rates, Promises, and Reality in Contemporary Italy
This is the conclusion made by Thijs van Aken, leading author of the report by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies entitled Intersecting Futures: Global Trends Shaping and Shaped by Climate Change over the Next Century.
Climate Change Will Shape Not Only Its Environmental Consequences But Also the Balance of Power in the 21st Century
In the article Réindustrialiser : un défi, des solutions… et un choix de société, Olivier Lluansi, a mining engineer and CNAM professor, expressly states harsh and disappointing truth: in spite of all the highlight declarations by President Macron about “re-industrialization” being the “mother of all battles” and the ambitious France 2030 program with the budget of 50 billion euro, the share of industry in France continues its steady decline and in 2025 accounts for less than 10% of their GDP.
Re-industrialization of France: sounding promises, multi-billion euro programs and a miserable failure
In the article BNR: Kan Europa ooit nog energie-onafhankelijk worden?, published at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies web-site, Lucia van Geuns, a prominent energy expert who worked for Royal Dutch Shell, TNO and Clingendael International Energy for many years, gives a totally honest and discouraging answer.
Can Europe ever become energy independent? A dangerous illusion and harsh reality of dependency
