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June 4, 2010
After a long, not so green week, the Risk Monger has selected some of the best and worst moments with a suggestion for next year’s theme.
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Biodiversity, Eco-technologies, ecological footprint, efficiency, Energy and Climate Change, English, Environmentalism, EU climate policy |
June 3, 2010
Why should plastic bags cost 5 eur. Economical insight in our daily living as consumers with plastic bags
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Eco-technologies, ecological footprint, Energy and Climate Change, English |
What sort of Luddite would argue not to worry about the loss of biodiversity? No one. That then allows well-meaning public officials to propose any measures to address biodiversity loss. Who after all would oppose them? Well, allow me to try.
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Biodiversity, ecological footprint, Energy and Climate Change, English, Environmentalism, EU climate policy |
March 12, 2008
I sometimes complain that our political elites have lost all long-term vision focused as they are on feeding the quick-news-hungry media with sexy soundbites which have little value for the societal challenges these policy makers are supposed to tackle. It is therefore very encouraging that, occasionally , there is a political figure who manages to… » read more
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ecological footprint, Energy and Climate Change, Global Warming, Peak oil, resource depletion, Sustainability |
January 25, 2008
Commission President Barroso today (25 Jan) expressed his support for a Davos declaration on the Millennium Development Goals and promised to “discuss with Member States the importance of scaling up aid budgets”. By putting this issue in the context of “financial aid”, developed countries can feel good about themselves. They are helping (or at least… » read more
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ecological footprint, Sustainability, Sustainable Development |
October 8, 2007
Finland is the world’s greenest country and Swedisch capital Stockholm the best city to live in, according to a study by environmental economist Matthew Kahn published in Readers’ Digest. The study is based on data from two original sources: the UN 2006 Human Development Index and the 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index. Measuring welfare beyond GDP seems to… » read more
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China, ecological footprint, Energy and Climate Change, Global Warming |
