If the world is to make genuine progress on climate change, the engagement of both the oil and gas industry and the Gulf region is essential
Ana Palacio explains what it takes to make COP28 a success
Media mentions – ECFR Council
If we are to stay below 1.5 degrees in temperature rise, China, India and the United States must reduce their emissions much more than they do today.
Dan Jørgensen advocates for more climate action from larger countries
Spain needs to get out of almost two decades of losses and enter a positive virtuous cycle of greater knowledge, more productivity and less inequality
Toni Roldán explores a “Biden plan” for human infrastructures for Spain
Provided reforms pick up and are sustained, the embrace of small countries like Moldova and Montenegro could happen well before a decade, puncturing the EU’s enlargement paralysis
Nathalie Tocci evaluates the prospects for EU enlargement
The investment effort required by climate action, whether for France or for the EU, is roughly equivalent to 2% of annual GDP
Jean Pisany-Ferry assesses the cost for France and the EU to meet their climate commitments
We in the west need to understand that obviously, this is not charity because Ukraine is fighting for us. They are fighting for our liberty and the European security architecture.
Finland’s foreign minister Elina Valtonen counters claims that Ukraine has failed to show gratitude for western support
[To Ukraine], the EU seems more generous and accessible than NATO, with a clearer procedure. And, for the time being, it is helping to ward off the idea of a war that will never end.
There is a real risk that rightwing, populist parties will latch on to the “greenlash” and surge back in the polls
Nathalie Tocci explains why signs of a green backlash are surfacing, as citizens and businesses start feeling the costs of the energy transition
Defence of [the Nordic and Baltic] region is so much easier if you can co-ordinate efforts, plans and command. You can achieve much greater deterrence if you combine efforts.
Carl Bildt outlines the effects of Sweden joining NATO after Turkey dropped its objections
So as long as those countries who want to join the alliance are not allowed to when they feel threatened, then I think that the whole [Euro-Atlantic security] picture is not complete
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas comments on Ukraine’s accession to NATO