Carbon
BUSINESS
Italy Pushes to Weaken Green Rules in the EU Budget
Italy's push to weaken green safeguards in the next EU budget shows how climate policy is increasingly being recast as a competitiveness problem rather than a moral one.
BUSINESS
Sweden and Finland Champion Bioenergy: New Measures Amid Climate Pressures
Sweden and Finland boost bioenergy with €3B CO₂ capture, biofuel targets and forest safeguards despite strict EU climate rules.
EUROPE
Putting Out the Fires in Europe: Climate’s North-South Gap
Fires engulf forests from Greece to Spain with a important signal for Europe splitting along climate lines.
BUSINESS
Neocolonialism in the Twenty-First Century, EU Climate Policy
EU’s carbon border tax sparks backlash in Africa, with critics calling it climate colonialism that threatens $25B in exports by 2030.
BUSINESS
Forecast: Tech Trends in 2025
Explore 2025's top tech trends: Agent AI, post-quantum security, biometrics, and zero-carbon innovation reshaping industries and society.
Popular
Europe Cannot Decide How Much It Wants Canada
A snubbed invitation, a hasty reversal, and a visa-free proposal offer a gauge of how far Canada's tilt toward Europe has already travelled.
Fiji’s HIV Emergency and the Missing Investment
Fiji declared an HIV emergency soon after signing a defence pact with Australia. Do security deals outpace health funding in the Pacific?
Warsaw’s Pump Relief Leaves Security Unbought
A vanished Venezuelan cargo, a severed Saudi pipeline and a revived windfall levy expose the limits of Warsaw's control over its own petrol pumps.
India Demographic Dividend Starts to Fade as Glaciers Melt
India built its growth story on abundant people and abundant water, and both assumptions are now proving less permanent than expected.
Uneven Protection: Religious Freedom in Belgium
A country can guarantee religious freedom by law and still let how visibly someone practises it decide whether they get a job or a seat at the table.
