The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published two new reports on climate emergencies last month. The two reports are part of a ‘trilogy’ of scientific assessments consisting of three dimensions: the physical science (working group I - report published in August 2021), impacts... Find out more

The die is cast. The worst scenario of an ‘unjust transition’ materialized with the Russian invasion and devastation of Ukraine. A scenario that brought back to Europe the spectre of the Third World War and the reconsideration of the EU strategy for a just transition. As the quintessence of the... Find out more

It will be no surprise that this twelfth issue of the ETUI’s Green New Deal newsletter has a different story to tell. Whatever the outcome of Putin’s war against Ukraine, the 24th of February 2022 will be a watershed moment for geopolitics and global efforts to tackle the social-ecological emergency... Find out more

Subscribe to our newsletters → here International Energy Agency (IEA) calls for end of fossil-fuel era In a landmark report published on 18 May, the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) presented a comprehensive overview of how to the world can make the transition to a net-zero energy... Find out more

Subscribe to our newsletters → here A key demand of the ETUC is that companies should provide complete and accurate reports on their impacts on the environment and society. In the EU, corporate reporting requirements on environmental and social issues are currently defined by the 2014 Non-financial... Find out more

The ETUI, in co-operation with the European Climate Foundation, held a conference on ‘The nexus of climate change and welfare: towards a new concept of the welfare state’ on 17 June 2021. The aim of the conference was to create linkages between the climate change and welfare state discourses, and to... Find out more

Subscribe to our newsletters → here The European Union announced a new emissions target that seeks to reduce its net emissions by 55 percent by 2030 from the 1990 levels. As part of the EU’s initiatives to be announced on the 14th of July 2021 - known as the `Fit for 55` package - to reach this... Find out more

Three CAP reform questions to Kristjan Bragason, EFFAT* General Secretary by Mehmet Koksal, Head of Communication and Publications ETUI A new critical report by the European Court of Auditors regrets that the EU agricultural spending has not made farming more climate-friendly. What is your green... Find out more

A draft directive on sustainability reporting out today begins to address the challenge of turning the corporate tanker towards a zero-emissions 2050. Today the European Commission publishes a proposal for a directive on sustainability reporting, which would massively overhaul the current European... Find out more

The pandemic made us all familiar with ‘social distancing’. Employers are starting to glimpse a future where ‘contractual distancing’ is progressively normalised. For all the suffering it wrought and the challenges it has brought to everyday life, the onset of the pandemic had one positive effect... Find out more