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Europe's EV Tariffs Protect the Past, Not the Planet
Europe is sabotaging its own climate goals by prioritising the protection of its car industry over allowing affordable Chinese electric vehicles in. This turns the green transition into a trade dispute with China, whilst risking the green transformation both sides urgently need. Europe doesn’t need a trade war, it needs a strategy. Instead of raising tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles , the EU should establish a Green Trade Truce based on transparency, cooperation and fair
Bennet Oetken
Nov 83 min read


The New Ocean Empire: How the Pacific Became the World’s Strategic Crossroads
In most Western schools, children were often asked in Geography class: “Which is the largest ocean in the world?” To us, the Pacific looked like empty space — a vast stretch of blue that separates continents. But that cartographic illusion hides the truth: the Pacific is not empty at all. It is a constellation of nations, languages and histories, now standing at the fault line of global power. However, much like the game of chess that was the Cold-War, is the Pacific slipping
Charlotte Rowland
Oct 145 min read


The Fire Came Fast. Was The EU Faster?
In late July, flames tore through the mountainous region of the Limassol district in southern Cyprus, destroying more than 100 km² of...
Antonis Yermasoyitis
Sep 254 min read


A Review of the United Nations Ocean Conference and the Fight to Protect our Seas
Last Friday, the Third Edition of the United Nations Ocean Conference drew to a close after having run from the 9th-13th June....
Zoe Wreford
Jun 214 min read


The Financial Illiteracy of the Spending Review and Why Spending Needs to Be Cut Now
Britain faces economic Armageddon. And no, Rachel, we do not have a £22 billion black hole, and your reckless spending spree will only...
Ethan Harvey
Jun 169 min read


Sir David Attenborough at 99: We cannot let him down, Ed Mili-wind
Sir David Attenborough turned 99 yesterday – the same day that his new film Ocean was released to cinemas. I severely dislike the...
Dan Sillett
May 103 min read


Pakistan's Clean Energy Revolution
Our planet is in trouble. The effects of climate change are playing out before our eyes, with January 2025 being the warmest on record ....
Zoe Wreford
Apr 275 min read


Northern Mexico In Peril - Between Fire and Pollution
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Nuevo León, the country's industrial powerhouse and seventh most populous state in Mexico, faces an...
Victor Elizondo
Apr 13 min read


What Labour's Growth Obsession means for the Climate
On the 16th of December 2003, the then transport secretary Alistair Darling published a white paper that made headlines. After years of...
Maya Sgaravato-Grant
Mar 264 min read


Climate Change: Is Securitisation The Answer?
The climate crisis is amongst the greatest existential threats facing humanity. Yet we seem to have done very little about it. Despite...
Haley Flower
Feb 224 min read


Europe's Most Dangerous Fantasy
Illustration by Will Allen A peculiar delusion stalks European policy circles: that Russian energy might once again prove Europe's...
Jack Rowlett
Feb 194 min read


Canada’s Second Trudeau: A Legacy of Half Measures and Mixed Results
Illustration by Will Allen On January 6 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned as leader of the Liberal Party. After...
Brock Salvatore Cullen-Irace
Feb 164 min read


Trump versus Greenland
Having returned to office, President Trump is already looking to expand. His first target? Greenland. Charading as a player on a monopoly...
Zoe Wreford
Feb 124 min read


How to Mobilise European Capital
Digitalisation, decarbonisation and deglobalisation are the three key pillars to the next investment surge. McKinsey & Company estimated...
Louis Gilmore
Feb 13 min read


Azerbaijan Proves COP Is Not Fit For Purpose
When, a few days into the most recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP), respected figures in the field of climate policy published an...
Maya Sgaravato-Grant
Jan 136 min read


Labour Sentences British Farming to Death
A sea of tweed jackets and flat caps descended on Westminster this week to protest Labour’s new inheritance tax (IHT) policy....
Luke Goddard
Nov 25, 20244 min read


Valencia is Drowning - Europe is Not Ready for a Climate-Changed Future
The recent catastrophic floods in Valencia, Spain , have laid bare Europe’s glaring vulnerabilities in climate disaster preparedness....
Steffany González
Nov 14, 20244 min read


Deadly Flooding in Spain Claims 95 Lives as Search for Victims Intensifies
Spain is reeling from its deadliest floods in over three decades, with a confirmed death toll of 95 as of October 31. Torrential rains...
Europinion
Oct 31, 20244 min read


Galamsey: Ghana’s Golden Poison
Elected in 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana stated that he was prepared to put his presidency ‘on the line’ to fight Galamsey,...
Arsima Bereketab
Oct 27, 20243 min read


How I Destroyed Just Stop Oil: The Debate, The Detective, and The Banana
It’s not every day you get to say what you really think to lunatics on the news. And it’s not every day you get to do this alongside a...
Dan Sillett
Oct 18, 20244 min read
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