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- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 01/09/2020
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Fashion and environmental commitments: meeting the demand0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 21/03/2020
The demand for sustainable fashion is on the rise and so is demand for increased transparency, better recycling options and durable designs. The policies are yet to catch up.
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Extreme Makeover: Science Edition0
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 24/12/2016
2016 gave us an American president-elect despite never having served in elected office. It also marked an historic turning point in the European project when a key member voted to leave. These events, in the minds of many, cemented the phenomenon of the ‘post-truth’ paradigm where slapdash opinions have garnered widespread favour atop ‘facts’. The architects of previous sacrosanct-held facts, the sciences, and especially the economics profession, require a makeover.
READ MOREEvropa u komšiluku0
- Op-ed
- 28/06/2013
” … podigni zid bezbroj godina dug, tako da ne mogu preko, da te ne vidim, i da ne osjetim, da za tebe ima još netko, meni nepoznat …” Drage i samopevljive rime Časne riječi Zlatana Stipišića (Gibonni-ja) osluškivali smo na radiju Dalmacija. Nisu se dale pevati, bile su, za neverovati, teške i turobne.
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EU’s Sustainable Finance scheme should go beyond greening the financial system0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 24/10/2017
Combating climate change is expensive. Trillions of Euros need to be invested in the transition to a low-carbon and resource-efficient economy and these funds should come from the financial sector. But make no mistake, a sustainable financial system is not just about “greening” investments, it entails the halt of the increasing financialization of the economy.
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EU’s role in land grabbing in Southeast Asia1
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 28/07/2015
The EU must drop its target for agrofuels which is putting food security at risk in many regions in Southeast Asia.
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EU’s environmental policy is blatantly incomplete. The consumption side is missing.1
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 20/07/2017
Despite having achieved an unprecedented decrease of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions within its territory, lowering them by 13 percent from 1990 to 2010, the European Union’s carbon footprint has increased by 8 percent during the same period. This paradoxical phenomenon is the result of our increasing demand for goods and services, which is mainly satisfied by importing products from developing countries that typically have more carbon-intensive industries.
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