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The invisible workers
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 01/09/2020
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Central bank independence: Time for a change?0
The European Central Bank possibly is the most politically independent central bank of our times. But a new era of populism and the related pressures on central banks in the US and Great Britain should catch the attention of European policymakers concerning the relationship with their central bank.
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Carbon Capture and Storage – another British blunder?0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 05/11/2017
In 2012, the British Government opened Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Commercialisation competition with a budget of £1billion to support the UK’s first commercial scale CCS projects. However, with the unexpected withdrawal of the funding in 2015, Norway has since developed a strategy aimed at realising a full-scale CCS chain by 2022. Is this yet another British blunder?
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Carbon capture & storage: Friend or foe for solving global warming?1
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 02/02/2016
Carbon capture & storage (CCS) is the new kid in town. It promises a drastic reduction of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. I find that much can be argued against it.
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Can the EU’s fight against illegal logging help to preserve forest ecosystems in timber producing nations?1
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 18/08/2017
Preserving ecosystems via trade – A long way ahead for the EU’s fight against illegal logging.
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Can the Energy Union secure the future of European integration?0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 31/08/2016
With anti-Europe sentiment rising through Member States, the EU is facing a crisis of faith. The Energy Union provides an argument for continued European integration, with energy democratisation as the key to its success.
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Calling for a right to resettlement ahead of UN refugee summit1
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 17/09/2016
During a meeting on how to manage refugees’ expectations, I was reprimanded by my superiors for adding to my introduction in resettlement interviews with refugees that there is no recognized right to resettlement. This is certainly not a shock to most people, but it was a shock to the people I interviewed. It certainly made them upset to hear it. My superiors said it was cruel. Working for a small aid organization, we turned down many in need refugees asking for financial, legal, and medical assistance, and yet none of that was deemed cruel.
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