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Grey is the new Paris: How green can defeat the smog 0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 21/12/2016
By committing itself to making trees and green infrastructure a part of its scenery, Paris can bring colours back to a grey city.
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Welcome to the not so concrete jungle: How the EU envisages a greener future 0
- Environment and Energy
- 15/12/2016
Throughout the European Union, local, regional and national authorities are confronted with a myriad of complex challenges in relation to urban, economic and sustainability concerns. Such pressing issues include the need to ensure biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services. The concept of ‘green infrastructure’ (GI) has come to the fore within policy circles in recent years and is seen as a vital cog within the EU’s continued efforts to attain its conservation, climate & energy targets for 2020 and beyond.
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Cutting towards the future with molecular scissors 0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 05/10/2016
Genome editing with “molecular scissors” is becoming the method of choice for plant breeding. It offers a huge potential regarding the food and nutrition security, which is so necessary because of the growing world population and increasing consumption of meat. However, some fear that this might be another genetically modified organism (GMO).
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Let the next round for the lives of the bees begin 3
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 19/09/2016
Neonicotinoids are controversial pesticides that periodically steer political debate. Some call them bee-killing pesticides. Their defenders deny their impact on pollination and claim that without them we would be gambling with the food security. The fact is that the biodiversity of species involved in pollination and agriculture-related ecosystem services is disturbingly decreasing. And we need to stop that.
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Ivory trade: Back on the market?2
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 29/07/2016
Recently, ivory trade has caused a great deal of furore between the EU, the public and conservation organisations. However, despite a legal misinterpretation leaving the EU misjudged, the resulting message that consumer demand for ivory is lawful, that killing these mythical creatures is acceptable and that they are a resource to be exploited, remains untouched.
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The new Olympic golf course: Risks vs. benefits?4
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 09/07/2016
The new golf course for Rio Olympics has been the cause of huge controversy between the city`s government and the activists, leading to the movement “Occupy Golf”. The government claims that the new golf course inside the nature reserve has increased the biodiversity, but the protesters are right to be worried about the risks of such an intervention.
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