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A sustainable transport strategy for Europe
M F Warrender, Open Access Government, highlights EU Commissioner Violeta Bulc’s innovative plan to finance sustainable transport and infrastructure projects
Climate protection: Investing in a low-carbon Europe
Investment in climate protection is vital to overcome environmental challenges. Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director, European Environment Agency explains
Our climate is changing. We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit the rate of climate change, and at the same time, take measures that help us prepare for current and future...
Global CO2 emissions plateau as US coal declines
A decline in US coal consumption in the last year and China's economic slowdown are said to have played a significant role in helping global CO2 emissions plateau
A new analysis published in the Earth System Science Data journal shows that carbon dioxide emissions have plateaued over the past three...
The Citizens’ Debate on Space for Europe: Another space challenge
The European Space Agency’s Nathalie Meusy reflects on the success of the Citizens’ Debate on Space for Europe and ways to support sustainable development goals
The European Space Agency (ESA) started to commit to Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) over 10 years ago, with dialogue with stakeholders at...
Raising policy awareness of the impacts of climate change
Climate change tool IMPACT2C has made significant strides in understanding the impacts of global warming. Professor Dr Daniela Jacob at the Climate Service Center Germany explains
An integrated approach to climate change
Floriane Cappelletti and David Donnerer from the Covenant of Mayors Office outline how the organisation will play a key role in achieving the EU’s Energy Union…
European cities are home to 360 million people or 72% of Europe’s population and account for 70% of the continent’s energy consumption. These areas...
Worldwide glacier monitoring system
Professor Martin Hoelzle from the Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg sheds light in the importance of measuring the increased fever of world’s climate…
The cryosphere as a whole system consists of snow, river and lake ice, sea ice, glaciers, ice shelves and ice sheets, and frozen ground. The...
A European response to terrorism
Ard van der Steur, Minister of Security and Justice in the Netherlands outlines how Member States are coming together to work as one, in order to prevent terrorist attacks...
The ISIS-attacks in Paris (November 2015) and Brussels (March 2016) show the vulnerability of European countries to relatively large scale terrorist attacks...
Open source towards safe flood defences
Efficient, open minded and international collaboration of research and engineering is vital to safeguard the densely populated and growing urban areas across the world which are facing the consequences of sea level rise and natural hazards...
In times of political uncertainty and economic turbulence, the global challenges of population growth...
Delivering a sustainable and low carbon economy
At the 7th Summit of the Regions and Cities in Bratislava last month – of which AG was in attendance – Vice-President of the European Commission with the responsibility of the Energy Union, Maroš Šefčovič spoke about the role of cities and regions in the transition towards a sustainable,...
What’s the return on investment in solar PV?
Ben Robinson, Business Development Manager at BayWa r.e. Solar Systems shares his thoughts on the return on investment you can expect to see when installing a solar PV system...
According to The Telegraph, more than 300 British households are installing solar PV modules onto the roof of their house every week. The...
Working towards an EU health information system
Petronille Bogaert, Robine Jean Marie, and Prof. Dr. Herman Van Oyen discuss the BRIDGE Health project and how it is developing an integrated and sustainable EU health information system
Bridge Health is a European project under the third European Union (EU) Health Programme. The acronym stands for Bridging Information and...
Protecting tropical forests worldwide
Vidar Helgesen, Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment answers AGs questions about how Norway is contributing to sustainable development by reducing deforestations in the worlds tropical forests.
As part of their International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), Norway has pledged up to 3 billion NOK a year to help save the...
How much does it cost to save the world?
Georgina Dowling, Associate at Ramboll UK outlines the importance of investment in infrastructure to help tackle climate change
In December, 195 nations reached a landmark agreement ‘to keep a global temperature rise this century well below 2°C and to drive efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5°C...
E3-Modelling research finds first-mover advantage for the European Union as frontrunner in climate action
In Paris, delegates from the 196 UN parties met in December 2015 to negotiate a global climate agreement. Countries accounting for roughly a quarter of global emissions met the March deadline to provide targets for Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) while at the same time some of the leading...
Through the ocean darkly
Carol Anne Clayson, Director of the Ocean and Climate Change Institute at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution details the impact the oceans have on climate systems
In the final draft agreement adopted by the 21st Conference of the Parties in Paris last year, the ocean is mentioned only once –...
Climate Change: Ignore the ocean at your peril
Niall McDonough, Executive Secretary at the European Marine Board outlines why the ocean should be part of the climate change discussion
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP21 meeting in Paris in December delivered an ambitious agreement on mitigating the effects of climate change. Before Paris, many commentators...
Make tackling childhood obesity your new year’s resolution urges royal college
A year on from their last article in AG, Prof Russell Viner, Officer for Health Promotion at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, looks at how childhood obesity has developed in the months that have past...
As we move into 2016 millions of children, young people and their...
November edition of AG is now live!
As we head towards the end of 2015, Europe will come together next month at a crucial meeting in Paris, with the aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate change. This will be the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations that this...
Let us take stock of our situation regarding Earth’s climate
1. Climate change is not a hoax. It is real and is happening now. The global average temperature is steadily increasing and there is no doubt that the most significant cause of this warming is the increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.
2. There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that...
