EU eyes Indian scientists

The European Union (EU) road show to attract Indian scientists and forge collaborations with India concluded recently. During this event, EU …

Time-out

The 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change met in Durban in December 2011. Negotiations were heated and …

A treaty too many

India is learning that there is a heavy price to be paid for the large number of bilateral investment treaties, or BITs, it has signed in the …

Future compromised

The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came …

Draft EU Climate Law: Incomplete framework, poor on internationalism

Climate activist Greta Thunberg termed the proposed EU law’s 2050 net-zero target a ‘surrender’

EU warns Indian, Chinese airlines

Developing countries say no to unilateral trade measures to curb carbon emissions at Bonn meet

Britain and Europe: a long history of conflict and cooperation

British history is deeply connected to Europe and whatever the result of its referendum, this will continue

AU-EU summit: What stands in the way of a deeper relationship

This year the EU will be able to boast a staggering 150 billion euros

Draft EU climate law: Too little ambition, net-zero target too late

2050 global net-zero goals only ensure 66 per cent chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C; high levels of ambition needed

Turn off taps on poachers: Financial crimes linked to illegal wildlife, timber trade in EU going unpunished, flags report

Criminal assets remaining in the hands of poachers, giving them the liberty to invest in more illicit operations

EU, China settle row over solar panel dumping

Agree on floor price for imported Chinese panels; upset European solar manufacturers mull legal action

EU imposes emissions tax on airlines

It will hamper investment in technology to reduce emissions, says air transport association

Parts of Germany will phase out coal-fired power by 2030, war in Ukraine notwithstanding: EU MP Matthias Ecke  

As a response to the natural gas crises, Germany has built LNG terminals near ports to import fuel from elsewhere, says Ecke

Halving pesticide use, dismantling dams: EU’s ambitious draft law to restore nature

The European Union has not been successful in halting the loss of biodiversity between 2011 and 2020

Twinning Europe and Asia in cyberspace

There are plenty of lessons for ASEAN to learn from the dynamics of the EU’s cyber regulations such as GDPR and e-IDAS and, use them to …

EU and France hijacking Africa’s renewable energy initiative, allege civil society groups

19 projects have been approved without meeting the basic principles of the renewable energy initiative

How will Brexit impact environmental policy in the UK?

If UK decides to leave the EU, experts fear it would lead to dilution of the EU’s stringent laws, making the environment vulnerable to …

Aid package not enough, say Europe’s struggling farmers

The EU has announced a $560-million support package for farmers hit by Russia’s import ban

€3.7 billion fund created to promote bio-based industries in EU

Fund raised through public-private partnership aims to create jobs in rural regions, and offer Europeans new and sustainable products sourced …

Buckled together in a free-trade belt

Negotiators have paved the way for the ratification of NAFTA, which overshadows both the EC and the ASEAN in terms of economic clout

EU fines nine pharma companies for violating competition rules

Lundbeck pharma made other companies enter market late with generic versions of its drug citalopram

EU may impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panels

Move follows investigation into complaint by industry association; provisional duties may be imposed as early as June

About 29 million ‘dirty’ diesel cars and vans ply on Europe’s roads

Not a single diesel car complies with the Euro 6 air pollution limits when tested on the road

What’s the link between oral contraceptive pills and cancer among women?

Ovarian cancer accounts for about 4 per cent of all cancer cases in women and is one of the leading causes of death

Caribbeans fight to protect market share

A GATT ruling that the proposed EC import regime for bananas is unfair to Latin America, has the poorer Caribbean producers up in arms.