Views: 31Authorities in Azerbaijan – the country hosts this year’s global climate summit COP29 – suggest that continued fossil fuel extraction might be compatible with the global climate agreement. With four months to go until COP29 kicks off in Baku, the Azerbaijani presidency announced a flurry of initiatives, non-binding pledges and partnerships to be signed […]
Category: Sustainability
covering main UN SDGs implementation in the EU states, European “green deal”, as well as circular economy’s aspects and “green growth” in the national development
Artificial intelligence for sustainability: education and skills
Views: 25The United Nations Higher Education Sustainability Initiative, HESI initiated a Global Forum-2024 on “The Future of Higher Education for Sustainable Development”. This annual HESI event was held in New York in mid-July as a special conference devoted to coming this fall the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the UN’s main platform for reviewing […]
Anatomy of digital finance in the European Union
Views: 31The EU-wide specific financial framework, i.e. the capital markets union, has been at the heart of the Commission’s ambition in boosting growth, supporting innovation and promoting European global competitiveness. The EU financial sector has the potential to multiply sustainable finance and become a global leader in this area. The sector is having also a […]
Altered European political economy: challenges and solutions
Views: 37European Union is a constantly moving and adapting “mechanism” for the continental integration. Recently, the EU leaders have abandoned, in part or in whole, the previous political-economy’s theories and principles they cherished for so long; hence the EU-27, as it seems, has set aside the geopolitical corporate competition. However, the leaders are trying to […]
European economy and eurozone: challenges abound
Views: 25Resilient fiscal policies are needed in the euro area and specifically in the EU states with high debt and deficit levels. Given the modern uncertainties, fiscal policies must be prepared to adapt quickly, with prudence in spending and readiness to respond to possible risks. Two main “sub-unions” play vital role: the Economic and Monetary […]
Priorities in Europe and NATO: climate change and AI strategy
Views: 21Both the EU and NATO are exploring policies in managing modern challenges. Among most vital and new are the climate mitigation efforts and digital transition. In the EU these items have been already developing for some years, in NATO they are generally started two-three years ago. Somehow, there are certain similarities in approaches and […]
Household savings in the EU states: revised accounts
Views: 28EU’s institutions periodically revise the member states’ budget accounts and balance of payments in order to “harmonise” national finances. According to the EU’s recommendations, the member states are supposed to carry out a “benchmark revision” of their national accounts estimates in 2024.
“Greens” in Europe: climate ambition versus political gains
Views: 21At stake for the party presently are such issues as –internally- its credibility and political fortune, as well as the future of the European Green Deal, externally. The party-grouping in the European Parliament, EP intends to advocate a more ambitious climate action, but it has to convince others of the approaches’ benefits. The Greens […]
Innovation’s agenda in the EU-27: uneven progress
Views: 16Perspective and innovative companies in Europe are the background of resilient, diversified and modern single market. The EU is trying to use all its potentials in improve “innovation climate” and its quality in the global innovation race. However, statistical account in the newly published innovation scoreboard, as well the complicated nature of innovation, needs […]
European beautiful future: facing complex global challenges
Views: 17The European Pact for the Future suggested by the European Environmental Bureau, EEB is a recent initiative aimed at driving fundamental changes in the existing political-economy’s patterns. The general Pact’s goal is “a green and social deal for a one-planet economy”, as postulated in the EEB’s leaflet. This September, world leaders will convene at […]