Climate Change, Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property
Although technological innovation is only part of the overall solution to climate change, it is an essential aspect of it. The current situation requires overcoming the dilemma between the need for widespread and rapid diffusion of knowledge and climate technologies to developing countries; and the need for incentives for technology devel…
To mark the first year anniversary of the tragic Japanese earthquake and the resulting nuclear disaster (11 March), the Greens/EFA group held a conference and symbolic action at the European Parliament in Brussels. There should never again be a nuclear accident like in Fukushima and we need to end nuclear power.
As Europe, and much of the developed world, continues to grapple with the ongoing debt crisis, it must not be forgotten that the most pressing threat facing us is climate change. This report examines how we can make the necessary investment in a Green economy within the confines of the debt crisis.
Ahead of today's council of home affairs ministers, a group of 7 member states has presented a set of demands on the issue of immigration in Greece (1). The proposals include, among others, the possibility for EU member states to reintroduce border controls with Greece. The Greens have hit out at th...
The European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has been malfunctioning for months as the low carbon price continues to undermine, rather than encourage, green investment. This will be a central topic during the discussions that the Environment Council will hold on Friday. On Wednesday morning, Gr...
The European Parliament,
– having regard to its previous resolutions on human rights violations in Nigeria,
– having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966, ratified by Nigeria on 29 October 1993,
– having r...
The European Parliament,
– having regard to its previous resolutions on Kazakhstan with regard, in particular, to the one of 17 September 2009,
– having regard to its resolution on a EU Strategy for Central Asia of 15 December 2011,
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Greens/EFA Co-Presidents look back at the impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster for the local people, Japan and the World in this opinion piece that also appeared in EU Observer
The European Commission today announced it would be continuing with infringement proceedings against the Hungarian government for the proposed laws threatening the independence of the judiciary and the data protection authority, as well as seeking further clarification over a new law affecting the i...
