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    Juutuan river in Inari, Finland / CC0 Matthias Speicher
    Juutuan river in Inari, Finland / CC0 Matthias Speicher
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    “Land is life”: climate change is destroying the Arctic and the Sámi way of life

    Increased demand for rare resources is wreaking havoc on the Sámi people's way of life in the Arctic Circle. Julia Kerkelä was born and raised above the Arctic Circle, and explores what is happening to the Sámi.
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    People walking in a train station / CC0 Christian Wiediger
    People walking in a train station / CC0 Christian Wiediger
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    The EU Minimum Income

    Sara Matthieu
    Opinion by Sara Matthieu
    An EU-wide minimum income would ensure every European can live a decent life. It would guarantee a living income for food, bills and more. What exactly is a minimum income? How could it benefit you? Find out more here.
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    Person with European Flag in Rome / CCO Antoine Schibler
    Person with European Flag in Rome / CCO Antoine Schibler
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    Happy 30th Birthday, EU Single Market! Ready to join the fight against the climate crisis?

    Anna Cavazzini Kim Van Sparrentak
    Opinion by Anna Cavazzini & Kim Van Sparrentak
    The EU Single Market is turning 30-years-old. We reflect on what it has achieved and how it can help fight the climate crisis.
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    A common squirrel monkey in the Amazon forest in Colombia / Diego Guzman on Unspalsh
    A common squirrel monkey in the Amazon forest in Colombia / Diego Guzman on Unspalsh
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    Net zero pledges and carbon removals - greenwashing the climate disaster

    We need real solutions to the climate and biodiversity crisis. Net zero pledges and carbon removals divert attention from real action.
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    European Pine Marten / Unsplash
    European Pine Marten / Unsplash
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    COP15 - A Paris Moment for Biodiversity?

    Ville Niinistö Jutta Paulus Caroline Roose
    Opinion by Ville Niinistö & Jutta Paulus & Caroline Roose
    COP15: Why the UN's biodiversity conference is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to advance the protection and restoration of nature worldwide.
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    forced sterilisation visual /Greens/EFA
    forced sterilisation visual /Greens/EFA
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    For a feminist future - End forced sterilisation of persons with disabilities in Europe

    Katrin Langensiepen
    Opinion by Katrin Langensiepen
    As shocking as it may sound, today in Europe, people with disabilities can still have their capacity to have children forcibly removed.
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    Woman with a laptop in bed/ CC0 victoria-heath
    Woman with a laptop in bed/ CC0 victoria-heath
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    Cyberviolence – why we need a safe and feminist internet now

    Sylwia Spurek
    Opinion by Sylwia Spurek
    European collaboration can offer solutions on how to end cyberviolence. Sylwia Spurek MEP on why ending online violence should be considered a priority for the European Parliament when fighting gender-based violence.
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    Europe is on track for three degrees of global warming - COP27 is a wake-up call for the EU to do more

    Michael Bloss
    Opinion by Michael Bloss
    At this rate, we are headed towards a 3 degrees hotter world. COP27 is a wake-up call for the EU to do more, now.
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    Single tree in a desert landscape / CC0 Wolfgang Hasselmann
    Single tree in a desert landscape / CC0 Wolfgang Hasselmann
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    Global South at COP27: "Those responsible for the climate crisis need to pay for our loss and damages"

    Bas Eickhout
    Opinion by Bas Eickhout
    Loss and damage: COP27 is the chance for the global leaders to work together on ambitious climate goals and justice. We need to act now.
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    Malte Gallee at a Code Rouge protest against TotalEnergies / Malte Gallee
    Malte Gallee at a Code Rouge protest against TotalEnergies / Malte Gallee
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    Fighting TotalEnergies: Why climate activists shut down a giant fossil fuel corporation

    Malte Gallée
    Opinion by Malte Gallée
    Over 1000 activists from the Code Rouge/Rood coalition protested against fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies’ by blocking their sites in Belgium.