Feb 10 2010
At an informal meeting on 11 February, European leaders will discuss ways to rebuild momentum following the setback at Copenhagen.
Due to internal divisions the EU did not raise its emission reduction target to 30% before or during the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen and had to settle for a non-binding “Copenhagen Accord” that falls well short of Europe’s objectives.
In an updated
Nov 20 2009
With just weeks left before the key UN climate meeting in Copenhagen the EU has a critical role to play in helping build momentum towards a new global agreement.
In a new briefing environmental think-tank E3G argues that the EU should raise its unilateral emissions reduction target to 30% below 1990 levels by 2020, and should table a conditional offer of a 40% reduction in the event of a fair,
Oct 15 2008
Europe and China have much more in common on both energy security and the climate change issue than is generally realised, say Bernice Lee and Nick Mabey. They set out the elements of a close new partnership.
The EU’s progress toward a low-carbon economy is being watched in US, China and India, whose genuine commitment to decarbonisation in these three key countries will only materialise if
Jun 06 2008
In April E3G submitted a thinkpiece to the European Commission’s consultation on the future of the EU Budget. We’ve now produced a French version of our paper - the summary follows below and the full version is attached in pdf format for download. We’ll be discussing this paper at an event in Paris on 16th June, hosted by IDDRI and Sciences Po.
May 08 2008
Last month E3G submitted a thinkpiece to the European Commission’s consultation on the future of the EU Budget.
We’ve now produced a German version of our paper - the summary follows below and the full version is attached in pdf format for download.
Von Nick Mabey, Jennifer Morgan, Jesse Scott, Rebecca Bertram
Apr 16 2008
The European Commission is currently undertaking a review of the EU Budget, with the aim of making it fit for the purposes of the 21st Century.
E3G has submitted a thinkpiece to the Commission’s consultation, and we will be working further on this topic over the coming months.
The summary of our paper follows below, the full version is attached in pdf format for download.
Europe
Nov 09 2007
The 2007 World Science Forum in Budapest included two special sessions on the theme of ‘Investment in knowledge for sustainability’.
E3G Chief Executive participated in the second of these, speaking alongside Dennis Meadows and Wolfgang Sachs.
Nick’s presentation on the topic of ‘Can Europe be a leader for sustainable development?’ is attached here as a pdf for
May 15 2007
The Italian version of E3G’s pamphlet ‘Europe in the World: political choices for security and prosperity’ is now ready.
We’ll be launching the printed version tomorrow in Rome. Attached here for download is a pdf version of the pamphlet.
The publication of this translated version has been sponsored by the Fondazione Willy Brandt - many thanks to them for all their support.
We would be
Jan 30 2007
One of the proposals made in E3G’s recent pamphlet ‘Europe in the World: political choices for security and prosperity’ is that of a pan-European participative budget.
This article provides a quick review of the pamphlet proposal. We’ll be following it up with discussion of how a pan-European budget could help reshape the European political landscape.
Dec 11 2006
The new E3G pamphlet ‘Europe in the World: Political Choices for Security and Prosperity’ is published today. A pdf version (3MB) is attached for download.
We’d like to thank everyone who has contributed over the last couple of years to the development of the ideas expressed in the pamphlet. We hope that we have distilled into its political argument the perspectives and suggestions raised
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