Ecology

With the promise of “clean coal”, the industry intends to store carbon dioxide underground. However, this method of dealing with the climate crisis fails for both technical and economic reasons.

Coal is the fuel that powered the Industrial Revolution and the transformation of economies and societies over the last two centuries. Its benefits have been huge – while the damage it has wrought was ignored for too long.

Coal is the fuel that powered the Industrial Revolution and the transformation of economies and societies over the last two centuries. Its benefits have been huge – while the damage it has wrought was ignored for too long.

The conviction that Poland should denounce the EU climate agreement still forms a big part of the political beliefs. However, other voices on this issue can increasingly be heard on the right side of the political spectrum.

The conviction that Poland should denounce the EU climate agreement still forms a big part of the political beliefs. However, other voices on this issue can increasingly be heard on the right side of the political spectrum.

The conviction that Poland should denounce the EU climate agreement still forms a big part of the political beliefs. However, other voices on this issue can increasingly be heard on the right side of the political spectrum.

Rigorous disclosure requirements and increased transparency are vital to reclaim the space for citizens to be able to demand climate justice.

The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union in cooperation with E3G organise the Dialogue Series “From Warsaw to Paris” on EU ambition in the international climate regime in the run-up to the Climate Summit (COP21) in Paris in 2015.

If the EU is serious about an ambitious agreement at the UN talks in Paris, it must prioritise adaptation and resilience to climate risk in the negotiations, write Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung's Presidents Barbara Unmüßig and Ralf Fücks and E3G's Chief Executive Nick Mabey.