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Is trying to live sustainably just a “green lie”?

Can consumers save the planet if they switch to “green” products? The German author and journalist Kathrin Hartmann (author of…

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How can we feed the world while protecting the environment?

By 2050, the human race will have a lot of mouths to feed. A combination of longer life expectancy and higher agricultural…

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Would you eat insects to save the planet?

What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? Finding half a worm. Also: climate change. Or biodiversity loss. Resource scarcity. The real question,…

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Would you give up your favourite toothpaste to save the oceans?

Would you support a Europe-wide ban on microbeads? In January 2018, the United Kingdom banned the use of tiny plastic microbeads…

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Is Europe ready for climate change?

Are extreme weather events still “extreme” if they happen all the time? If record-busting heatwaves, snowfall, storms, droughts and so on…

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Should plastic packaging be banned?

Have we reached ‘peak plastic’? It feels like momentum is building on the issue of plastic waste in the environment. Across…

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How can we get people to stop wasting so much food?

Roughly one-third of all food produced in the world is wasted each year. That’s equivalent to over 550 billion euros worth…

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How do we ensure the protection of bees and other pollinators?

Should Europe ban neonicotinoids? In 2013, the EU introduced restrictions on the use of the controversial pesticides (neonicotinoids are a family of insecticides chemically…

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Should Europe completely phase out coal by 2030?

Twenty countries have already announced plans to phase out coal by 2030. Several European countries – including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the…

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