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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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    Why do some people think climate change is a hoax?

    ‘Fake news’ or ‘inconvenient truth’? The global community agreed in the Paris Climate Agreement to recognise climate change as man-made…
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    How can Europe convince Trump to take climate change seriously?

    The EU, Canada, and China are worried about Trump. Ahead of major climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, on 6 November…
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    Should cities try to go “car-free”?

    Are we addicted to our cars? In the United States, the car is king. Many American cities (particularly in the…
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    Sustainable agriculture: With or without pesticides?

    By 2050, the world will need to find enough food to feed 10 billion people. That’s a lot of mouths…
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