• How it works
  • What we believe
  • Suggest a debate
| en / de
">Debating Europe
  • DebatesBrowse all debates
  • In FocusThemed debate series
  • SchoolsStudent-led debates
  • LeadersDebating YOUR ideas
Debating Europe
  • Home
  • Debates
  • In Focus
  • Schools
  • Leaders
  • How it works
  • Vote 2014
  • Videos
  • Suggest a debate!
  • About us
  • Privacy Policy Statement
  • Terms of Use
  • en / de
  • Debates / Greener

    • Asia-Europe
    • Future
    • Global
    • Greener
    • Quality
    • Security
    • Smarter
    • Global
    • Greener

    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…

    • 9 comments
    • Join the debate
    • Greener

    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…

    • 29 comments
    • Join the debate
    • Greener

    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,…

    • 255 comments
    • Join the debate
    • Greener

    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…

    • 31 comments
    • Join the debate
    • Greener

    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…

    • 43 comments
    • Join the debate
    • Greener

    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…

    • 241 comments
    • Join the debate
    • Greener
    • Quality

    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…

    • 45 comments
    • Join the debate
    • Greener

    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…

    • 21 comments
    • Join the debate
    • Greener

    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…

    • 34 comments
    • Join the debate

    Channels

    • Asia-Europe
    • Future
    • Global
    • Greener
    • Quality
    • Security
    • Smarter
    • 6
    • 7
    • 8
    • 9
    • 10
    • 11
    • 12
    • Friends of Europe
    • Europe's World
    • Google
    • Open Society Foundations
    • Fondazione Cariplo
    • Channels
      • Future
      • Smarter
      • Global
      • Greener
      • Quality
      • Security
    • More
      • In Focus
      • Schools
      • Videos
      • Leaders
    • Participate
      • Suggest a debate
      • How it works
      • Vote 2014

    © Debating Europe 2023

    • Home
    • About us
    • Cookies
    • FAQ
    • Privacy Policy Statement
    • Partners
    • Terms of Use

    By continuing to use this website, you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our Privacy Policy unless you have disabled them. You can change your cookie settings at any time but parts of our site will not function correctly without them.

    I AGREE PRIVACY POLICY