Sustainability
Concerns over Canada's Arctic Council agenda
The Arctic Council is taking steps to move from a decision-shaping to a decision-making international organisation – but Canada might find Sweden's chairmanship a tough act to follow, write Kristofer Bergh, Linda Jakobson and Ekaterina KlimenkoThe EU's climate policy is 'under attack' - can it resist?
Critics have concluded that the EU is not prepared to assume the role of climate leader that the world so urgently needs. Instead the region's finance ministers should be leading the fight, argues Lies Craeynest
Partnership between Oxford University and Shell condemned
The arguments against Shell - whether ethical, environmental or economic - are beginning to stack up to the extent that they will begin to weigh down heavily on the company's image and possibly the reputation of Oxford University too - warns Chris Garrard
EU must do more to protect biodiversity
In a time of crisis, for biodiversity as much as for our economies, the EU needs to take prompt action and ensure adequate funding for conserving the diversity of Europe's nature, writes Ana NietoThe power of lobbyists for pesticides 'harmful' to bees
Strong-arm tactics are being adopted by multinational companies to avoid a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, which could be causing the decline in the bee population, warns Martin PigeonEU fiddling while oil burns - time for proactive biofuels policy
Policies should focus on long-term approaches to a sustainable biofuels market development, rather than short-term reactive approaches - writes Francis X. JohnsonCost gives US advantage over Europe on shale gas
Europe will continue to lag behind the likes of America, Russia and the Middle East due to the limited access to low-price gas – write Karl Nietvelt and Paulina Grabowiec-
Subsidies for renewables hold back green economy
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EU saddles up for action after horsemeat scandal
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First citizens' initiative puts water on EU agenda
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EU to ban pesticides linked to bee decline
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Public must have say on Ukraine's nuclear future
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Food banks offering 'real life-line' to families
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Solar power industry going global after landmark year
Is the criticism of Catherine Ashton fair given that the European External Action Service has been denuded of power by the institutional turf wars in Brussels?
Sir Alex Ferguson showed loyalty and staying power at Man United FC - are these qualities obsolete in a modern world, which demands immediate success?
yes
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no
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