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    Traffic light sign underwater CCO kelly-sikkema
    Traffic light sign underwater CCO kelly-sikkema
    Opinion |

    Understanding the latest IPCC report: How will the climate crisis affect you?

    It went unnoticed, but the facts in the latest IPCC climate change report are chilling and can't be ignored. It’s time to face them together.
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    Wheat field in Ukraine / CC0 diana-vyshniakova
    Wheat field in Ukraine / CC0 diana-vyshniakova
    Opinion |

    Putin’s war puts global food security at risk. Why abandoning the Green Deal is not the solution.

    Benoît Biteau Martin Häusling Sarah Wiener
    Opinion by Benoît Biteau & Martin Häusling & Sarah Wiener
    Ukraine’s food shortages require urgent humanitarian action. Efforts to derail the EU’s ambition on sustainable food will reduce yields and make us more vulnerable in the future.
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    Fridays-for-Future-Berlin-2019-CC-BY-2.0-Jorg-Farys-WWF_web
    Opinion |

    Join us on March 25th for the Global Climate Strike in a city near you!

    There are moments in history when acting is more important than anything else. This is one of these moments. Join the Global Climate March!
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    CC0 Maksym Diachenko
    Sunset over the Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine
    Opinion |

    A law to heal our forests: why we need to restore nature now

    Ville Niinistö Jutta Paulus
    Opinion by Ville Niinistö & Jutta Paulus
    The European Commission proposed a new EU Nature Restoration Law to protect nature and ecosystems. But the new law is under attack. Read why here.
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    Erik Marquardt
    ukraine poland refugees
    Opinion |

    Letters from Lviv, Ukraine - MEP Erik Marquardt visits the Polish-Ukrainian border

    Erik Marquardt
    Opinion by Erik Marquardt
    Almost three million people have fled the Ukraine to seek safety in the EU. Read about MEP Erik Marquardt’s visit to the border between Ukraine and Poland.
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    Opinion |

    Solidarity with the people in Ukraine - what we can do now to help

    Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is an unprecedented attack against a European country. Against a democracy. Against peace in Europe. Now is the time to show our support and solidarity to the people in and fleeing from Ukraine. There are many things you can do to help the people in the Ukraine
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    Opinion |

    Spot the tax haven? Avoiding the blacklist is a game for zero tax countries

    Kira Peter-Hansen Ernest Urtasun
    Opinion by Kira Peter-Hansen & Ernest Urtasun
    The EU’s latest ‘blacklist’ for tax havens has just been released, but some of the biggest names are not on the list. Greens/EFA MEPs Kira Peter-Hansen and Ernest Urtasun say it's time for the EU to take its own blacklist seriously and stop treating tax avoidance like a game.
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    Black and white track lanes
    Opinion |

    ‘Sportswashing’ – Why the Beijing Winter Olympics pose a threat to human rights

    Patrick Breyer Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
    Opinion by Patrick Breyer & Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
    Are mass-scale sports events being used to normalise the use of surveillance technologies in our cities? Biometric mass surveillance, like high-tech facial recognition, is on the rise - but what is the cost to our human rights?
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    ©axel-ahoi
    Container ship
    Opinion |

    European businesses have concerns about the EU-Mercosur deal: new YouGov poll shows

    Anna Cavazzini Yannick Jadot
    Opinion by Anna Cavazzini & Yannick Jadot
    A new YouGov poll, published today, has captured the opinion of business leaders on the EU-Mercosur Trade deal.
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    MJ Haru CC0
    white and yellow apartment buildings
    Opinion |

    Who (really) owns your city? How corporate landlords are using homes to make money

    Ernest Urtasun Kim Van Sparrentak
    Opinion by Ernest Urtasun & Kim Van Sparrentak
    Greens/EFA MEPs, Kim van Sparrentak and Ernest Urtasun, throw open the doors on Europe’s housing crisis and find out who’s really in control of our homes.