First the pandemic, now the war: With the pressure from the crises, the climate targets are fading into the background. To achieve them regardless, business and civil society must first and foremost expand and refine the ESG criteria.
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Haute cuisine, parliamentary cafeteria and dabbawala – this is what's on the menu in Brussels this week.
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He criticizes rigid deadlines in the Digital Services Act, but welcomes the expansion of service providers to include platforms. In his guest article, Alexander Rabe, managing director of eco, takes a look at key points of the DSA and calls for: only the EU should set the rules.
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Xi Jinping cultivates a veritable cult around China's Great Wall. Yet Mao Zedong considered the ancient structure to be a feudal relic. But that did not stop him from creating a ritual: Foreign dignitaries on a visit to Beijing outdo each other with the length of their walks along the monument.
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The members of the G20 are not united in their dealings with Russia. A sign of greater credibility is urgently needed, since the threat of war to people and economies worldwide is immense. At the upcoming meeting, the finance ministers should at least agree on the source of the problem.
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Cars still cause a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. In its draft "Fit for 55" package, the Commission formulates for the first time an EU-wide date for phasing out internal combustion engines and more ambitious CO2 limits for new cars. But these are not strict enough.
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EU-China summit, Hungarian elections, and parliamentary session: Claire Stam takes a look at the European menu.
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Beijing's approach to its own history is always worth a special look. After all, transparency is not a strong suit here either. In 2006, however, China's Foreign Ministry published a book on declassified documents for the first time. A second volume never came out. Thus, other documents have to serve as a reminder of history.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken many long-held Western assumptions about the foundations of peace in Europe. Among other things, it has renewed policymakers’ focus on energy dependence as a key strategic issue.
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China has announced its intention to phase out financing of overseas coal-fired power. But the details remain unclear. For example, will China also stop projects that have already been started? Wawa Wang and Dr. Vanessa Buth from the non-governmental organization Just Finance International, which campaigns for more transparency in public procurement, reviewed China's numerous coal projects in the Western Balkans. They urge the EU and Germany to call on China to disclose its overseas coal policies.
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