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Greening trade without a carbon tax

Peter Rožič SJ — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:50:11 +0000

“This could become the mother of all trade issues if not handled right.” (R. Morningstar, Feb 2020)1 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): A Nonviable but Prospective Instrument of Climate Action In line with its commitment to climate action under the Paris Agreement, the European Union (EU) aims to be climate-neutral by 2050.2 Pledging to drastically […]

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Eco-Bites November Editorial

JESC — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 06:30:00 +0000

The rising temperature of the planet poses a political challenge, but politics has its own kind of heat and, more and more, the promotion of climate action will call for good judgement both on the part of those who seek it and on the part of those responsible for meeting the double challenge of both […]

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Fiche 25 – Le juste temps

JESC — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 06:30:00 +0000

Les fiches précédentes ont proposé des alternatives dans nos choix de vie afin de préserver l’environnement. Après « Tout cela a un prix ! » (fiche 24), posons nous maintenant pour écouter l’objection : « ça prend plus de temps ! » et regardons de plus près. Plus ou moins de temps ? Si l’on […]

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We, the climate change generation

JESC — Mon, 27 May 2019 20:11:54 +0000

A group of leaders in the School Climate Strike movement has written a letter to the world’s most polluting countries – the G 7 – and, in case you are wondering what the schools think of all this, the Eco-Bites editor reports on one school in Brussels. We are talking of a movement of teenagers […]

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