Poverty and Climate Change
Last week, it was World Environment Day. On the occasion, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) held a virtual panel discussion on the question: “Is Poverty Necessary in the...
View ArticleIs Free Trade the Main Cause of Unemployment? A Misleading Populist Belief in...
A rising group of populist political organisations is decrying globalisation and free trade agreements as an absolute evil and a source of mass unemployment for their national or local economy....
View ArticleMinorities and Climate Change
When talking about the effects of climate change, the notion that minorities are disproportionately affected is often invoked. In most debates, this notion is not explained any further, as though this...
View ArticleCan a Sustainability Taxonomy Make the World a Little Better?
Pictures from the Greek refugee camp Moria left me staggered. A desperately overcrowded camp on the margin between the Middle East and Europe stood in flames. The dancing fires and the dark clouds...
View ArticleInterview with Sam Hudis of the Young Democrats of America — Part 1: The...
On the 6th of October, I interviewed Sam Hudis, the International Officer of the Young Democrats of America (YDA). It ended up being a long discussion, which is why we decided the publish it in...
View ArticleA Climate Saver Better Than Her Reputation
“You are failing us!”. According to climate activists, politicians have made false promises ofgreen growth, cheap change and looked the other way once sacrifice became inevitable. Thereis an abundance...
View ArticleHaunted by a Ghost in our Minds: Pleading for a Sustainable Liberalism
(Part 1) In a great deal of European countries, the liberal parties of the 1970s acted as the first advocates of environmental protection – long before green parties took over their role with a new...
View ArticleHaunted by a ghost in our minds: pleading for a sustainable liberalism
(Part 2) In the first publication of this series, we reconstructed how liberal theory influenced some of the most important policy tools to avert climate disaster. Above all, the purpose was to remind...
View ArticleInterview with Willemijn Krans, International Officer of JOVD
Find our other interviews with liberal and democratic youth organisations here. Back in March, the Netherlands elected a new Tweede Kamer — the lower house of the Dutch parliament. Soon after, Libel...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Link Between Climate Change and Infectious Disease
Debate on infectious disease has dominated public discourse since the emergence of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19. This destructive disease has plagued society, causing massive economic...
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