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Can the Green Transition be just?
The European Green Deal (EGD) is essentially the EU’s development strategy for 2050. Its central goal is for Europe to become, by the middle of the century, the first climate-neutral continent, namely, to reach a point where greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors of the economy are fully offset by carbon dioxide removals, either naturally or through various technologies.
Contributor: Nikos Mantzaris
Categories: Europe (297), Politics (417), Economy (355), Society (156), Greece (535)
Podcast - A year on from Tempe train crash, trust fades as questions mount
A year on from Greece's deadliest train accident, many questions remain unanswered and doubts are growing about whether the truth will ever come to light regarding what caused the disaster.
Contributor: Agora Podcast
Categories: Politics (417), Society (156), Greece (535)
Is Greece on track to decouple from fossil gas?
As Europe was recovering from a major energy crisis that severely tested member states’ national economies, Greece, along with other European countries, experienced unprecedented natural disasters in the summer of 2023, directly linked to the intensifying climate crisis. The common denominator of both crises is fossil fuel dependence.
Contributor: Nikos Mantzaris
Categories: Politics (417), Economy (355), Society (156), Greece (535)
A Greek form of Triangulation
At the World Economic Forum earlier this month, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a lengthy discussion with the editor of Foreign Policy magazine, Ravi Agrawal, about political, geopolitical and economic issues.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (417), Society (156), Greece (535)
How Greece reduced its unemployment rate to less than 10 pct
One of several indicators that captured the pain suffered by the Greek economy because of the debt crisis and the adjustment programmes is the unemployment rate.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (355), Society (156), Greece (535)