The impact of EU funds on Covid-19 crisis management

Before the implementation of additional allocations such as the recovery fund, one of the first instruments put in place by the EU was the possibility for states to redirect their own European funds to deal with the Covid-19 crisis. Let's see how this process played out, in Italy and in other countries.

By |2023-07-26T11:34:48+01:00February 19th, 2021|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on The impact of EU funds on Covid-19 crisis management

Google and Facebook dominate behavioural advertising, even with the cookie crumbling

Action is being taken to increase transparency on the processing of users’ personal data on the internet, but the main digital advertisers still rely on intrusive practices that try to influence people’s behaviours. European regulation on data protection could mitigate the issue, but its enforcement is limited

By |2023-07-26T10:11:02+01:00February 10th, 2021|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Google and Facebook dominate behavioural advertising, even with the cookie crumbling

Biometric IDs and health passports: Safety at the expense of personal freedom

Digital IDs and health passports are being talked up as the only way to return to normal amid COVID-19 but open the door to an unprecedented central surveillance system and an end to personal autonomy through coercion. And while they are being pitched as optional, those who opt out face exclusion from the most fundamental freedoms.

By |2023-07-26T09:00:23+01:00February 8th, 2021|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Biometric IDs and health passports: Safety at the expense of personal freedom

CO2: the EU disincentives are not working

The EU Emission Trading System, the EU’s main mechanism to disincentivise CO2 emissions, seems not to have had the desired results. Major industrial groups, often with the support of their own governments, profit from systemic weaknesses while continuing to produce energy using fossil fuels.

By |2023-07-26T09:11:51+01:00February 4th, 2021|Tags: , , |Comments Off on CO2: the EU disincentives are not working

Covid-19 vaccine contracts: EU has hands tied, experts say

The clash between the EU and AstraZeneca over delayed vaccines has revealed a stack of questionable contracts signed with Big Pharma. Problems include manufacturers’ ambiguous delivery dates, but lawyers investigating the deals show that companies have a clear advantage over the EU. 

By |2023-07-26T09:17:20+01:00February 3rd, 2021|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Covid-19 vaccine contracts: EU has hands tied, experts say

Eloi Laurent: “An alliance between social justice and ecological sustainability must take over”

The Covid-19 pandemic is a cruel reminder that ecosystem vitality and human health are closely linked. For Eloi Laurent, "the best economic policy is a good health policy and the best health policy is a good environmental policy. We see that there is no trade-off between economy and environment."

By |2023-07-26T09:28:56+01:00February 1st, 2021|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Eloi Laurent: “An alliance between social justice and ecological sustainability must take over”

Ornaldo Gjergji: Climate Change Down to the Local Level

Ornaldo Gjergji, data analyst at OBC Transeuropa, presents the investigation on rising temperatures in Europe that he carried out in the framework of the European Data Journalism Network (climatechange.europeandatajournalism.eu). Making use of data from Copernicus and ECMWF, Ornaldo built a dataset that shows the variation in average temperature between the 1960s and the 2010s for about 100,000 municipalities across Europe. In the video, he explains how he approached the subject and why it is important to connect the global with the local perspective when looking at climate change.

By |2023-11-07T09:10:11+01:00January 27th, 2021|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Ornaldo Gjergji: Climate Change Down to the Local Level
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