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Environmental Politics

Not just carrots and sticks: why states implement environmental obligations

August 13, 2025

The EU-UK fisheries deal: still plenty of fish?

June 20, 2025

Ukraine and the European Green Deal

June 5, 2025

Balancing EU chemical policies: pollution control and competitiveness

April 7, 2025

How social media and online communities influence climate change beliefs

March 25, 2025
March 11, 2025

🌈 Indigenous women defending land and democracy in the Amazon rainforest

Camila Montero Across the Amazon, Indigenous women are at the forefront of the fight for democracy, environmental justice, and human rights. In a world where extractive industries threaten their land and lives, they are not just resisting destruction — they are transforming political systems, writes Camila Montero. From grassroots mobilisation to high-level policy-making, their leadership is shaping the future of environmental democratic governance Read more
November 11, 2024

Climate change denialism and the crisis of the centre in Spain

Camil Ungureanu We often link denialism and opposition to environmental issues to far-right parties, yet this is an oversimplification. Camil Ungureanu, Marc Sanjaume-Calvet and Balsa Lubarda argue that some centre-right parties, by downplaying ecological concerns and framing ecology as 'the new communism', paved the way for far-right climate denialism. Read more
July 25, 2024

How urban climate action is fuelling populist backlash

Mahir Yazar In Germany, climate protesters are demanding diesel bans in cities. Norwegian activists are calling for the abolition of urban road tolls. But in cities across the world, writes Mahir Yazar, populists are rising up to challenge these progressive climate movements Read more
August 30, 2023

Five years of ‘Fridays for Future’: but what future is there now for the movement?

Carina Siebler Carina Siebler, Leonhard Schmidt, Lennart Schürmann and Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti examine the success and changing strategy of the Fridays for Future movement. Under the impact of the pandemic and the rise of competing protest groups, the movement is adapting its strategy to advocate for social climate policies amid a changing political landscape Read more
August 1, 2023

Citizen participation and social protest in transnational megaprojects

Mattia Bottino Participatory governance in megaprojects is intended to involve citizens in the decision-making processes and tackle their disaffection towards institutions. Mattia Bottino analyses the ‘proximity strategy’ used to realise the Brenner Basistunnel between Italy and Austria and contrasts it with the NO TAV experience in Italy’s Susa Valley Read more

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