Visits: 12Industrial development in the EU member states has a vital role in the green transition. Besides, with a view to a sustainable Europe, the “green deal” remains the EU-wide industry and growth strategy. Current geopolitical context has strengthened the intentions to maintain boosting Europe’s global position in strategic zero and low carbon energy technologies. […]
Category: EU in global governance
Critical raw materials: new trends in European policy
Visits: 8Supporting EU-wide clean energy technologies and development, as well as promoting the EU policies contributing to resilient value chains (to concentrate on the minerals and metals supply chains) are presently most relevant for the clean energy agenda in the member states.
External aspects of European integration: energy transition in Africa
Visits: 8The European integration process has been proceeding along two fronts, i.e. through internal and external facets: on the former, there are several integration blocks (i.e. numerous “unions” like energy and security, health and digital, etc.), on the latter, there are several partnerships with other global regions and countries. For example, closer relations appeared recently […]
Nature-related effects and risks in corporate activities
Visits: 15Scientist have often warned that human activities have transformed not only climate and environmental quality, but the nature’s equilibrium too. Disclosing of corporate effects on nature and climate change is increasingly becoming used: e.g. the US Securities and Exchange Commission has made such disclosures mandatory for public companies, following the initiatives from the European […]
Transatlantic economy: growing connections between Europe, the US and the world
Visits: 25Three main “actors” in world economy- the US, China and the EU- account for about three-fourths of the global GDP. However, two economies in trans-Atlantic relations, i.e. the US and EU have already become strong drivers in progressive global growth. The transatlantic economic ties provide, e.g. for 16 million jobs on both sides in […]
European ways for growth through recovery and resilience: midterm review
Visits: 52Since early 2021, the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility, RRF has been transforming the member states’ socio-economic development. The EU-27 states adopted national recovery-resilience plans, NRRPs in line with the RRF’s requirements and according to nation-specific growth reforms. Bringing additional clarity to the EU-wide transformation efforts during the three years in action, the review […]
Enhancing European economic security: new efforts
Visits: 34The EU is the biggest export-import region: on the global scene, it is exporting over €3.1 trillion in goods and services and importing €2.8 trillion yearly. However, at a time of profound geopolitical turmoil and rapid technological changes, there are serious threats about the risks involved. During several last years the EU has learned […]
The EU-wide anti-coercive measures entered into force
Visits: 13In recent years, the EU member states have become the target of deliberate economic pressures. The EU-wide anti-coercive instrument ACI, which entered into force at the end of 2023, is aimed at establishing a framework of measures in cases of economic coercion. Additionally, a single point of contact is established to assist in the […]
Generative AI: recent legislative effort in the EU
Visits: 14Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI, for short) is artificial intelligence capable of generating text, images or other media while using generative models. As a rule, Gen AI focuses on creating new and original content, on chat responses, designs, synthetic data, etc. GenAIs are already transforming businesses and allowing humans to be more creative and productive. […]
Modern “climate consensus”: multilateralism and diplomacy in action
Visits: 17The COP28 was a sobering reminder that the world was far off its targets in climate actions: i.e. global emissions continued to rise by 1.5% a year, when they have to be reduced by 7% annually to keep the goals of Paris climate agreement by 2030. Among main outcomes of the recent summit has […]