Euranet Plus Green Deal podcast

Extreme weather events, a consequence of climate change, are becoming more frequent and intense around the world. While EU members will also find themselves increasingly compelled to develop politics and strategies to help citizens adapt, the bloc’s water resources require better coordination at EU level too. Listen to what the journalists across our EU radio network found out.
 
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Recent disastrous events, the COVID pandemic and then the war in Ukraine, have caused major disruption in supply chains. The European Union feels a pressing need to increase self-sufficiency when it comes to the supply of minerals and other critical raw materials. But if we plan to reshore this supply, we will have to bear the environmental and social costs of our own consumption.

Can Mother Nature and social media influencers walk hand in hand – or does social media only serve to promote materialism and consumerism, instead of the societal sea change the climate crisis is calling for?
These are the questions asked by our network of pan-European journalists in this episode.

Citizens, NGOs and other stakeholders are increasingly mobilising to take governments, industries or international organisations to court, in order to obtain climate justice. With climate change-related lawsuits on the rise in the EU and around the world, journalists across the Euranet Plus network have asked this question: are lawsuits the climate's best chance?

Can we tempt wildlife back to territories invaded by humans? A new episode of our "Green deal" podcast, produced in cooperation with journalists from our European radio network.
 
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Parties are the time to have a blast, and a break from the constraints of everyday life. With climate anxiety taking its toll on many of Europe’s youngsters, war at the bloc’s borders, the pandemic continuing to rear its ugly head and another major economic crisis looming, it’s no surprise that many wish to put their sense of responsibility to one side to let off steam for a few hours. But does partying have to mean letting go of our environmental convictions? In this episode, our radio journalists went to the party across Europe, to see how it goes...
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The food we have on our plates tomorrow will depend largely on the choices we make as a society today. These choices are influenced by demographics, health, trade interdependencies, and geopolitics, as the crisis in Ukraine has reminded us all too well. But, most importantly, climate change is playing a spoiler role. So what will we be eating in twenty years' time? A new episode prepared with interviews from across the European Union.
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“I wish I could fly”… This has been the dream of young children for thousands of years. But our collective realisation of this dream is fast turning into a nightmare, with aviation now considered a major contributor to climate change.

Is it possible to have a clean house, a clean body AND a clean conscience? While it goes without saying that hygiene advances have improved our health no end, have we have yet to find the right balance between hygiene and nature.In this episode, Euranet Plus journalists discuss the dangers of disinfecting and question the old adage that cleanliness is next to godliness.© Photo by Raspopova Marina on Unsplash

At first glance, agriculture does not seem to be the most attractive career prospect for young Europeans today... Yet at a time when food security is more crucial than ever, Europe really needs a new generation of farmers who are prepared to get their hands dirty. In this episode, the journalists of our European network take a look at the young farmers of tomorrow: how will they relate to their work, to climate change, to digitalisation?
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