Editorials
The Swifft Collective Chair in Sustainable Engineering’s Response to the EU Consultation on the Renewable Energy Legal Framework Beyond 2030. New targets can only be durable if they are also fair: every measure should be judged not only by how much renewable capacity it adds, but also by who benefits and who does not. This consultation response sets out five priorities for the Commission to consider.
The Global Justice Report and the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth. Can the world decarbonise while reducing inequality? Does decarbonisation require a reduction in wealth concentration? Can poverty be eradicated without making growth the precondition for social progress? Two reports published this spring offer concrete answers.
On June 4, the Global Justice Platform (GJP) presented “a new vision for global progress in the 21st century: grounding human development and equality in planetary habitability”. A short commentary by the Chair in Sustainable Transitions and Wellbeing on the recently published Global Justice Report 2026, bringing Escobar and Savransky to offer critical reflections.
When heavy rains cause homes to flood, do insurers bear the costs? When heat stress makes neighbourhoods unliveable, are local governments left with the bill? When economic value chains become unstable, will companies still invest? Read the report of the seminar Climate, Risk and Finance, held on 7 April in Brussels.