European Parliament - EPRS Policy Podcast
1) EU climate target plan: Raising the level of ambition for 2030
{"_":"\n\t\t\t\tThe EU climate target plan proposes to increase the 2030 target from a 40 % emissions reduction to a 55 % net emissions reduction, compared with 1990 levels.\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\...Show More
2) EU human rights sanctions: Towards a European Magnitsky Act
{"_":"\n\t\t\t\tThe EU adopts restrictive measures – mostly in the form of travel bans and asset freezes – against individuals and organisations responsible for some of the worst human rights violatio...Show More
3) Regulating digital gatekeepers: Background on the future digital markets act
{"_":"\n\t\t\t\tThe EU has unveiled an ambitious plan to regulate online platforms, and the European Commission is proposing to introduce ex ante regulation to ensure that markets characterised by lar...Show More
Regulating digital gatekeepers: Background on the future digital markets act
04:48 | Jan 15th, 2021
4) Where next for America and Transatlantic relations?
{"_":"\n\t\t\t\tListen to Madeleine Albright, the first ever female United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton, give her opinion about the current state of democra...Show More
5) Thirty years of European territorial cooperation
{"_":"\n\t\t\t\tEuropean territorial cooperation has brought Europeans closer together, strengthened connectivity and improved the natural environment, supported by EU mechanisms such as the European ...Show More
6) What future for the social economy?
{"_":"\n\t\t\t\tIn the first two decades of the 21st century, with new risks and opportunities arising owing to the twin digital and green transformations there is an emerging debate, rethinking econo...Show More
7) Forest fires: Environmental stakes
{"_":"\n\t\t\t\tCovering nearly one third of the land surface of the globe, forests make a wide range of direct and indirect contributions to human well-being. Home to most of the world's terrestrial ...Show More
8) Important projects of common European interest: Boosting EU strategic value chains
{"_":"\n\t\t\t\tThe marked political shift towards greater technological sovereignty and strategic autonomy within the EU has been given further impetus with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, ...Show More
Important projects of common European interest: Boosting EU strategic value chains
07:08 | Dec 11th, 2020
9) Sustainable consumption: Helping consumers make eco-friendly choices
{"_":"\n\t\t\t\tHousehold consumption in the EU has major environmental impacts, which in a number of cases exceed planetary boundaries. Two thirds of consumers in the EU realise that their consumptio...Show More
10) Decarbonising maritime transport: The EU perspective
{"_":"\n\t\t\t\tInternational maritime transport is the backbone of the global economy. However, vessels release emissions that pollute the air and contribute significantly to global warming. As shipp...Show More