Green European Journal

AT THE EDGE: Frontiers of Climate Adaptation – Adaptation is today's buzzword in climate discussions. From workers' rights to questions of wellbeing, redistribution, global resource justice, and energy and food security, adjusting to the impacts of climate change is fraught with difficult political choices. As the world's fastest-warming continent and due to its historical responsibility for climate change, Europe is a frontier of adaptation in more ways than one. Within the green movement, however, the idea of managing climate risk is associated with defeatism: Why strive to live with a reality of destruction and inequality instead of changing it?

ALIGNING STARS: Routes to a Different Europe The European project is simultaneously advancing and fraying. In recent years, the EU has responded with unity to multiple shocks, from the pandemic to the climate emergency and the war in Ukraine, reviving the adage that Europe is "forged in crises". However, its crisis management continues to be technocratic, and the rightward shift of many member states is mirrored in an increasingly identitarian Union, entrenched in defence of its own privileges. In the context of a newly found appetite for EU enlargement and with crucial elections just months away, progressives need to outline…

UP IN ARMS: Environmental Divides Reshaping Politics Climate politics is facing a backlash. New conflicts are emerging and unresolved dilemmas resurfacing around the costs and opportunities of the green transition. The sourcing of critical materials, the deployment of renewables, the management of climate adaptation, reforms in agriculture and food policy, and contrasting narratives on migration and the future of mobility are just a few of the fault lines dividing societies. This edition sets out to map how these competing visions are reshaping politics locally, in Europe, and around the world.

PRICED OUT: The Cost of Living in a Disrupted World Energy crisis, housing shortages, food price rises – the many signs of today’s economic turmoil are redrawing the lines of solidarity within and between European societies. But if disruption harbours the notion of rupture within it, then alternative ways of providing for our needs are possible. This edition helps us understand the trends and choices that got us into the cost of living crisis. It argues that the pressures from today’s confluence of crises demonstrate the need for a different politics with the common good and social justice at its…

MAKING OUR MINDS: Uncovering the Politics of Education If a more sustainable and just society is to be built, the power of education will need to be harnessed. Education should be a liberating force, but it can also exacerbate hierarchies, divisions, and inequality. Recognising that education is always political, this edition uncovers the ongoing battles over education today in Europe and goes further to explore the alternatives. It asks what an education system that truly equips people for the challenges of our age would look like.