COVID-19 begins to recede in Europe, for now at least. The recovery begins. It will be a long way back. There are more than 130,00 deaths across the EU attributed to the coronavirus. Some 30 million workers in the EU (a quarter of the workforce) were on government funded job retention schemes. The EU alone […]
The EU Strives to Take the Green Lane Out of the Crisis Read More »
Two years ago, I was driving on the highway from Rabat to Casablanca to catch a plane to San Francisco with my late father’s “vintage” car. As I was making my way with sunny thoughts of California on the horizon, my reverie was abruptly cut short as my car blundered, stumbled, and eventually broke down.
Europe Needs to Work With Overlooked Africa on Environmental Policies Read More »
In the recent weeks we have seen the world face an unprecedented pandemic, and our societies and economies slowly grind to a halt. While our leaders are scrambling to prepare an immediate response, both in terms of public health and to mitigate the economic slowdown, long-term challenges such as climate change will not disappear. While
Sustainable Finance Rethinks Capitalism to Combat Climate Change Read More »
When I arrived to the US in Spring 2019 as a visiting PhD scholar at Columbia University’s School of Public Health, I was immediately struck by the advertising messages all over the streets, convenient stores and public transports that read along the same lines: “Keep yourself healthy… keep the doctor away.” Taking the form of public
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The public sector is often perceived as a slow and reactive institution – a force that intervenes to correct market discrepancies. The 2008 financial crisis re-enforced this perception when governments around the world stepped in as ‘lenders of last resort’ to rescue the banks that were dubbed ‘too big to fail’. Through my work, I
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6 December 2019. It’s Saint Nicholas’ Day, and I’m all fidgety with excitement. For the past three years I’ve worked tirelessly to fight food waste in Belgium: organizing conferences in businesses and schools, posting on a Facebook page that I co-host with my family, after launching the JUST KEEP IT Challenge last fall. We’ve even proudly
Our Fundamental Right to Eat Well: Food Waste, Food Aid and Real Solutions Read More »
Two years ago when I started to read about burnout in the workplace, I did not measure the amplitude of the phenomenon. As a feminist and writer, I was particularly interested in decrypting the workplace factors for burnout and understanding if there were any gender-based drivers. I was also surprised by a paradox: nowadays, we
Time to Call Out Burnouts in Europe… Without Shame Read More »
Housing affordability, as a rule of thumb, is measured as the amount of rent or mortgage over income. When your rent or mortgage surpasses 30% of your income, you are considered subject to financial stress (Meen 2018). In the UK, the average gross monthly wage is estimated to be around £2,400/ €2,800 (ONS, 2019), while the cost of a
The Housing Crisis Is Real… but So Are Possible Solutions Read More »
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