As the EU strives to move towards a climate-neutral economy that acts in harmony with the environment, maritime transport, like other transport modes and economic sectors, is faced with the increasingly urgent challenge of playing its part in this transition. While it is important to recognise t...
In the words of the late Stephen Hawking, ‘AI [Artificial Intelligence] could be the biggest event in the history of our civilisation. Or the worst. We just don’t know.’ As the world stands at the cusp of this transformative technology, much is at stake. Deployed wisely, AI holds the promise of ...
A remote frontier for thousands of years, the Arctic is rapidly gaining international attention. Global warming is causing the Central Arctic Ocean’s ice to melt at an unprecedented rate, threatening crucial ecosystems and biodiversity in the wider Arctic region. As a result, global sea levels a...
In the 21st century, those who control digital technologies are increasingly able to influence economic, societal and political outcomes. Policymakers around the world are waking up to the critical imprint that digital technologies have on their countries’ strategic autonomy and a global race fo...
Work glues societies together. It translates talent into broader economic virtue and lends meaning as well as structure to most people’s lives. In Europe, the majority of workers hold permanent contracts. However, tectonic shifts are re-shaping the ways that work is performed. First, the very ar...
Data is rapidly becoming the lifeblood of the global economy. It represents a key new type of economic asset. Those that know how to use it have a decisive competitive advantage in this interconnected world, through raising performance, offering more user-centric products and services, fostering...
Faced with the already tangible effects of climate change, dwindling global competitiveness, and the pressures of the ‘fourth industrial revolution’, one of the main goals of the Juncker Commission is to accelerate the modernisation of Europe’s economy, making it more sustainable, low-carbon, en...
In the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks on 13 November 2015, France has requested EU solidarity by invoking the so-called mutual assistance clause of the Treaties for the first time in the history of the Union. Article 42(7) TEU calls on Member States to come to fight against armed aggression...
Europe established itself as a world leader in the information and communication technology revolution back in the 1980s, when Member States enabled a rapid take-off of GSM technology thanks to a united and forward-looking approach. But its leadership has since faded away. Perhaps overwhelmed by...
The negotiations ahead of the Paris climate conference enter into a critical phase at a dramatic time – the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Paris. The European Union can make a difference in paving the way for an ambitious global deal at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21)...