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Title:Walking the walk, talking the talk with youth, peace and security in Africa Author(s):KUJEKE, Muneinazvo Date:2022Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2022/29Abstract:Those under the age of 35 make up at least 65% of Africa’s population, and they remain a largely untapped resource for peace and prosperity. Despite young people’s rather gloomy state of exclusion, multilateral institutions ...
Title:A way forward for a carbon border adjustment mechanism by the EU Author(s):DELBEKE, Jos ; VIS, Peter Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2020/06Abstract:In the context of raising its climate ambition, Europe is thinking of introducing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on imports. This would be to forestall carbon leakage, whereby European production relocates ...
Title:We cannot do without indigenous seeds to feed the world amid the climate crisis Author(s):BELHAJ ABDALLAH, Bouchra Date:2023Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI; STG; Policy Analysis; 2023/23Abstract:In the face of an increasingly dire climate crisis, the agriculture sector in Africa and beyond needs indigenous seeds to achieve food security. A law that recognises indigenous seeds and legalises the production, ...
Title:Welfare resilience in Europe. Contours of a post-Covid social compass for the EU Author(s):HEMERIJCK, Anton ; HUGUENOT-NOËL, Robin ; MATSAGANIS, ManosDate:2022Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2022/02Abstract:The Covid-19 existential crisis has brought social protection and the welfare state back into the limelight. Whereas in good times welfare support mostly operates in the background, in hard times it comes to the surface. • ...
Title:What economic model for a postconflict Donbas? : how economic measures could play a role in exiting the negative scenario Author(s):NARBONE, Luigi ; GINSBORG, Lisa Date:2019Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2019/06Abstract:While diplomatic efforts towards a political resolution of the Donbas conflict progress slowly and contradictorily, it is high time to start a structured reflection on the post-conflict recovery of the region. Peace in ...
Title:What future for voluntary carbon markets? Author(s):CORNILLIE, Jan ; DELBEKE, Jos ; RUNGE-METZGER, Artur; VIS, Peter ; WATT, Robert Date:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2021/08Abstract:While much interest is being shown for ‘climate neutral’ pledges by companies, and voluntary carbon markets, both can be confusing. This Policy Brief looks at the definitions and governance characteristics needed to deliver ...
Title:What if Africa stops receiving foreign aid? : the risk of reversing development gains in a Covid-19 world Author(s):TSHUMA, Darlington Date:2022Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUISS Brief; 2022/01Abstract:With nearly 60 million Africans at risk of falling into poverty, Covid-19-induced shocks have demonstrated the need to in-vest in long-term, sustainable development and resilience, even when this may not fit in with ...
Title:What is the role of foresight in impact assessment? : early experience and lessons for the European Commission Author(s):RADAELLI, Claudio M. ; TAFFONI, Gaia Date:2022Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2022/17Abstract:The European Union (EU) is engaged in a complex digital and ecological transition. The policy programmes launched by the EU to support recovery, resiliency and new modes of growth are definitively future-oriented. Foresight ...
Title:What needs to change in disability mainstreaming in international aid policies, and how Author(s):VITANTONIO, Carla Date:2023Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI; STG; Policy Brief; 2023/01Abstract:Why is there a need for international aid policies to better embed disability? What can policy actors do to meet this need? This policy brief is willing to support policy actors engaged with international aid policies ...
Title:What’s in an experiment? : opportunities and risks for the Conference on the Future of Europe Author(s):ALEMANNO, Alberto; MACKAY, James Alexander Calum ; MILANESE, Niccolò; NICOLAÏDIS, Kalypso Date:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2021/16Abstract:This brief gathers together proposals put forward by participants in the EUI-STG transnational democracy forum with diverse areas of expertise (in academia, think tanks, policy, NGOs, journalism); and it therefore serves ...
Title:Who’s missing from climate governance? : Global South youth participation and mobilisation Author(s):HUBBARD, Alice ; WILLIAMS, Rebecca Date:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2021/18Abstract:Since the Fridays for Future movement, media coverage of Youth environmental leaders has been on the rise. However, the work of young environmentalists beyond the EU often does not receive the same attention despite its ...
Title:Why does an African interpretation of energy poverty matter? A note for Sub-Saharan (SSA) energy policy actors Author(s):ANUGA, Samuel Weniga ; NJENGA, Nduta Date:2022Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2022/05Abstract:While nearly 1 billion people across the globe do not have access to modern energy (electricity) in their homes, and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for 75% of this number. In SSA, there is an urgent need to deal ...
Title:Why fiscal justice should be reinstalled through European taxes that the citizens will support : a proposal Author(s):POIARES PESSOA MADURO, Luis Miguel ; WOŹNIAKOWSKI, Tomasz P. Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2020/07Abstract:We must eliminate a blind spot in citizens’ minds, who tend to think “the more money for the EU, the less for our countries”. By demonstrating the importance of the own source of EU revenue, rather than focusing solely on ...
Title:Why the new climate tech finance boom might end better this time round Author(s):CORNILLIE, Jan ; DELBEKE, Jos Date:2022Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2022/04Abstract:While records amounts of venture capital are being invested in climate tech, we ask the question what is different now as compared to the investment boom of 10 years ago which by and large ended in bust. We find that we ...
Title:Will the EU sustainable finance rules deliver? Author(s):CORNILLIE, Jan ; DELBEKE, Jos ; VIS, Peter ; ZEILINA, LindaDate:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2021/13Abstract:In the last few years, the world has seen an unprecedented number of initiatives and actions in the field of sustainable finance. Around the globe, investors, regulators, and financial market participants are intent on ...
Title:Women, leadership and the media Author(s):RUBIO MARIN, Ruth ; MENEZES QUEIROZ, Benedita ; HARALDSSON, Amanda Date:2019Type:OtherSeries/Number:STG Policy Briefs; 2019/05Abstract:On 24 September 2018, policy experts, journalists, leading academics, lawyers and other professionals in the field of media met to discuss current developments and persisting issues relating to media, leadership and women’s ...
Title:Your right to know : lessons from the implementation of access to information policies in the developing world Author(s):GYEKYE, Michael Date:2023Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI; STG; Policy Brief; 2023/25Abstract:Access to information from public bodies is vital to ensure transparency and accountability from governing institutions. It should be an overarching imperative in the developing world where state-citizen bonds are often ...