In October 2024, the European Commission announced additional tariffs of up to 35% on the existing 10% duties for Chinese electric vehicles, following a months-long anti-subsidy investigation into manufacturers such as BYD and Geely. The move came amid rising tensions in EU–China trade relations, with Brussels accusing Beijing of distorting global competition through heavy state…
There is a dissonance between the international and national legal frameworks on the protection of the environment and the practices of political and economic groups that endorse the abuse of nature. The latter result in the devastation of huge areas through logging, mining, industrial chemical production and industrial agriculture, leading to the severe environmental problems…
Introduction / Our Research Question The world is changing quickly. Generative AI and data centers are growing fast. They are meant to help with sustainability and progress. However, their energy use and material needs could actually harm global climate goals. For example, some estimates suggest that data centers in the United States could use up…
State of play The monumental task of the clean energy transition has touched every corner of the globe, and soon may go even deeper than ever before: the bottom of the ocean. In the race to secure critical minerals needed for a variety of technologies, notably electric vehicle (EV) batteries, some companies have launched exploration…
