Upholding the Paris Agreement: An analysis of the Russian Federation
By: Paakhi Bhatnagar, Research Leader for Russia and Central Asia for Econogy Project The Paris Agreement is a binding treaty adopted by several nations at COP21 in December 2015. The aim of the agreement is to limit greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2050 in order to combat global warming. Russia, amongst other countries, signed this […]
Post-COVID Russia: Developing a Sustainable Tourism Industry
By: Paakhi Bhatnagar, Research Leader for Russia and Central Asia for Econogy Project The tourism industry has faced major setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For countries with national economies that rely heavily on tourism, this posed a big problem. While the Russian national economy depends primarily on the export of oil and natural gas, […]
The pandemic and the environment: legal developments and prospects
By: Pierre David, Research Leader for French Environmental Law for Econogy Project Translated by: Noemi Amelynck, Head of Research for Econogy Project In his speech on the 12th of March 2020, the French President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, expressed: “Tomorrow, we will have to learn the lessons of the moments that we go through, […]
Carbon neutrality: reality explained
Carbon neutrality, what exactly are we talking about? It is clear that we hear a lot about carbon neutrality to control climate change without knowing all the ins and outs. The ADEME explains it to us through a notice published in March 2021. And proposes to give “the keys to understanding the concept of carbon […]
How Green is the new EU Recovery Plan? Sustainable Solutions for a Post-Covid economy
Author: Gian Paolo Sabatini COVID-19 has brought levels of recession in Europe that would have been unthinkable only a year ago, as a result the EU has approved a massive recovery plan which includes a 30% quota specifically for green investments. At its zenith, the pandemic had brought most European countries to shut down large […]
Regenerative Agriculture: a necessary approach to reduce carbon emissions in a Post-Covid world
Author: Gian Paolo Sabatini The COVID-19 crisis proved to be revelatory of the unsustainable functioning of current economies, and most notably of the world’s food system. As the pandemic shut down half of the globe, images of empty grocery stores, panic buying and endless queues at food banks demonstrated the imbalances of our global food […]
Econogy: the coronavirus, good news for the planet
Source: https://globalgoodness.ca/econogy-le-coronavirus-une-bonne-nouvelle-pour-la-planete/ Global Goodness Media. In May 2020, three young people launched a research group on the positive consequences of the coronavirus on economic development, called ECONOGY. Interview with two of them, Anaïs Julin and Maëlle Waché. A project for the future Anaïs, Blanche, and Maëlle are students, graduated from Cambridge or King’s College in […]
Can Covid-19 Act as a Motor to Promote Gender Equality in South Africa?
Annamara Rimmer University of Cambridge Mail: akr50@cam.ac.uk Introduction. There is a widespread consensus amongst development economists that progress to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be stalled if gender equality and women’s empowerment are not prioritised holistically. Unfortunately, the recent Covid-19 pandemic has proved to be a significant disruptive force, obstructing and even […]
