Global warming is estimated to cost more than $3,000 per second, according to a 2009 study by the Global Humanitarian Forum[1]. While political leaders may be timid when it comes to taking responsibility and defending our nature, preferring to prioritise what they see as the interests of their own people to those of the world’s population, it will soon become — if it is not yet the case — in their economic interest to act for the environment.
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Following the unfortunate surge of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Munich European Forum e.V. decided to cancel the Spring 2020 Brussels European Forum.
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The situation in the Arctic – an economic and security perspective
by Mark Beckerby Mark BeckerBasic physiological and social human needs (food, water, shelter, personal interaction) are widely accepted, though there is often one glaring omission which has quite literally defined history as we know it – exploration.
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The Corona Crisis: A Clash of Systems and Political Leadership
by Verena Beckby Verena BeckThe Coronavirus pandemic has put the globe and its civil society into crisis mode.
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The resignation of James Mattis: The first minister to stand up to President Trump and the last connection to his allies leaves the administration
International cooperation with the U.S. has become significantly more complicated in times of the Trump administration.
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The United Kingdom is due to withdraw from the European Union in March 2019. But why?
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In the recent history of the European project, few have been the upheavals of such magnitude as the sovereign debt crisis.