This, combined with geopolitical instability and increased great power competition, has led some European politicians to view the EU’s climate goals as risks that could not only lose them votes but also undermine the bloc’s economic competitiveness and strategic autonomy. What the EU and its member states have to avoid is a creeping prioritisat

Plans to expand green infrastructure such as lithium mines and wind farms also face local opposition, with populists in some countries repurposing this to critique “elitism” in climate policies The focus of the greenlash varies across the bloc: northern Europeans tend to view climate policies as infringing on their personal freedoms; southern E

Yet, it is farmers who are likely to be among the most affected by climate change. Intensified seasonal weather patterns are disrupting agricultural cycles and changing rainfall levels; extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, storms, and floods are bringing significant problems for crops and animal husbandry. Implementing solutions to r