The Commission’s mission to downgrade wolf protection Killing wolves must be made easier. That is the gist of a proposal, filed by the European Commission on 7 March 2025, to amend the appendices of the Habitats Directive. The amendment would remove the strictly protected Annex IV status which wolves currently enjoy in most Member States, … Read more
The Ensemble of the Energy Trilemma – or: Europe’s Energy Vulnerability Exposed Ever since European integration began, energy and natural resource governance have been central to policy and legislation. Starting with securing supply, legislation expanded to market regulation and emission reduction throughout the supply chain. The climate crisis and geopolitical conflicts created tensions between these … Read more
By Michaela Platt, Communications Coordinator, Triple-I As businesses started incorporating Internet strategies into their operations, Casey Kempton had just begun her graduate studies in cognitive anthropology and was working for a tech startup. A Connecticut native, Kempton had always been aware of insurance giants based in her state. So, when the startup she worked for … Read more
EU public procurement law is on the move. Following the announcement in the Political Guidelines of the second Von der Leyen Commission before the summer of 2024, the reform of the public procurement directives (Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU) is now well under way. These long-awaited reforms place this field of law, rooted in the internal … Read more
By Jessica Commins and Kristina Irion Introduction When we hear digital technologies described as ‘virtual’ or ‘cloud’, it conjures up a feeling of immateriality or weightlessness. Yet this belies the very tangible impact of digital infrastructures on our environment. Data centres, in practice rather faceless warehouses, are the backbone of the digital transformation and have … Read more
