Oil, gas and minerals

Nuclear energy policies as well as public opinion on the issue vary greatly across countries in the Baltic Sea Region. The EU taxonomy classifies nuclear energy as ‘green’ and while some countries are investing in nuclear power to meet future energy demand and net zero targets, others are phasing-out or trying to rethink nuclear technology altogether. This brief provides a comprehensive overview of the Baltic Sea countries’ different approaches to the issue of nuclear energy in the face of the current energy crisis amid the war in Ukraine.

Transition within geopolitical constraints

competing visions of technopolitical orders

From the tropics to the poles, community monitoring and citizen science are gaining ground as means to track environmental trends and inform policy and practice. This new article provides an introduction to community-led monitoring and calls for more attention to the co-production of knowledge in environmental governance.

But we need to understand both how China prioritises minerals differently from the West, and how 'control' comes not from mine ownership

The solution lies in a common policy approach and in green technology. However, there is no quick fix.

Trans-European Reflections on the EU’s Response to Russia’s war in Ukraine

contributions to an analytical framework

origins, progress and actors

New book analyses the relationship between Denmark and Lithuania through 100 years

The Pushback against Chinese Global Ambitions