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Taiwan has also created the National Climate Change Action Guidelines and implemented the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Action Plan, which targets six major sectors: energy, manufacturing, transportation, residential and commercial development, agriculture, and environmental management

Climate Change: global challenge requiring global response

By: EBR | Friday, December 7, 2018

Continued growth in emissions of greenhouse gases around the world has caused abnormal and extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, and catastrophic torrential rains

World Leaders on Instagram 2018

By: EBR | Friday, December 7, 2018

Diplomacy is becoming more visible and more visual through social media and especially Instagram. What was once hidden behind closed doors is now becoming public for everyone to see. History is now being immortalized on the mobile photo and video sharing platform

Human beings who are affected by the little things – the weather in Katowice, the length of their in some cases 70km daily commute, not to mention the quality of the coffee and hot chocolate in the venue. With all the professionalism in the world, we should not forget this is a key factor in determining the mood and energy brought into these negotiations

What will make a difference at COP24?

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 27, 2018

As thousands of delegates and observers are preparing to head to the small Polish mining town of Katowice, Jennifer Tollmann looks at what will make a difference at the 24th United Nations climate talks (COP24)

The furious anti-Trump campaign of the Democrats didn’t bring the results they worked hard on, strongly supported by their ‘media-partners’ the New York Times, the Washington Post and CNN.

First glance: Democrats win the House; Republicans strengthen position in the Senate

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Looking at the past, it seems that there is a rule, that US Presidents lose their first midterm elections in both houses.

It is striking to see that the Democratic party, pretending to be the party of the country’s intellectuals, in the campaign for the midterm elections completely forgot to tell the American voters what vision and ideas they have for the future of the United States if they should come to power

What do Democrats actually want, beyond being rabidly anti-Trump?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, November 6, 2018

The one and only Democrat campaign item is: We Hate Donald Trump. Doesn’t it strike as unbelievably poor that there is nothing else, no content at all, in their campaign

Who has forgotten the result of the presidential elections of two years ago when Hillary Clinton was predicted to win by pollsters and the media till practically the last minute? But then the results, state by state trickled through and soon it became clear that was what considered highly improbable had become true.

The US Elections of November 6: a referendum about President Donald Trump?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, November 2, 2018

Are the national congressional elections in the United States, on Tuesday November 6, a referendum about President Donald J. Trump? According to the President himself: YES.

Khashoggi's murder spotlights global war on free speech

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 30, 2018

The gruesome killing of Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul has provoked global outrage. But let's also focus on the plight of other reporters – much less visible and politically well-connected than Khashoggi – who are killed, tortured, imprisoned and threatened every day

The best countries to live and work in

By: EBR | Friday, October 26, 2018

Looking for a new job, better pay and your next adventure?

World’s pension funds vulnerable to climate risks, study reveals

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 23, 2018

87% of assets managed by the world’s 100 largest public pension funds are yet to undergo a formal climate risk assessment, according to research published on Tuesday (23 October), with only 15% of them adopting a coal exclusion policy

These are the world’s most competitive economies

By: EBR | Friday, October 19, 2018

How well countries adapt to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) will determine whether they ‘thrive’ or ‘stagnate’ and could further divide workforces and increase social tensions, according to the latest version of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report

Donald Trump: King of global trade?

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 10, 2018

With Canada and Mexico in the bag, Europe and the Pacific are the next places for Trump to take his trade show

We can save the Earth

By: EBR | Monday, September 24, 2018

We hear a lot about how terrible the world is today

The UN should open its doors for Taiwan

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 18, 2018

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, set bold goals to shift the world onto a sustainable, resilient path

Greater things, however, awaited us on the Arab front in the wake of that historic handshake. Secret talks with Jordan started right away, and on Oct. 26, 1994, I ushered the journalists again, this time to the Araba Crossing between Israel and Jordan, close to the southern city of Eilat.

Twenty-five years ago today, Arafat and Rabin shook hands at the White House. Did anything change?

By: EBR | Monday, September 17, 2018

Twenty-five years ago, on the South Lawn of the White House, I witnessed history

Trump supporters: ‘the President keeps his promises’

By: EBR | Friday, September 14, 2018

From the moment Donald Trump was sworn in, about 40 percent of the Americans have stood steadfastly by his side

President Tsai calls on the EU to support Taiwan in the face of China’s action

By: EBR | Monday, September 10, 2018

On September 3, in a recorded speech during a seminar at the European Parliament (EP) President Tsai Ing-wen called on European countries to support Taiwan in the face of China’s increased actions against the nation’s democracy, economy and international space

ASEAN can turn disruption into an opportunity

By: EBR | Friday, September 7, 2018

Is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations resilient enough to thrive amid the regional and global transformations taking place today?

Israel and Palestine: try something different

By: EBR | Thursday, September 6, 2018

The ultimate resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains the two-state solution, reached in a different manner. If the EU has a better alternative, let them present it—but do so quickly

Turkey’s next challenge: How bad can inflation get?

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 5, 2018

How Turkey’s central bank plans to regain market confidence that it will eventually hit its 5% inflation target again remains a mystery

MEGACITIES: challenges and opportunities for citizen engagement

By: EBR | Thursday, August 30, 2018

Surging population numbers together with the emergence of megacities are a new and rapidly growing phenomenon of the 21st Century. This brings about many challenges as well as opportunities for global citizens and urban residents

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EU Actually

President Ursula von der Leyen has seen better days

By: N. Peter Kramer

EU leaders, member states, MEPs, EP political groups have had it with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Europe

The EU Needs a Third Way in Iran

European reactions to the war in Iran have lost sight of wider political dynamics. The EU must position itself for the next phase of the crisis without giving up on its principles.

Business

The EU’s zig-zag road towards stronger financial markets

Giles Merritt delves into the confusing welter of efforts to streamline Europe’s national financial players into a more dynamic single capital market