What do we fix first – environment or economy? | The New Scientist (8 July 2013) “Our carefree attitude to the "externalities" of wealth generation has generated an environmental debt that is loading unsustainable financial debt on us all....

Time has come for new indicators besides GDP | The Nation (24 June 2013) “"There's no one indicator that can indicate everything. We should have other indicators aside from GDP," Professor Anantha Duraiappah, executive director of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, said at Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2013's session on "Beyond GDP". To him, GDP is not a measure of well-being of society, as pu...

Dirty Gold: Crisis Has Europe Clamoring to Mine | Spiegel Online (26 April 2013)  By Luke Dale-Harris – “There is gold to be found across Europe, but the correlation between those countries now moving to exploit, and those hit worst by the sovereign debt crisis is clear. Since last year, the Portuguese government has signed 95 separate contracts with mining companies, with the priority given to gold and silver. In Greece, the government's...

EU: financial tax should be used for development aid and climate | EU Observer (27 February 2013) Green fatigue sets in: the world cools on global warming | The Independent  (28 February 2013) Spain falls further into recession as GDP plunges by 0.8% | EU Observer (28 February 2013)...

Greece Shows Us How Poverty Degrades the Environment | Huffington Post-The blog (23 January 2013) Crisis-hit Greeks chop up forests to stay warm | BBC (26 January 2013) Finding an Economic, Environmental Win-Win in Davos | PBS Newshour (27 January 2013) The CAP gets leaner, but not greener | Euractiv (14 February 2013) Fate of green CAP plans hangs on Parliament | Euractiv (15 February 2013) How crisis policies threaten the EU’s social...

Six Top Environment Stories to Watch in 2013 | Bloomberg (18 January 2013) Merkel’s Offshore Wind-Power Dream for Germany Stalls | Bloomberg (17 January 2013) Greece's Latest Fiscal Solution: Create an Ecological Crisis! | Mother Jones (14 January 2013)...

A way to fill the Green Climate Fund, by Natalia Alonso, Tony Long and Jorgo Riss | European Voice (3 December 2012) Action plan for environment in 2012-20 strikes downbeat note | European Voice (29 November 2012) China's economy to overtake US in next four years, says OECD  | The Guardian (9 November 2012)...

Asem leaders told: Counter crises effects with people-centered policies  | Philippine Daily Inquirer  (7 November 2012) Once a vision of peace, Israel's environmental institute in danger of closing  | Haaretz (31 October 2012) Economic crisis casts shadow over United Nations biodiversity talks | The China Post (22 October 2012) IMF gold windfall helps poor countries now but won't break cycle of debt | The Guardian (17 October 2012) Coope...

O.E.C.D. Warns of Recession in Germany | The New York Times (6 September 2012) Osborne to reject pleas on green tax subsidy  | The Financial Times (15 September 2012) Is EU environmental legislation in decline? by Matthias Groote | ENDS Europe (25 September 2012)...

Jürgen Habermas, Peter Bofinger and Julian Nida-Rümelin: Only deeper European integration can save the eurozone | The Guardian (9 August 2012) Füle: Enlargement brings ‘positive news’ in times of crisis | Euractiv (13 August 2012)...