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Inside the European Democracy Shield: Engaging Citizens and Strengthening Societal Resilience Dashiell Decker To tackle today’s social, economic, and environmental challenges, societies depend on pluralist media, informed citizens, and public trust. Sustainable development is not only about po...

Final blog in #EuropeanDemocracyShield series: Pillar 3 seeks to advance #MediaLiteracy & #MediaResilience to help citizens navigate chaotic #news, resist #manipulation and #polarization, and sustain democratic #participation in the digital era.

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Inside the European Democracy Shield: Safeguarding Integrity in the Information Space Dashiell Decker Will the European Democracy Shield meaningfully address the vulnerabilities it identifies—or will its impact be hindered by implementation gaps, political trade-offs, and funding limit...

The 2nd post of our series on the #EuropeanDemocracyShield is out. How is safeguarding #InformationIntegrity meant to function in practice?

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Inside the European Democracy Shield: Safeguarding Integrity in the Information Space Dashiell Decker Will the European Democracy Shield meaningfully address the vulnerabilities it identifies—or will its impact be hindered by implementation gaps, political trade-offs, and funding limit...

"A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy." - Thomas Jefferson

Please check out our latest @sustaindemocracies.bsky.social blog on EU attempts to safeguard media and information integrity against foreign and domestic anti-democratic attacks.

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#COP30 emphasized a challenge undermining global #climate progress: the #informationcrisis. #Fakenews, #socialmedia & unchecked #AI create an environment where #misinformation & #disinformation undermine our ability to create just, fair, and #sustainablesocieties.

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The Future of Transatlantic Climate Litigation: A Deep Dive into the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change By Thomas Protzman It’s been almost two months since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its highly anticipated advisory opinion on state obligations for climate change. It elaborates t...

The #ICJ released an important #advisoryopinion regarding state responsibilities concerning #climatechange. What are its implications for #climatelitigation on both sides of the Atlantic?

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The Transatlantic Carbon Blind Spot: How the Arms Industry and Militaries Sabotage Climate Action By Pierre Courtemanche Militaries and the global arms industry account for a greenhouse gas emission larger than civil aviation and shipping combined — yet they remain invisible in climate pledges and...

#Militaries cause more #CO2 than civil #aviation & #shipping combined. Still, their GHG footprint is overlooked in climate pledges & reporting. The defense sector remains unaccountable, a blind spot in global climate action. Enjoy yr top transatlantic climate & energy newsletter:

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Villages to Voltage: How Community-Based Training Lights Up India Jacin Mathew India is recognized as one of the global leaders in renewable energy, and states like Rajasthan pioneering both large-scale solar parks and small-scale community-driven initiatives. Yet, ...

What if the #energytransition focused on changing ppl opportunities AND changing technology?

This NL is on #CommunityBasedTrainings for #SustainableDevelopment.

#BarefootCollege #SolarMamas in #Rajasthan transform villages, #empowerwomen, and electrify thousands of homes.

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The Machine Age Mindset: Why Germany’s Elite Fails to Grasp Climate Change By Thomas Reinsch Germany’s current industrial strategy is built on the belief that technological openness and export competitiveness can safeguard prosperity – but is this an adequate response to tod...

Germany's industrial strategy stresses #TechnologicalOpenness as key to #prosperity - but what does this mean for the ecological & geopolitical #disruptions of our time? Does evidence justify such optimism?

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Resilient by Design: Why Supply Chain Risk Management Must Go Product-Level and Converge Across the Atlantic Pierre Courtemanche Supply chains sit at the nexus of today’s most urgent challenges: climate, energy, sustainability — and increasingly, cross-border trade. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic a...

#Supplychains sit at the nexus of #climate, #energy, #sustainability & #trade.

#Transatlantic manufacturers must navigate the complexities of divergent import #regulations and #tariffs

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Young people are often called leaders of tomorrow. Yet, they should be active partners today. #YouthEngagement helps make inclusive, innovative & effective decisions for #SustainableDevelopment.

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Denmark’s DK2020: Local Action for Global Climate Goals Jacin Mathew In July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion affirming that all nations have a binding legal duty to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and keep gl...

Our latest newsletter focuses on #DK2020 which makes #Denmark the 1st country where all #municipalities draft #LocalClimateActionsPlans to meet the #ParisAgreement

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Denmark’s DK2020: Local Action for Global Climate Goals Jacin Mathew In July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion affirming that all nations have a binding legal duty to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and keep gl...

Our latest newsletter focuses on #DK2020 which makes #Denmark the 1st country where all #municipalities draft #LocalClimateActionsPlans to meet the #ParisAgreement

#InnovativeGovernance #Democracy #Climate #LocalGovernment #MunicipalGovernance #Samsø #Aarhus #CAPF

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Paying for Dependency: The Art of the EU-U.S. Trade Deal Max Gruenig On July 27, 2025, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and U.S.

#UrsulavonderLeyen & #DonaldTrump agreed on a framework for an EU-U.S. #tradedeal. In our weekly FACET newsletter, Max Gruenig discusses why the deal was necessary, and how Europe's negotiation leverage remains heavily constraint due to its security and #energydependence.

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Power to the People’s Purse: How Citizens are Shaping Public Budgets By: Sachi Lakhina Participatory budgeting allows citizens to directly shape how public money is spent, giving a real voice to community priorities and building trust in government. By empowering colle...

#ParticipatoryBudgeting allows citizens to directly shape how public money is spent; gives a voice to community priorities, builds trust in government; revitalizes civic engagement, drives bottom-up progress toward the #SDGs.

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Europe Must Ditch Russian Gas and Oil and Stop Funding the Russian War Max Gruenig Europe’s payments to Russia for fossil fuels exceed its support for Ukraine. The EU must finally become serious about its economic might.

It is a #DoubleFailing of Europe to increase #MilitarySpending at home, leading to cuts in other budget categories, including #climate & #development, while still feeding the #RussianWarMachine, argues Max Gruenig in the latest FACET NL.

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From Pilot to Policy (Part 4): Public-Private-Academic Partnerships for Policy Experimentation in Cambodia Sachi Lakhina Cambodia’s partnership with UNDP’s ‘Policy and Innovation Hub for Sustainable Development’ created a laboratory where public policy could be designed and tested. From 2019–2022, the Hub ...

4th part of our miniseries From Pilot to Policy is on #PublicPrivateAcademicPartnerships. We showcase policy experimentation in #Cambodia's ‘Policy and #InnovationHub for #SustainableDevelopment,’ a @undp.org supported laboratory where #publicpolicy could be designed and tested.

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Subsidiarity in Action: Denton, Texas, and the Future of Local Climate Leadership By: Alexander Ochs and Sachi Lakhina The subsidiary principle is a governance concept that argues for decisions to be made at the most local level, only involving higher level authorities when necessa...

This week's Sustainable Democracies NL features the application of the #SubsidiarityPrinciple: #Denton is the only city in #Texas & 1 one of 6 in all US to operate on 100% #Renewables. It demonstrates how #LocalLeadership can bring about real change.

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Transatlantic and Global Searches for the Data Center Fix By Peter Asmus Today, there are more than 8,000 data centers worldwide that consume roughly 1 to 2% of the global energy use. Over half of all data centers in the world have been deployed in the Unite...

Our new edition features the pertinent issue of #datacenter #energyconsumption. 8K centers worldwide consume 1–2% of global, 2–4% of US #electricity. Demand tripled over past decade raising concerns about #gridcapacity #resourceavailability & #utilitycosts.

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