2018 in climate policy: from hot summer to coal in Katowice
Without exaggeration, we can say that 2018 was the year when everyone heard or read about climate change. According to The New York Times daily, climate change was the most important topic of its journalists. However, that is not a reason to rejoice.
You can read the full article in Czech on Europeum, or Heinrich Böll Stiftung Prague, where it was originally published.
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Kateřina Davidová
Senior Research Fellow
Senior Research Fellow
Expertise: EU climate and energy policy, environmental protection
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