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May 3, 2024 | 
greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Jeroen Candel |Angela Hilmi |Emile Frison |James Pearce
In India’s ongoing elections, economic and social issues are intertwined with rising temperatures and declining agricultural harvests. While Indian farmers are the worst affected, the climate path of the world’s most populous country and third-largest emitter affects us all – and there are things the EU could do to help. The world’s largest democratic exercise is currently underway, with Indian voters heading to the polls for nationwide elections.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Angela Hilmi |Emile Frison |Jeroen Candel |Enrico Somaglia
With farmers taking to the streets and making headlines all over Europe, national governments and EU institutions are rushing to make concessions to appease them. But are the solutions offered what farmers and agricultural workers really need? We asked Enrico Somaglia, deputy general secretary of the European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT). Green European Journal: Is there a common thread among the farmers’ protests happening across Europe?
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
resilience.org | Asher Miller |Rob Dietz |Jason Bradford |Jeroen Candel
Skip to content Insight and inspiration in turbulent times. Donate Subscribe Resilience is a program of the nonprofit organization Post Carbon Institute.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
resilience.org | Jeroen Candel |Alessandra Bergamin |Waging Non-Violence |Joel Stronberg
In this op-ed, Dr. Jeroen Candel, associate professor of food and agricultural policy, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, points to the failures of EU institutions to deliver on the Farm to Fork strategy, despite the impacts of worsening climate and biodiversity collapse. Massive damage to crops and the death of thousands of animals in the Greek region of Thessaly as a result of Storm Daniel. The lowest European olive harvest in a decade due to drought.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
resilience.org | Alessandra Bergamin |Jeroen Candel |Joel Stronberg |Waging Non-Violence
This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. Last month, President Joe Biden announced the launch of the American Climate Corps, or ACC — a program that will train some 20,000 young people in careers in climate and clean energy.
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
arc2020.eu | Jeroen Candel
In this op-ed, Dr. Jeroen Candel, associate professor of food and agricultural policy, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, points to the failures of EU institutions to deliver on the Farm to Fork strategy, despite the impacts of worsening climate and biodiversity collapse. Massive damage to crops and the death of thousands of animals in the Greek region of Thessaly as a result of Storm Daniel. The lowest European olive harvest in a decade due to drought.
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Oct 3, 2023 | 
greeneuropeanjournal.eu | Simon Otjes |Jeroen Candel
Following the unexpected fall of the Rutte government, the Labour party and the Greens decided to run together for the snap election on 22 November. Far from an opportunistic union, the alliance is the result of groundwork laid at grassroots level and a common progressive vision for the future. An exciting development is on its way in the progressive movement. Increasingly, labour and climate are joining forces to work towards a just green transition.
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Mar 16, 2023 | 
nd.nl | Jeroen Candel
Na weken van campagnegeweld werd woensdag duidelijk wat in de peilingen al werd voorspeld: de vier coalitiepartijen lijden een forse verkiezingsnederlaag, terwijl de BBB vanuit het niets in veel provincies de grootste partij werd. Politieke duiders wisten al snel waar de verklaring lag: onvrede over het stikstofdossier en een ervaren kloof tussen stad en platteland. En inderdaad, veel kiezers gaven aan dat hun stem vooral uit protest tegen het huidige kabinetsbeleid voortkwam.
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Jan 23, 2023 | 
euractiv.com | Jeroen Candel
More than 700 other scientists from across European member states and scientific disciplines have deep concern about the recent turn of the political tide against the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation, writes Jeroen Candel. Jeroen Candel is an associate professor teaching food politics and European Union governance at Wageningen University and Research.
