International News, Analyses & Opinions
The Climate Crisis Under the Microscope Part Six: Climate Change Claims Almost 200 Lives in Europe
Opinion analysis by Roa Daher, Featured Writer
Last week, floods devastated parts of Western Germany and Belgium, as record-breaking rainfall caused severe damage to the infrastructure and claimed 196 lives so far, while some residents remain missing. These floods are certainly and irrefutably due to climate change, as the Earth’s warming comes with more frequently occurring extreme weather events, and this was the most difficult ‘natural disaster’ Germany had faced since the North Sea Flood of 1962.
A complicated relationship: Moscow and Berlin’s affair with Nord Stream 2
Opinion Policy Analysis by Johnny Achkar, Featured Writer
The controversial natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 has been delayed for more than a year, and its completion is increasingly in jeopardy after the United States enacted sanctions on the companies involved and threatened further action. For years, the pipeline under the Baltic Sea has been the topic of intense discussion. Additional Russian gas will be able to flow directly to Germany because of the venture.