Angela Merkel’s plans for a shift in power from EU members to Brussels would generate constitutional problems within Germany and worries among allies, writes Quentin Peel
As population growth outstrips agricultural gains, policymakers will have to juggle the conflicting need to provide food and jobs while curbing damage to the environment
The Financial Times has won four categories in the 2011 Comment Awards including best comment pages, business commentator: John Gapper, cultural commentator: Simon Kuper and foreign commentator: David Pilling
Emissions trading: Cheap and dirty
The linchpin of Europe’s effort to curb global warming is at risk of collapse