The Burning Case

In Brussels, politics still mean white. The European Parliament currently only has 3% MEPs of colour while there has never been a Commissioner of colour. If you look into  the thousands of people who work for the EU, you won’t find many more people of colour.  The issue goes beyond  the institutions. Browse the websites of the hundreds of NGOs, lobbies and agencies gravitating around them and you’...

Welcome to #TooHotToHandle, the new format of episodes by the Burning Case that aims to bring you the hottest campaigns and political news on climate breakdown and environmental justice in less than 20 minutes!    Our first edition is about ending corporate impunity.    Imagine this: a world where companies could not hide behind "complex supply chains" or their suppliers anymore and were...

Did you know Latin America was a biodiversity powerhouse with over 30% of the world's fauna and flora? And that about 32 million people in the region identify as Indigenous?  Yet, the area has never been under more pressure. From climate breakdown of course but mostly from man-made ecosystem destruction to secure more land for agriculture. South American countries are indeed big producers of...

The fashion industry has a really large and often negative impact on the environment and on people.  Between the Rana Plaza disaster, in 2013, that killed over a 1000 textile workers to regular scandals about wages and working conditions and the environmental impact that range from extreme freshwater pollution to being responsible for 8% of the world's green house gas emissions, let's ju...

#VoteDownThisCap, a "machine for extinction", the "worst deal possible for the planet", the recent vote in the European Parliament on the Common Agricultural Policy has been called many things.  This pillar of the European Union (think €400 billion over 6 years) is not only significant financially speaking, it's also an essential tool to achieve our climate and sustainabil...

Lobbying. A word that is often associated with corruption, conflict of interests and secrecy at the highest levels of power. Yes, almost like a spy novel! But can you really buy a vote by inviting a representative to Bali? Or influence decision making by sliding money under a desk? Rest assured, not really. While it may not be as exciting as movies and TV shows depict it, lobbying can be just as d...

We've seen a big surge in awareness on plastic pollution in the past few years. So much so that living a "zero waste lifestyle" became cool and the European Commission adopted one of the fastest legislation in its history on single use plastics last year. But then, Covid-19 happened and with it, masks, gloves, single use items mainly made of... plastics! In this episode, we talk to...

"A new normal", "green recovery", "bailout people". These calls from activists, scientists and citizens to radically change our societies and economies post coronavirus have been heard all around the world. At a time when billions are literally poured into world's economies to prevent them from collapsing could this be an "opportunity" to radically chan...