With climate change extremes disrupting wind and solar production, energy storage is becoming the lagging link of the renewable transition. Europe is going back to older technologies and re-engineering them to overcome efficiency, space, and material constraints. But experts caution: too many storage pathways still lack attention.

As climate change causes more frequent and destructive floods across Europe, traditional defences are reaching their limits. Nature-based solutions offer protection that works with ecosystems, and not against them. But without binding national and European frameworks, the cost of inaction is no longer theoretical.

Europe’s most radical innovations often struggle to attract credit despite their transformative potential. Supporting deep tech is no longer just about research, but about competitiveness, autonomy and leadership in a global tech race.

AI-generated music is booming — but at what cost to cultural diversity and creators’ livelihoods? As major deals reshape the industry, experts warn of shrinking revenues, creative homogenisation and unchecked power. “AI can be an opportunity for the whole sector,” they argue, “but only if laws are adapted — and actually enforced.”