I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Aaron Today, 27 September, the ECON and ENV Committees jointly considered a challenge to the delegated act on Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation … Read more
If you want to persuade people in Brussels, you need to persuade them in writing. A lot of time and energy in Brussels goes into preparing written submissions. Far less interest is given to whether all this work lands up persuading officials and politicians or changing policy. There are some useful books on writing good … Read more
“Decoding Success” by Dr. Ron Friedman I enjoy the genre of books by Malcolm Gladwell, Cal Newport, and Tim Ferriss. Amazon recommended this book by Ron Friedman. The clever algorithm did not disappoint. The book is full of useful suggestions. I was struck by the idea of ‘retro-engineering’ Friedman shows you how you can take apart … Read more
Recently, someone asked me about the positive influence of an interest on a policy issue I have long experience in. My initial response was that they had none. The person who asked the question seemed surprised. I double-checked. The people in charge of the file in the Commission and EP had no record of the … Read more