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What are NGTs, how do they differ from GMOs and how are they agriculturally applied and regulated in the EU?

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What are GMOs and why are they a topic of debate? Researcher and EFSA expert Josep Casacuberta joins Euronews Tech Talks to answer these questions.

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Watch: The Mexican duo making sustainable leather from succulents

In partnership with Media City

Adrián Lopez and Marte Cazarez invented an eco-friendly, plant-based material that is used by fashion houses globally.

Nature

London’s Kew Gardens is telling ‘the story of carbon’ through plants

A fungal pavilion, rain garden and colourful plants growing like climate stripes will feature in the new design this summer.

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Eco-Innovation

Should every European capital have an urban 'pocket forest'?

Our cities are polluted and overcrowded - but planting trees in urban spaces create future wildlife habitats.

Food and Drink

The first vegan restaurant to win a Michelin star in the UK

Plates London's co-founder Kirk Haworth was praised by Michelin for "taking his classical training and inventively adapting it to a vegan diet."

Living

Tile whipping: The eco-friendly sport taking over the Netherlands

The practice is easing pressure on drainage systems, one of the Netherlands’ growing climate-induced challenges.

Climate

How the Arctic tundra is keeping seeds safe for future generations

How easy is it for Norway’s international seed bank to navigate politics and secure our future food supply?

Art

Polish artist unveils installation at London sustainability hub

Alicja Patanowska’s PLANTATION is the inaugural art installation at the sustainable urban farm project, set in the heart of the City of London.

Business

Volkswagen workers offer to take pay cut as wage talks continue

As Volkswagen’s wage negotiations enter a third round, employees have offered to accept a wage cut, in return for guarantees from the company that it will not shut down German plants, and will protect job security.

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Buenos Aires hosts South America’s largest cannabis fair

Expo Cannabis 2024 has arrived in Buenos Aires, showcasing a diverse range of topics beyond marijuana, including magic mushrooms and legal discussions.

Nature

More than 1 in 3 tree species worldwide faces extinction, says IUCN

The loss of trees is also a major threat to thousands of other plants, animals and fungi.

Business

VW workers stage protest as managers and unions hold talks

The talks on pay and conditions at Volkswagen come amid reports of job cuts and, for the first time in its history, potential plant closures in Germany.

Nature

Galápagos plants are facing ‘drastic’ conditions under climate change

Native prickly pear and lava cactus have a very narrow distribution on the Galápagos, making their recovery vital.

Eco-Innovation

Scientists plan to add iron to the ocean to up carbon absorption

There has been public backlash against the controversial technique, known as ocean iron fertilisation, in the past.

Eco-Innovation

No Patents on Seeds: Europe’s small farmers are battling privatisation

A silent battle is brewing over the control of our food supply's very foundation: seeds.

Nature

Half of trees at famous UK botanic garden threatened by climate change

The UK should turn to climate-resilient hybrid trees as temperatures rise, Kew Gardens advises.

Culture news

A sense of Spain blooms at Hampton Court Palace Flower Festival

Turkish garden designer Nilufer Danis evokes the spirit of a pilgrimage to Spain's Camino de Santiago at the launch of London's Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.

Business

Brexit blooms: Plant firms call for action over border hold-ups

The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association and sister groups from across Europe warn that new border checks aren’t working.

Nature

Italian men sued for suspected rare cacti smuggling from Chile

An Italian conservation organisation is suing two people at the centre of a cacti smuggling lawsuit for damaging its work to support biodiversity.