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Climate

Phase out coal five times faster to stop ‘climate chaos’, report warns

A report has urged countries to close all coal plants by 2040 or face ‘climate chaos’.

Climate

How rising sea levels are affecting India's water supplies

People can no longer depend on ponds and wells for the water they need to drink, cook and wash.

Climate

‘Twister season’: Could climate change make tornadoes worse?

Climate change could make the storms that produce tornadoes worse, a new study suggests.

Nature

Activists plan to disrupt one of the world’s biggest horse races

Animal Rebellion says their protest will start a conversation about our “broken relationship” with animals.

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Spain

Officials say arson behind wildfires in northern Spain

Officials in the northern Spanish region of Asturias say that unspecified arsonists were behind most of the 100 or so wildfires raging in the heavily wooded and mountainous area.

Green News

UK’s new net zero plan won’t meet 2030 emissions targets

Carbon capture and electric cars: What’s in the UK government’s new net zero plan?

Green News

Breakthrough: Australia passes law capping oil and gas emissions

Australia ‘safeguards’ the future with new law capping emissions from oil and gas.

Ocean Calls

Ocean Calls podcast: Should we eat wild or farmed salmon?

In partnership with The European Commission

Salmon is a wonderful fish – not only is it delicious, but it’s also packed with nutrients. But the Atlantic salmon that we can find here in Europe is also an endangered species. So for us as consumers, what is a more sustainable choice: wild or farmed salmon?

Climate

UK ‘strikingly unprepared’ as climate crisis begins to bite

More than 3,000 early deaths and 25,000 wildfires due to extreme temperatures were recorded in Britain last year.

Food and Drink

Tonight's Special: Meatball from extinct mammoth

The 4,000 years-old meat could be part of the future of food culture, says the Australian startup behind the project.

Green News

Senior Swiss women to make history in Europe’s top human rights court

This will be the first time the European Court of Human Rights considers the impact of climate change on human rights.

Climate

Iraq suspends working hours amid heavy rainfall

Government office operations have been halted in Iraq amid flooding due to the effects of the climate crisis.

Green News

Berlin fails to fast-forward its climate neutrality target to 2030

Residents of the city were asked to decide whether to move the goal 15 years earlier than previously planned.

Spain

Firefighters battle blaze ripping through forests in eastern Spain

A large wildfire continued to burn out of control in eastern Spain on Friday, scorching at least 1,000 hectares and forcing the evacuation of 900 residents of nearby towns.

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Watch: Upside down car stuck in a Berlin street

Greenpeace held a protest on Wednesday against Germany's stance on combustion engines in Europe. The Transport Ministry has indicated it won’t back a planned European Union ban on the sale of new cars with combustion engines from 2035.

Green News

Which US city has banned gas stations?

Any new petrol stations that are built will have to install at least two electric vehicle chargers.

Green News

Water shortages could become a 'global crisis'

On World Water Day, the United Nations says hundreds of millions of children are at risk from inadequate or unsafe drinking water

World News

Euroviews. Planting trees could offset emissions of up to 15 million Europeans

Planting new forests on 14 million hectares of available land across the continent could balance out the emissions of millions of Europeans every year, Kristjan Lepik and Lisett Luik write.

Green News

Activists protest spending EU 'green' funds on Spain ski resort

Spanish environmentalists want the EU to investigate the use of €26 million from its “green” economic recovery fund to join two ski resorts in the rapidly warming Pyrenees mountains.

Green News

‘On thin ice’: Five key takeaways from the IPCC report

The report confirms that humans are responsible for virtually all global heating in the last 200 years.