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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a session during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020

The privatisation of global governance: forget New York, keep Davos? ǀ View

Notwithstanding the differences, one would be excused to compare the WEF’s Annual Meeting in late January in Davos with the annual high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly in late September in New York. Both are preceded by overview reports presented by their respective CEOs.

04/02/2020

Art and Design

20 climate, nature and environment documentaries you must see in 2020

Essential viewing for anyone who wants to remain well-informed on the many aspects of climate change.

30/01/2020

French oil company Total in court in landmark case over greenhouse emissions

Good Morning Europe

French oil giant Total in court over carbon emissions

It is the first such case against a private company in France.

28/01/2020

YouTube algorithms are promoting climate denial videos to millions - new report

The Cube

YouTube algorithms promote climate denial videos - new report

An investigation by Avaaz found that users are being directed climate denial videos by through their recommended algorithm if you search for terms like "global warming".

16/01/2020

brussels bureau

The Brief: funding Europe's green ambitions

The European Commission has unveiled the "Just Transition Fund" as an essential part of its ambitious programme to fight climate change. The Fund, worth 7.5 billion euros, should help countries kick their coal habit.

14/01/2020

European Green Deal: Brussels unveils €1 trillion plan to make EU carbon neutral by 2050

World

EU unveils €1 trillion plan to make the bloc carbon neutral by 2050

The EU Commission has set out how it will pay for a transition to a climate neutral economy by 2050.

14/01/2020

Luisa Neubauer, Fridays for Future activist, after meeting CEO of Siemens Joe Kaeser on Friday, January 10.

The Cube

Siemens resists calls to ditch controversial coal project | #TheCube

The German engineering company says they are sticking to their contractual obligations, but climate activists tell Euronews the decision is a "historic mistake".

13/01/2020

Lisbon kicks-off year as European Green Capital 2020

Portugal

'Green capital' Lisbon plants 20,000 trees

The Portuguese city of Lisbon has kicked-off its year as European Green Capital with the planting of 20,000 trees

12/01/2020

WATCH | CES unveils tech-driven solutions to increasing air pollution

Ideas

WATCH | CES unveils tech solutions to increasing air pollution

A futuristic wearable anti-pollution mask has been presented at CES.

10/01/2020

Outdoor

Heartwarming and heartbreaking tweets from the Australian wildfires

People are determined to keep going in the face of tragedy.

05/01/2020

Vogue Italia: Magazine swaps photos for illustrations in green gesture

Italy

Fashion magazine swaps photos for illustrations in green gesture

Vogue Italia is highlighting the need for more sustainability in fashion with its first issue of 2020, in which photos are replaced with illustrations.

04/01/2020

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg listens to speeches before addressing a plenary of UN climate conference at the COP25 summit in Madrid, Spain

World

Review 2019: Greta than ever climate fight inspired by teenage Swede

This year has seen activists step up their protests over climate change, calling on their governments to do much more. Inspired by Greta Thunberg, their demonstrations have come as temperature records were being set in scores of countries across the globe.

31/12/2019

A migrant child is helped from the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue vessel, after being rescued Dec. 21, in the Central Mediterranean Sea.

World

10 stories that changed Europe in the last decade

Europe, you've changed. Here are the 10 events that have changed Europe in the last 10 years.

30/12/2019

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gives a press statement on the European Green Deal at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Dec. 11, 2019

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The EU’s Green Deal is ambitious. But its success rides on its most controversial part ǀ View

Perhaps the most controversial aspect of the European Green Deal is a reference to the imposition of a border carbon adjustment mechanism (“BCA”) by 2021.

19/12/2019

Ideas

The biggest climate, environment and sustainability stories of 2019

We recount the ups and downs of green and planet-related news stories.

17/12/2019

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Demonstrators stage anti-fossil fuels protest on last day of COP25

Climate activists staged a protest on Friday (December 13) in Madrid as politicians were running out of time to reach an agreement on the final day of the COP25 climate talks.

14/12/2019

Iraqi demonstrators perform a somersault as they practice parkour during ongoing anti-government protests, near the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq. December 9, 2019.

World

Week in Pictures: volcano, Conservative landslide win, French strikes

This week a volcano erupted in New Zealand taking lives, Boris Johnson's Conservatives won the election in UK, the climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine's Person of the Year. Here's a look on this week in pictures carefully selected for you.

13/12/2019

brussels bureau

EU leaders agree on climate neutrality by 2050, Poland to go 'at own pace'

Discussions focused on funds for eastern European states to transition away from fossil fuels, while keeping nuclear power in the mix, but the deadline is a bit more flexible for one country.

13/12/2019

brussels bureau

EU summit climate showdown

Europe's new Green Deal faces its first test as EU leaders meet in Brussels with the aim of agreeing to carbon neutrality by 2050, but not every country is on board ahead of talks.

12/12/2019

Police remove climate change activists from the EU Council headquarters, during a Greenpeace protest, ahead of an EU leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium December 12, 2019.

World

Eastern European countries threaten to wreck EU 'Green Deal'

Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic were threatening on Thursday to wreck the bloc's new push for climate neutrality by 2050 as the 27 EU leaders are meeting for a decisive summit in Brussels.

12/12/2019