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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

No Comment

Orange sky keeps firefighters on alert in southern Australia

After a long night of worry, but also of camaraderie, Burragate's tired volunteer firefighters returned to bed early on Saturday.

12/01/2020

World News

Euroviews. The EU can’t claim credibility on climate action without tackling methane gas emissions ǀ View

Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is one area where the EU has a major opportunity to apply its market power to drive down global emissions, both through methane legislation and diplomacy.

10/01/2020

USA

Euroviews. Regardless of who is president in 2020, climate change will be at the bottom of the US agenda ǀ View

A second term for President Trump will entrench the “energy dominance” agenda. A new Democratic administration will likely bring a tour de force of federal executive action on climate policy through US domestic, foreign and trade policy.

09/01/2020

Australia

Australia bushfires: What countries have offered international aid?

Volunteer firefighters have been on the frontlines as roughly five million hectares of land have burned in Australia. Which countries have offered to help?

06/01/2020

Green News

Heartwarming and heartbreaking tweets from the Australian wildfires

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

05/01/2020

Indonesia

43 killed and almost 400,000 displaced after deadly Jakarta floods

43 killed and almost 400,000 displaced. The death toll has doubled in Jakarta as rescuers found more bodies after receding floodwaters.

02/01/2020

Germany

'Environmental pig': Song parody sparks controversy in Germany

"My grandma is an environmental pig." A German children's song parody ends in death threats and online outrage.

31/12/2019

Russia

Snow in Moscow is a no show - so it will just have to be fake snow!

Moscow decorates city with artificial snow in warmest winter since 1886.

30/12/2019

World News

'Keep up the pressure,' says UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, and they are launching a 'decade of action'.

30/12/2019

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No Comment: What you need to remember from 2019

Climate change and Brexit were among the two biggest topics of 2019.

30/12/2019

USA

Euroviews. Climate change became a burning issue in the 2010s, but also an opportunity ǀ View

Over the same 10 years that the danger of global warming increased, addressing that danger went from being a political liability to being an economic opportunity.

30/12/2019

World News

The campaign helped thousands to ditch meat since its launch in 2014

A vegan new year's resolution. The Veganuary campaign is trying to get more and more people to ditch meat for the first 31 days of the next decade to help fight the climate emergency.

27/12/2019

World News

Australian PM apologises for taking holiday during major wildfires

New South Wales is in the middle of a seven-day state of emergency as the fires, encouraged by a ferocious heatwave, rage out of control.

22/12/2019

World News

Euroviews. Biodiversity must be a key plank of the European Green Deal ǀ View

What is the EU commitment to fight wildlife trafficking and protect biodiversity in its new strategy for a sustainable Europe? After a thorough read-through of the European Green Deal, one would have to conclude that this is still unclear.

20/12/2019

Netherlands

'Enormous victory for climate': Netherlands ordered to cut CO2

The Urgenda environmental group has come out victorious of its six-year legal battle against the Netherlands with the High Court citing the EU's Convention of Human Rights in its ruling.

20/12/2019

Australia

New South Wales declares state of emergency as wildfires continue

Around 2,000 firefighters are battling the fires, half of which remain uncontrolled, in Australia's most populous state with temperatures reaching 39C in central Sydney

19/12/2019

United Kingdom

Extinction Rebellion activists face sentence for London train protest

Cathy Eastburn, Mark Ovland and Luke Watson were found guilty by a jury.

18/12/2019

Spain

How irresponsible agriculture has poisoned Spain's water resources

Spain faces a pressing problem concerning its groundwater reserves that affects the drinking water supply of towns and cities.

17/12/2019

Australia

Climate change protest after devastating bushfires in Australia

Climate protesters on the streets of Sydney after bushfires shrouded the city in a haze

15/12/2019