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Euroviews. Climate-friendly policies can succeed in Europe - but not at the expense of workers ǀ View

Green policies will be short-lived if proposals fail to recouple social progress with environmental and economic concerns. New training schemes and welfare protections are the key to achieving long-standing change.

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Iceland unveils memorial to glacier in climate change warning

Iceland’s prime minister Katrin Jakobsdottir was among those who attended the ceremony at the site where the Okjokull glacier once was.

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"We survived" - kayakers flee collapsing glacier

Two kayakers, Andrew Hooper and Josh Bastyr, had a lucky escape when a glacier collapsed at Spencer Glacier in Alaska on August 10.

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There have been three times more wildfires in the EU so far this year

More than 1,600 wildfires have been recorded so far this year — more than three times the average amount recorded by the same time over the past ten years.

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Brazil

Amazon fires generate smoke cloud almost as big as Siberia blaze

Amazon fires generate smoke cloud almost as big as devastating Siberia blaze

World

Climate change is real say 90% of Greenland's population

Ninety percent of Greenland's population believe climate change is real - that's according to the first ever national survey of the effects of climate change on a nation's population.

Iceland

Iceland's first glacier to disappear will be remembered with monument

Okjökull was the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status due to climate change.

Green News

A Wildlife Photographer shows us the personality and plight of animals

Graeme Purdy explains to us how he's spent years capturing wildlife but in his latest project, from only eight feet away.

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Buckle up! Researchers warn of more turbulence due to climate change

Potentially dangerous turbulence is becoming more common on transatlantic flights because of changes linked to climate change, according to a study.

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Euroviews. Finally, the world’s top climate scientists recognize what we have always known ǀ View

We—Indigenous Peoples and local communities—play a critical role in stewarding and safeguarding the world’s lands and forests. For the first time, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report issued today recognizes that strengthening our rights is a critical solution to the climate crisis.

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Eat plants, conserve land to curb climate change — IPCC

A special report found that land is under growing pressure from climate change and better management is essential for reducing greenhouse gases.

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'Flight shame' website spells out emissions toll on global climate

'Flight shame' website spells out emissions toll on global climate

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E-scooter fleets may not be as eco-friendly as you thought—here's why

While they're often touted as an environmentally-friendly way of getting around a city, the first peer-reviewed study examining the environmental impact of the life cycle of rented e-scooters suggests there are more eco-friendly ways of getting around.

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Euroviews. The long-term strategy to make the EU carbon neutral needs a hard reality check ǀ View

The gap between EU policies and goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is becoming increasingly wide and new solutions are urgently needed to close it.

Spain

Quarter of humanity - including San Marino - faces dire water crisis

Most of southern Europe falls into the 'high water stress' category, with some cities and region facing an even deeper crisis.

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Acceleration of global sea level rise began earlier than first thought

Using new techniques, researchers have found the rate of rising sea levels has increased year on year since the 1960s. It was previously believed to have begun accelerating in the 1990s.

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Extinction Rebellion protesters arrested after blocking lanes in Brisbane

Local Extinction Rebellion groups have staged non-violent protests worldwide to advocate for action against climate change

Russia

'Low chance' Siberia wildfires will be brought under control: expert

Siberia's wildfires are only getting bigger despite Russian airforce intervention, Greenpeace Russia warned this week.

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July 2019 may have been hottest month on record

July 2019 may have been hottest month on record

France

This is the camp training France's new generation of climate activists

"The leitmotiv of all these people is that they have already marched for the climate this year but they want to go a little further," a spokesperson for the camp told Euronews.