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Switzerland

Watch: 'We need to do so much more,' says activist Greta Thunberg

Thunberg, 16, is attending the five-day Smile For Future event in Lausanne, Switzerland, which will culminate in a "Fridays For Future" strike — also known as "school strike for climate."

Greenland

How rapid ice melting in Greenland will affect us all

A heatwave that last week gripped Europe and sent the mercury soaring, causing record temperatures in several countries, has now settled in Greenland and the results are startling.

United Kingdom

'UK's ten hottest years since 1884 have all occured this century'

This shows the UK's average temperatures in selected years. All its hottest years since 1884 have occurred this century.

Norway

Hundreds of reindeer found dead in Arctic 'due to climate change'

More than 200 reindeer have been found dead on a Norwegian island in the Arctic Circle, with researches believing it could be down to climate change.

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World News

What is Earth Overshoot Day, and why should I be worried?

July 29 marks the date that scientists have calculated humanity has depleted its annual limit of natural resources. But what does this actually mean, and why should we be concerned?

Green News

10 Inpirational Instagram posts to motivate you on Earth Overshoot Day

Take a look at some of the beautiful art being posted on Instagram this Earth Overshoot Day

World News

In photos: Europe sizzles as temperature records tumble

In photos: Europe sizzles as temperature records tumble

Iceland

First glacier to disappear in Iceland will be marked with memorial

This is the site of Iceland's first ex-glacier.

Switzerland

World temperatures hotter 'than at any point in the last 2,000 years'

"The speed of global warming has never been as high as it is today," a study released on Wednesday has found.

World

Belgium, Germany and Netherlands topple all-time highest temperatures

The heatwave gripping Europe has toppled all-time temperature records in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

Green News

Watch | The garden that hasn't been watered in almost 30 years

Until 1992, the site of this botanic beauty was a car park.

World News

Euroviews. Resource extraction, climate change and the right to live well ǀ View

Protecting the world’s remaining tropical forest cover from natural resource extraction is essential if the worst of climate change is to be avoided, and the rights of people who depend on those forests are to be respected.

USA

Watch: Tornado tears off hotel roof in US

Just last weekend, the region was gripped by a sizzling heatwave, which was broken by the storms.

France

Watch: Tourists cool off in Paris' fountains as France sizzles

As Paris sizzled in the heatwave currently gripping France, some tourists sought relief in the fountains in front of the Eiffel Tower.

Green News

Environment charities and activists react to new prime minister

Now polarising BoJo is on the cusp of taking office, this is what environmentalists will be demanding from him.

World

Greta Thunberg: ‘Don't listen to children, listen to scientists’

The 16-year old Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg urged French MPs to listen to scientists and act to reduce global warming.

Green News

The irony behind FaceApp: will we survive the next 50 years?

The viral social media app showing us the unsettling reality of what our future will hold...

Cyprus

Watch: Food initiative tackles Cyprus' lionfish invasion

With the invasion of lionfish in the eastern Mediterranean reaching worrying levels, an EU-funded initiative is promoting the fish as food in Cyprus.

Europe News

The Brief: Von der Leyen makes promises to please everyone

Von der Leyen used her speech to MEPs to appeal to the votes she still needed. Now that she's been approved in a narrow victory, these groups are both excited and sceptical about if she will follow through with her promises.

United Kingdom

Extinction Rebellion stages 5-day climate protest in 5 British cities

An environmental group brought boats to disrupt traffic in five British cities.