World News

EU Parliament debates a motion to declare climate emergency

European Union lawmakers are debating a motion that would declare a "climate emergency", just a week before the United Nations climate conference in Madrid. However, the declaration has raised criticism among environmental activists and organizations, that demand further action.

25 November 2019

Destinations

The woman risking her life in the desert to document climate change

Scottish adventurer Alice Morrison is on the verge of spending three months in the Sahara Desert.

25 November 2019

Spain

Spain could lose its biggest glacier in just 20 years

Such is the rate of global warming that scientists predict that the Lost Mountain glacier in northern Spain will disappear altogether within twenty years.

24 November 2019

Earth News

These Eco-Visionaries are using AI to recreate near-extinct animals

Dystopian evolution and novel solution a presented side by side at The Royal Academy of the Arts

23 November 2019

Sweden

Greta Thunberg doppelgänger photo from 1898 sparks online frenzy

"Greta Thunberg is a time traveller!" - wild theories are coming out after a doppelganger photo went viral

21 November 2019

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Children protest severe pollution in India after school closures

Toxic smog that surrounds New Delhi has plunged air quality into the "severe" category on several days this month.

17 November 2019

Australia

In pictures: Australia's 'unprecedented' wildfires seen from space

The fires have rekindled the debate about the climate crisis in the country, which is one of the world's largest exporters of coal.

15 November 2019

Italy

Steel plant accused of thousands of deaths related to toxic emissions

The Tamburi site is at the centre of a huge legal case. Experts cited by prosecutors have said some 7,500 people were killed in the area over seven years by diseases linked to toxic emissions.

14 November 2019

World

European Investment Bank to stop funding fossil fuel projects

The bank’s new energy lending policy was approved with “overwhelming” support.

14 November 2019

World News

Greta Thunberg sets sail for Madrid's COP25 on a catamaran

"We sail for home!" Greta Thunberg announced on Twitter on Wednesday.

13 November 2019

Netherlands

Netherlands to reduce speed limit to combat pollution

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has confirmed that the national speed limit will be dropped to 100km/h (62mph) in a bid to combat the country's nitrogen pollution crisis.

13 November 2019

Italy

Venice flooding at historic levels during high tide

The mayor of Venice is set to declare a state of disaster after the city was flooded during the highest tide in over half a century.

13 November 2019

World News

The smallest hole in the ozone layer is closing - but is it good news?

Experts warn against getting too excited.

7 November 2019

Italy

Italy introduces mandatory climate change lessons in schools

"I want to make the Italian education system the first education system that puts the environment and society at the core of everything we learn in school," Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti said.

7 November 2019

World News

Most countries' climate targets 'totally insufficient' — study

The US withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate agreement sends "a terrible signal", the former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tells Euronews.

6 November 2019

World News

Warmest October on record occurred in 2019

Temperatures were 0.69C warmer than the average October temperatures from 1981-2010.

5 November 2019

World News

11,000 scientists declare climate emergency

A worldwide coalition of scientists has declared a climate emergency, setting out key steps governments must take to avoid catastrophic consequences.

5 November 2019

World News

Arctic ice reached record low in October

Arctic sea ice extent was more than 2.6 million square kilometres lower than the average between 1981 and 2010 and the lowest on record for a month of October.

4 November 2019

World News

Greta Thunberg seeks ride back across Atlantic for climate summit

"As #COP25 has officially been moved from Santiago to Madrid I'll need some help," Thunberg tweeted. "It turns out I've traveled half around the world, the wrong way:)"

3 November 2019

France

Europe’s eyes in space are helping business cope with climate change

From today’s wine growers in France to tomorrow’s investors in the tourism industry, Europe’s eyes in space are helping businesses navigate the challenges of climate change.

31 October 2019