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Amazon rainforest released as much CO₂ as Germany from 2024 fires

Fires in the Amazon Rainforest have surged to record-breaking levels, highlighting the region’s ‘growing ecological fragility'.

Climate

How hot was September 2025? Copernicus report breaks it down

September 2025 was the third warmest on record, new data shows.

Climate

Cost of Europe's extreme weather has doubled this decade

Europe is being forced to foot an ever-growing bill as damage from weather and climate-related extremes exceeded €44.5 billion in recent years.

Climate

Climate change melts California glaciers to unprecedented levels

The glacier melt in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is unprecedented, a new study shows.

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Green News

100 million buildings at risk from rising sea levels, warns report

Fossil fuel emissions need to be ‘curbed quickly’ to prevent millions of buildings from becoming a regular flood risk.

Climate

Marine heatwaves are disrupting ocean’s crucial biological processes

A new study looks at the impacts of marine heatwaves on the ocean’s food web and processes.

Nature

Scientists trial freezing eggs to save Britain’s largest butterfly

The insect’s survival is threatened by habitat loss, climate change and genetic erosion due to its limited geographical range.

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Fix diets to avoid climate crisis and million of deaths, experts say

Scientists warn that without major changes to what we eat, climate targets will be missed.

Climate

Wildfires becoming more frequent and costly, study finds

A new study looks at trends in global wildfire frequency and damage costs.

Culture news

Mondiacult 2025: Sharing culture as a means of peace and resistance

This week Barcelona played host to Mondiacult, UNESCO's World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development. AI, climate change and commitments to peace were top talking points...

Climate

More than 1,000 small glaciers in Switzerland have already disappeared

Since 2015, glaciologists say Switzerland's glaciers have shrunk by a quarter.

Green News

Schwarzenegger backs Vatican initiative to 'terminate' global warming

His Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative is one of the backers of the Vatican conference, which is being held at the Holy See’s newly inaugurated environmental educational centre.

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Audit reveals 'serious weaknesses' in Cyprus's water management plan

The audit calls for urgent action as water management failures persist.

Destinations

This European city is the world’s most sustainable tourist destination

Alongside sparking housing crises and overwhelming infrastructure, overtourism is proving disastrous for the environment.

Europe News

COP30: EU set to double 'fairness' payments offer for climate transition – leak

Bloc is set to push for double financing on climate adaptation by the end of the year, according to an official document from ongoing talks.

Climate

Airports will get noisier as Europe heats up, study warns

Warmer air will keep planes lower for longer, exposing more Europeans to aircraft noise, say scientists.

Green News

China announces new climate goal to cut emissions

Around 100 nations, responsible for about two-thirds of the world's emissions, gave plans or some kind of commitments to further curb fossil fuel emissions and fight climate change at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

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Ocean acidification breaches critical boundary for the first time

More than three-quarters of planet Earth’s life support systems are no longer in the safe zone, experts warn.

Climate

Former world leaders call for permanent taxes on oil and gas profits

During an energy price crisis in 2022, similar taxes raised billions, the authors argue.

Green News

Trump tells UN climate change is the 'greatest con job ever'

Trump called renewable sources of energy like wind power a “joke" and blasted the UN's climate efforts.