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Researchers want to fight mass extinction by analysing DNA

Mapping biodiversity using DNA collected from rivers and wetlands around the world hopes to monitor the different species from bacteria to blue whales.

Green News

‘Olympic Forest’ will add 355,000 trees to Africa’s Great Green Wall

The International Olympic Committee is planting trees in Mali and Senegal to help future games become 'climate positive'.

Green News

Why did a protester parachute into the France vs Germany match?

Greenpeace protester parachuted into a Euro 2020 match to protest sponsorship by Volkswagen.

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Climate change 'a factor' in frost that decimated France's vineyards

The historic bout of frost in April is estimated to have caused €2 billion in economic damage.

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Eco-Innovation

The €3 billion biochar industry is transforming green energy in Sweden

Sweden is the latest country to use biochar, generated from green waste, to power its homes.

World News

Biden: G7 'extraordinary, collaborative and productive meeting'

Biden on Sunday praised agreements to combat COVID-19, face climate change and on corporate global tax

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson confirms G7 to donate one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses

The UK Prime Minister told a news conference at the end of the G7 summit in England that a billion doses will be donated to poorer countries by the end of next year.

Climate

G7: Climate decisions 'most important in human history' — Attenborough

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough — who addressed G7 leaders by video on the last day of the summit — said that urgent action is needed to avoid human-based environmental catastrophe.

United Kingdom

Climate change activists stage G7 protest on Cornwall beach

Campaigners took to the beach and paddled in the sea at Falmouth to call for more action to protect the world's oceans, as well as curb emissions and help poorer countries tackle climate change.

Climate

Meet the Arctic Angels fighting to save our polar ice caps

This group of young women is travelling to Antarctica to share the impact of the ice crisis with world leaders from the front lines.

Climate

Meet the Polish mum taking legal action over the climate crisis

Monika fears water is running out and is taking the Polish government to court to protect her child's future.

Green News

What is the G7 and why is it a crucial moment for the climate crisis?

The G7 are under pressure to make commitments on climate in Cornwall this weekend.

Climate

Big businesses accused of faking net-zero climate targets

A new report entitled “The Big Con” claims to show how some of the world’s biggest polluters have worked to shape climate policy in their own interests.

United Kingdom

Campaigners demand G7 leaders give firm commitment on climate change

As the G7 Summit gets underway in Cornwall, England, leaders are being urged to increase international development to ensure climate change targets are met.

Mobility

Most hydrogen planes delayed to 2050, Airbus says

The European manufacturer admitted to EU officials hydrogen tech wouldn't be ready by 2035, as it had earlier claimed.

Climate

Polish people take their government to court as climate impacts worsen

Poland still produces 70 per cent of its electricity from coal, the most climate-damaging fossil fuel worldwide.

Climate

Are climate clocks making eco-anxiety better or worse?

New climate clock in Glasgow counts down to 100 per cent renewable energy use around the globe.

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Poland shares plans to scrap Europe's most polluting power plant

The Bełchatów power plant releases more than 30 million tonnes of CO2 a year but under the Lodz region's new plans, could see its operations curbed by 80 per cent by 2030.

Climate

Danish students rescue shopping trolleys and bikes from under the sea

A community of amateur divers found each other on social media and took it upon themselves to clean up the ocean.

Climate

5 million years of climate change records have been found in a canyon

It has allowed scientists to reconstruct a historic record of rainfall in Central Asia.