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Belgium

Is flight-shaming helping resurrect Europe's overnight trains?

With airport passengers dropping in Sweden and Germany and a new Vienna-Brussels overnight train starting on Sunday, are Europe's night trains set for a renaissance?

World News

IMF chief warns not to let new decade be repeat of 'roaring 20s'

The head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, spoke about growing inequality and how the climate crisis could impact economics.

Switzerland

Nine things Davos 2020 is doing to be carbon-neutral

For the fourth consecutive year, the WEF's annual meeting in Davos will be carbon-neutral, according to organisers.

Switzerland

Watch: Greta Thunberg attends rally in Switzerland ahead of Davos

Watch: Greta Thunberg attends rally in Switzerland ahead of Davos

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Germany

Germany reaches agreement to phase out coal by 2038

The German government will pay utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants

Europe Decoded

YouTube algorithms promote climate denial videos - new report

An investigation by Avaaz found that users are being directed climate denial videos by through their recommended algorithm if you search for terms like "global warming".

Europe News

The Brief: funding Europe's green ambitions

The European Commission has unveiled the "Just Transition Fund" as an essential part of its ambitious programme to fight climate change. The Fund, worth 7.5 billion euros, should help countries kick their coal habit.

Germany

Siemens resists calls to ditch controversial coal project

The German engineering company says they are sticking to their contractual obligations, but climate activists tell Euronews the decision is a "historic mistake".

Portugal

'Green capital' Lisbon plants 20,000 trees

The Portuguese city of Lisbon has kicked-off its year as European Green Capital with the planting of 20,000 trees

No Comment

Orange sky keeps firefighters on alert in southern Australia

After a long night of worry, but also of camaraderie, Burragate's tired volunteer firefighters returned to bed early on Saturday.

World News

Euroviews. The EU can’t claim credibility on climate action without tackling methane gas emissions ǀ View

Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is one area where the EU has a major opportunity to apply its market power to drive down global emissions, both through methane legislation and diplomacy.

USA

Euroviews. Regardless of who is president in 2020, climate change will be at the bottom of the US agenda ǀ View

A second term for President Trump will entrench the “energy dominance” agenda. A new Democratic administration will likely bring a tour de force of federal executive action on climate policy through US domestic, foreign and trade policy.

Australia

Australia bushfires: What countries have offered international aid?

Volunteer firefighters have been on the frontlines as roughly five million hectares of land have burned in Australia. Which countries have offered to help?

Green News

Heartwarming and heartbreaking tweets from the Australian wildfires

People are determined to keep going in the face of tragedy.

Indonesia

43 killed and almost 400,000 displaced after deadly Jakarta floods

43 killed and almost 400,000 displaced. The death toll has doubled in Jakarta as rescuers found more bodies after receding floodwaters.

Germany

'Environmental pig': Song parody sparks controversy in Germany

"My grandma is an environmental pig." A German children's song parody ends in death threats and online outrage.

Russia

Snow in Moscow is a no show - so it will just have to be fake snow!

Moscow decorates city with artificial snow in warmest winter since 1886.

World News

'Keep up the pressure,' says UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, and they are launching a 'decade of action'.

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No Comment: What you need to remember from 2019

Climate change and Brexit were among the two biggest topics of 2019.

USA

Euroviews. Climate change became a burning issue in the 2010s, but also an opportunity ǀ View

Over the same 10 years that the danger of global warming increased, addressing that danger went from being a political liability to being an economic opportunity.