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The campaign helped thousands to ditch meat since its launch in 2014

A vegan new year's resolution. The Veganuary campaign is trying to get more and more people to ditch meat for the first 31 days of the next decade to help fight the climate emergency.

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Australian PM apologises for taking holiday during major wildfires

New South Wales is in the middle of a seven-day state of emergency as the fires, encouraged by a ferocious heatwave, rage out of control.

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Euroviews. Biodiversity must be a key plank of the European Green Deal ǀ View

What is the EU commitment to fight wildlife trafficking and protect biodiversity in its new strategy for a sustainable Europe? After a thorough read-through of the European Green Deal, one would have to conclude that this is still unclear.

Netherlands

'Enormous victory for climate': Netherlands ordered to cut CO2

The Urgenda environmental group has come out victorious of its six-year legal battle against the Netherlands with the High Court citing the EU's Convention of Human Rights in its ruling.

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Australia

New South Wales declares state of emergency as wildfires continue

Around 2,000 firefighters are battling the fires, half of which remain uncontrolled, in Australia's most populous state with temperatures reaching 39C in central Sydney

United Kingdom

Extinction Rebellion activists face sentence for London train protest

Cathy Eastburn, Mark Ovland and Luke Watson were found guilty by a jury.

Spain

How irresponsible agriculture has poisoned Spain's water resources

Spain faces a pressing problem concerning its groundwater reserves that affects the drinking water supply of towns and cities.

Australia

Climate change protest after devastating bushfires in Australia

Climate protesters on the streets of Sydney after bushfires shrouded the city in a haze

Living

Gamifying kindness: 'Positive energy can change the world'

There’s little the digital age hasn’t turned into a game. From dating to exercise. Now, it's kindness.

World News

Eastern European countries threaten to wreck EU 'Green Deal'

Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic were threatening on Thursday to wreck the bloc's new push for climate neutrality by 2050 as the 27 EU leaders are meeting for a decisive summit in Brussels.

Europe News

The Brief: what to expect at the EU summit

Climate, budget and Brexit are the big issues weighing on EU leaders as they meet in Brussels this Thursday-Friday.

Europe News

Green Deal 'man on the moon moment' for Europe

The new Commission president has unveiled her new Green Deal to MEPs, we took the temperature in the European Parliament, with mixed responses.

United Kingdom

Pollution, plants & protests: UK party policies on Green issues

During their campaigns, the political parties have gone big on environmental policies. The Green Party demands zero man-made greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The Labour Party calls for a reduction by then, with the LibDems and SNP aiming fo ra deadline of 2045. The Tories are sticking with 2050.

World

Why are wine producers in Spain moving their vineyards uphill?

Spanish winemakers are packing up their vines and heading for the hills. Euronews correspondent Jaime Velazquez has been to a vineyard near Barcelona to find out why.

Spain

What are carbon markets and why are they the talk of COP25 in Madrid?

Carbon markets or credits are dominating the COP25 climate change conference and have been described as a new kind of neocolonialism. Here is our explainer on what they are and why they are important.

Spain

'COP25 is a failure', say climate activists

For Fridays for Future activists, seven days was enough to describe the summit as a 'failure'.

Sudan

Meet the activist that explains climate change through Islam

Climate change activist Lina Yassir uses Islam to get her environmental message across in profoundly religious Sudan

World News

Interactive: See how a devastating drought is hitting Victoria Falls

These are the photos that show Victoria Falls before and during the drought currently hitting the region.

Europe News

Copenhagen green city goals

Copenhagen is known for its bikes and green outlook - but what are the latest ways the Nordic nation is trying to lead the way on cutting back on carbon? Greg Lory went to find out.

Spain

Eight-year-old climate activist climbs lamp post to protest outside COP25

Greta Thunberg may have found her successor.