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A robot takeover is possible - so what about the planet?

With automation on the rise, we consider the complicated potential impact on the environment.

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Euroviews. Global business must follow Germany’s private sector in linking COVID19 aid to climate action ǀ View

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the global economy. But it has also caused a respite in global emissions which some have interpreted as the dawn of a new chapter in the fight against climate change. But that new chapter is already taking a turn for the worse.

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Earth Day at 50: 'No country is getting it right,' activists say

Environmentalists will come together today to demand greater action to protect the planet.

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New Copernicus study tells story of climate change in record year

While last year was the warmest year on record for Europe, this was closely followed by 2014, 2015 and 2018.

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Coronavirus: climate change hasn't disappeared with the pandemic

Brussels insists the Green Deal must remain a pivotal policy, as EU leaders barter over how the finance the economic recovery.

Green News

Artificial clouds could save vulnerable coral reef from climate change

Unprecedented coral bleaching in Australia has scientists searching for ways to shade the ocean from the sun’s harmful rays.

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Euroviews. The EU could face a worse pandemic than COVID-19 if it waters down its Green Deal ǀ View

The already devastating economic impact of the coronavirus has led to a slump in carbon emissions. But governments are waiting with to kick-start their economies. Once the virus subsides, a race to repair the global economy will begin.

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Five stories you may have missed due to coronavirus

A stolen masterpiece, Hungarian democracy being questioned -- and not forgetting Brexit, here are the stories you may have missed this week.

World News

COP26 climate summit in Glasgow postponed due to COVID-19

COP26 organisers say holding an ambitious climate change conference in November is impossible due to the global impact of coronavirus.

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Rain, floods and confused seals: Inside Antarctica's hottest summer

Dana Bergstrom spent this summer - like many others - on the ice. She'd never seen it like this before.

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Lights go out around the world for Earth Hour

The global movement is held annually to encourage people to turn off their lights for 60 minutes as a symbol of their commitment to the planet.

Green News

Historic ban on hairsprays helps ozone layer to heal

Weather changes from the use of harmful gases in the 1960s have started to go back to normal after the ban.

Nature

Great Barrier Reef 'suffers third mass bleaching in five years'

Climate change remains the greatest challenge to the Great Barrier Reef, it was claimed, after a third mass bleaching in five years was confirmed.

Europe News

Experts highlight the impact of climate change on Belgium's forests

Forests in Belgium are feeling the effects of climate change, experts have told Euronews.

World News

Potatoes not pork: EU meat consumption 'should drop by 71%'

Greenpeace is calling for Europeans to drastically cut their meat consumption, as the organisation claims meat and dairy is "wrecking forests, crushing nature and heating the planet"

World News

Five stories you may have missed because of the coronavirus pandemic

The news may be saturated by COVID-19 and new areas of society it is affecting, but other news is still out there.

Green News

Your worldview can change who you think is to blame for climate change

Don't think you should give up meat to combat climate change? The way you view the world might explain why.

Denmark

The tiles on this Danish square help tackle air pollution

The tiles of Langelands Square, in the Frederiksberg district of the Danish capital, have a special coating that helps absorb nitrogen dioxide (NO2).

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Carbon 'saturation' of tropical forests risks worsening climate change

By 2030, tropical forests may stop become a carbon sink and turn into carbon sources

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Europe sees warmest winter since records began

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announces that the past three-month period from December 2019 to February 2020, was by far the warmest on record for Europe.