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How climate change triggered a second exodus in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ana used to live on the banks of the River Sava near Croatia, until the most destructive floods of the century turned her into a climate migrant.

Earth News

Euroviews. How to avoid the greenwash trap in 2022 – 5 tips for businesses

"Glossing over these issues with a neatly packaged sustainability marketing campaign threatens the future of our planet."

Climate

Reindeer herders struggle as climate change threatens their future

Herders in Finnish Lapland are already seeing climate change alter weather patterns and affect their herd's food supply.

Serbia

Euroviews. Battery wars: Serbian climate protests were just the beginning | View

Rio Tinto's plans to mine one of Europe's largest lithium deposits might be on hold for now. But the stage is set for future conflicts. We must find greener alternatives to lithium batteries to meet our future needs, argues RSK's Jordi Bruno.

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Greenland

‘Alarming and undeniable’: Climate change threatening European Arctic

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and experts say the trends in Europe are troubling.

Earth News

Are the UK government's fishing licences illegal?

Conservation charity Oceana is calling for stronger restrictions in Marine Protected Areas.

Mobility

Faster trains and cheaper tickets under new EU rail plans

The European Commission has announced new plans to boost long-distance and cross-border train travel in Europe as part of efforts to tackle climate change.

Earth News

Germany is pouring 60 billion euros into combatting climate change

Plus an additional 18 billion euros will go into the country's climate and transformation fund next year.

Earth News

Is the UK illegally subsidising fossil fuel companies?

Britain's treasury received around £248 million (€289 million) from oil and gas production in 2020/21.

Earth News

The trillion dollar question: How to fix the fashion industry

Is decarbonisation a silver bullet for the industry or a sophisticated papering over the cracks?

Nature

Film of polar bear eating reindeer seen as evidence of climate change

Rare footage of a polar bear killing and eating a reindeer is being seen as evidence that climate change is forcing a change of diet in the Arctic.

Earth News

Prince William criticised for blaming habitat loss on Africa...again

Prince William has commented on African population growth for the second time, here are some other factors he should consider first.

Earth News

British Columbia is bitten by climate change-fuelled weather extremes

From dangerous heat and destructive wildfires, to record breaking rainfall and catastrophic flooding. Parts of British Columbia, Canada have been at the epicentre of two top-end weather extremes within the space of a few months.

Climate

Where do all the words and numbers we heard at COP26 leave us?

For the first time in a UN climate agreement, all four drafts of the Pact – including the final version – contained a statement on fossil fuels. Unfortunately, this final statement was heavily watered down.

Climate

Climate misinformation could ‘undermine’ COP26 progress, say experts

Climate denial is changing into climate delay and without a definition for misinformation, the goal of 1.5C could be at risk.

Money

Norway could back Bitcoin mining ban on environmental grounds

The Nordic nation is popular among crypto miners because of its renewable electricity and low energy prices, but a government minister says the energy usage of some types of token mining is 'hard to justify'.

Earth News

Why is the Indian capital completely covered in smog?

Earlier this month, air quality levels fell to the “severe” category in the capital and residents faced bouts of severe pollution for a number of days.

Mobility

Noise pollution: How are airports and airlines addressing the issue?

In partnership with Airbus

An increase in flights since the 1960s has been great for business and tourists but, in some cases, bad for locals.

Money

Ban Bitcoin mining to save the environment, say Swedish authorities

Environment and finance regulators in the Nordic country say crypto mining's electricity usage is putting the climate at risk.

Climate

Latest draft COP26 deal waters down language on ending coal use

The change in wording compared to an earlier version of the draft suggested a shift away from unconditional demands that some fossil fuel exporting countries have objected to.