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360-metre giant: World's tallest wind turbine being built in Germany

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‘Eroding green values’: How climate policies risk making us care less

Researchers warn that climate policies spurring people to change their behaviour may weaken their values and support for the environment.

World News

Paris Agreement at 10: Hope for change clouded by climate reality

The agreement, signed in Paris on 12 December 2015, was considered historic but a decade on, the planet is still warming at too great a rate.

Europe in Motion

Are European cities prepared for climate change?

Despite climate change being a top priority for most mayors in 54 cities, nearly one-fifth of the cities don't have a dedicated team for climate adaptation.

Europe News

France sets framework for EU's 2040 climate targets

On 2 July, the European Commission is due to present its proposal for a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2040. France is already opening the debate and determining its priorities for future climate policy.

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Earth News

US states ‘undeterred’ in climate lawsuits after DOJ sues them

The ‘highly unusual’ lawsuits have raised concern over states’ abilities to retain the power to take climate action.

Destinations

Europe’s great spa towns are being threatened by climate change

Rising temperatures, flooding and drought could soon threaten the natural springs that have created Europe’s famed spa towns.

Earth News

Could the shipping industry introduce a world first global carbon tax?

As nations of the world debate a historic global carbon tax on shipping, the US has waded in with threats of retaliation.

Climate

Experts at forum warn central Asia is getting warmer year after year

In partnership with Center for the Production of Content for Mass Media under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Fertile lands are rapidly decreasing while the Central Asian region’s population is growing, and in 25 years from now, it can surpass 100 million people, Uzbekistan's president warned at the Samarkand Climate Forum.

Europe in Motion

Supportive but sceptical: Where do Europeans stand on climate action?

Economic security and international conflicts are becoming more important than climate change policies in five EU countries. Germans and Poles think adapting to climate change matters more than reducing its causes.

World News

Davos summit: Leaders gather to tackle economic and tech challenges

The WEF's annual meeting in Davos has begun, focusing on global issues like economic development and technological innovation.

Nature

‘A trailblazing vision of hope’: The UK leads Europe’s rewilding goals

Scotland and Wales are both on successful rewilding missions that show a pathway for the rest of Europe.

Earth News

Earthshot Prize 2024 winners are a ‘beacon of hope’

The winners of The Earthshot Prize 2024 were unveiled at a prestigious ceremony celebrating finalists in South Africa.

Europe News

A floating farm in Rotterdam meets the climate crisis head-on

A project that houses cows in a floating barn aims to demonstrate how farming can change its relationship with water and energy.

Business

AIIB: Multilateral development banks unite to fight climate change

Battling climate change needs both public and private financing, leveraged through multilateral development banks like AIIB, says its president, Jin Liqun. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is working with World Bank, EBRD and other financial institutions to step up projects across the globe.

Nature

Protesters race to stop hydropower plant construction on the river Una

Local NGOs say they don’t just fear for the Una but the precedent that this “crime on nature” sets for other rivers around Europe.

Climate

Last Generation climate group disband in Austria

Austria's Interior Ministry recorded 230 criminal charges for members of the group in 2023, with the activists repeatedly blocking roads and causing disruption.