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Emmanuel Macron's second term priorities for Europe

Support for the European Union has been Emmanuel Macron’s trademark policy ever since he first came to power in 2017. The French president believes in the EU. Freshly re-elected, he now has five more years to pursue his goal of close cooperation between member states.

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Mexico and Argentina celebrate Earth Day with dances and protests

Indigenous dances in the Mexican capital and protests in Buenos Aires for a greener world.

Tech News

Collateral damage: How sanctions on Russia are hurting science too

The Ukraine war has all but halted decades-long scientific cooperation between the West and Russia, from space to climate research.

Mobility

Porsche in a race to corner the electric vehicle market by 2030

The German sportscar maker said it expects 80 per cent of its global sales to be all-electric vehicles by 2030.

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Greenpeace activists scale EU building in protest at deforestation

The bloc's environment ministers were meeting in Brussels to discuss deforestation-free imports.

Money

Bitcoin mining is worse for the environment now since China banned it

Many miners have fled from China to Kazakhstan and the United States where dirtier forms of energy now fuel their Bitcoin operations.

Green News

UK braces for floods as third storm batters the islands in a week

Strom Franklin is the third storm to hit the UK after Dudley and Eunice.

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Rare snowfall blankets Jerusalem’s Old City

Snow covers the streets of Jerusalem and the city's old town, reaching heights between 15-25 centimetres, according to the meteorological service.

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Environment activists protest 'ultra-polluting' private jets

Environment activists protest 'ultra-polluting' private jets

Green News

Nobel winners call for military spending cut to tackle climate crisis

The Global Peace Dividend estimates that €1.1 trillion could be generated by 2030 for humanity’s most pressing threats.

Green News

7 of the most memorable Green moments we brought you in 2021

From landmark climate cases to international conferences, let's take a look back at the last 12 months.

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This snowboard maker is using solar energy from the desert to go green

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Dubai isn't known for its snow-capped slopes, but one of the world’s leading board manufacturers has set up shop on the edge of an arid desert and for good reason.

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Purity or power: India's coal quandary

Thick grey dust hangs in the air and vast chasms are gouged into the land in the Indian coal hub of Singrauli, where giant machines scoop up dirty fuel to power the country's growth while worsening its pollution blight

Green 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.

Europe Decoded

Explained: How the EU plans to ban products linked to deforestation

The European Commission has published an initial list of targeted products, covering soy, beef, palm oil, cocoa and coffee, as well as wood.

Vatican

Pope Francis encourages policians to be 'courageous' on climate action

Pope Francis urged political leaders to show courage, hours after U.N. led-climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland ended.

Climate

COP26: Glasgow Climate Pact adopted after coal compromise

Almost 200 nations adopted a climate deal on Saturday, including a last-minute amendment from India weakening critical language on coal.

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Hundreds protest at COP26 as negotiations draw to a close

Hundreds of civil society representatives at the COP26 conference chant as they march through the convention centre and leave it in sign of protest, denouncing the conference a "failure"

My Europe Series

Europe's week: Belarus, Facebook whistleblower and Google loses appeal

These are the stories occupying minds in Brussels this week.

Climate

COP26 latest: Pressure mounts as summit goes into overtime

Today was supposed to be COP26's last day but the summit went into overtime this evening with negotiators still working on a final deal to tackle the climate crisis.