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Davos 2022: What to expect from this year's World Economic Forum event

World leaders are descending on the Swiss mountain resort for the WEF's belated annual meeting. Here's what the 2022 event is likely to have in store.

Germany

Scores injured, 13 critical after storm sweeps across parts of Germany

Strong winds hit several mostly western federal states, causing significant damage and creating three tornados.

World News

Records broken as high temperatures hit Spain and France

Both countries have seen above average temperatures for May.

Green News

Stargazers are the unexpected winners of the cost of living crisis

Stargazers are craning their necks during the cost of living crisis to see the skies, but why are they clearer than they have been for years?

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Travel News

Tui urges passengers to swap planes for trains on six European routes

Holiday giant TUI will replace plane seats with train tickets on routes where it doesn’t make sense to fly.

Europe News

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.

Europe News

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

Partner content presented by Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai

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.