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Ireland takes action on carbon emissions - and nobody's happy

Ireland takes action on carbon emissions - and nobody's happy

Europe News

Ireland's farmers' fears over climate plans

With Irish farming also under pressure to reduce carbon emissions, farmers are concerned for how they can cut back while still making a profit.

Europe News

Green Deal - the final touches

It will be the first big act of the new European Commission.

World News

COP25: A timeline of global climate change negotiations

Here's a history of major global events in climate change decisions, treaties and negotiations from 1951 to 2019.

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Spain

"Point of no return" is hurtling towards us, says UN head

"Point on no return" is hurtling towards us, says UN head

Europe News

The Brief: EU declares a climate emergency

In Strasbourg, MEPs voted in favour of a resolution that would require Europe to keep in mind the environmental effects of all future legislation.

Spain

Spanish farmers work with private enterprise to combat desertification

Up to 70% of the entire Spanish countryside could become dry and arid if recovery measures are not taken quickly

Spain

Spain could lose its biggest glacier in just 20 years

Such is the rate of global warming that scientists predict that the Lost Mountain glacier in northern Spain will disappear altogether within twenty years.

USA

Rising temperatures put U.S. troops at risk during training

By midcentury, troops could face an extra month of heat-index temperatures above 100 F every year, the Union of Concerned Scientists found.

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Extinction Rebellion wins court challenge to police protest ban

Extinction Rebellion climate-change activists won a legal challenge in London's High Court on Wednesday (November 6) against a police-imposed blanket ban on protests during its "Autumn Uprising" in the British capital in October.

Canada

Amazon 'Forest Guardian' shot in the head by illegal loggers

In an ambush on the Arariboia reservation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, Paulino Guajajara was shot dead while one other was injured, according to a statement from Guajajara tribe leaders.

Spain

Spain will host COP25 climate summit after Chile withdrawal

The UN announced that Spain will host the COP25 climate summit in Madrid from December 2 - 13 following Chile’s withdrawal as host.

Europe News

Green budget and the Balkans in the Brief from Brussels

Today in the Brief from Brussels we take a look at a group of young climate protesters who made their voices heard in the European Parliament.

Belgium

Extinction Rebellion demands Belgian king declare climate emergency

Extinction Rebellion activists staged a protest next to the gardens of the Royal Palace in Brussels on Saturday, calling on the King to declare a climate emergency.

Denmark

What's Copenhagen's magic formula to reduce CO2 levels?

The City of Copenhagen has set the very ambitious goal of becoming the world’s first carbon neutral capital by 2025.

Europe News

'Emotions running high' in Brexit blame game

"To put things very frankly and to try and be objective, on this particular point, we are not really in a position where we are able to find an agreement," Barnier told MEPs.

Europe News

A night aboard the Rainbow Warrior

Sweden

Watch: Swedish wine is on the table, thanks to German grapes

Wine growing is becoming increasingly popular in Sweden, with 40 vineyards now found in the country, concentrated in the south.

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The Global Energy Prize honoured outstanding achievements in energy research and technology from around the world, which are helping address the energy challenges we are facing.

Living

How Vivienne Westwood wants to bring down consumerism and the ‘Rot$’

The designer has some bold theories on what governments need to do to combat climate change.