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France

The science of heatwaves: How will this week compare to 2003?

Alex Morgan at #TheCube asks extreme weather expert Dr Dann Mitchell how this heatwave might compare to past summers, and if we're having more hot spells.

24/06/2019

Europe Decoded

Protesters occupy German coal mine

Protesters near the RWE Garzweiler coal mine have set up camp in preparation for their occupation of the area.

21/06/2019

World News

Greenpeace 'climate emergency' protest targets EU summit

Activists staged a protest in Brussels ahead of Thursday's European summit, projecting a picture of the planet as a bomb to highlight the 'climate emergency'.

20/06/2019

Pakistan

World's highest-operating weather stations installed on Mount Everest

The world's highest-operating weather stations have been installed on Mount Everest, according to the National Geographic Society.

19/06/2019

Europe Decoded

‘Climate of urgency’: Tensions rising amid Greenpeace's BP protests

BP has serviced an injunction against Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise amid growing tensions between the oil giant and the environmentalist group.

15/06/2019

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Climate change activists block cruise ship from leaving German harbour

The group of climate change activists called "Smash Cruisehit" took action this Sunday in the port of Kiel, Germany in protest of the damages caused by cruises to the environment.

10/06/2019

World News

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg addresses climate march in Copenhagen

Greta Thunberg addresses the "People's Climate March" live in front of the Danish Parliament.

25/05/2019

Austria

Snow joke: Austria ski resort reopens for the first time in May

A ski resort in Austria will reopen this weekend for the first time in May after unprecedented heavy snowfall.

16/05/2019

Germany

Merkel vows to make Germany CO2 neutral but some remain sceptical

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the 10th Petersburg Climate Dialogue on Tuesday. During her speech Merkel vowed to create a plan to make Germany CO2 neutral by 2050. In reaction to the vow, environmental NGOs have made it clear that they want action, not promises.

14/05/2019

Ireland

Ireland is second country to declare 'climate emergency'

Ireland became the second country in the world, after the UK, to declare a "climate emergency".

09/05/2019

World News

Eight EU countries call for ambitious fight against climate change

Eight EU countries call for more ambition in tackling climate change ahead of EU leader summit in Romania.

08/05/2019

No Comment

Activists block doors of London Stock Exchange in climate protest

Environmental activists blocked the entrance to the London Stock Exchange in the final day of protests aimed at pushing the UK to act faster to avert what they claim will be catastrophic climate change.

25/04/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Action to tackle climate change must be based on evidence not fanaticism ǀ View

Protestors on the streets of London perhaps had good intentions. But action on climate change won't come without governments acting on scientific evidence and facts.

23/04/2019

United Kingdom

More than 200 arrests as climate activists occupy London landmarks

The protests, led by British climate group Extinction Rebellion, have brought parts of London to a standstill for a second day running.

16/04/2019

World

Climate activists demonstrate in London

Climate activists took to the streets of London on Monday to draw attention to climate change in the EU. The demonstrations were organised by UK group Extinction Rebellion.

15/04/2019

Austria

Watch: Scientists seek Earth's oldest ice to understand climate change

The team will head to Antarctica hoping to extract a 1.5 million-year-old ice core.

09/04/2019

United Kingdom

Extinction Rebellion activists strip off for 'elephant in the room'

Eleven protesters from the climate change group Extinction Rebellion stripped off in the House of Commons as MPs prepared for a second round of indicative votes on Monday.

01/04/2019

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Alarm after fresh iceberg ruptures in Chile's Patagonia region

Two new icebergs have broken off the Grey Glacier in Chile's Patagonia in recent weeks, amid fears that such ruptures are becoming more frequent, scientists told Reuters.

13/03/2019

United Kingdom

Pens for placards: UK students join wave of climate protests

Thousands of pupils are swapping pens for placards as the student climate protests sweeping Europe reach the UK.

15/02/2019

World

Colour of oceans to change by end of 21st century

The colour of the oceans could be about to change. That’s according to a new study by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The study found that because climate change is affecting the oceans ecosystems, this could alter the colour of the water as early as the end of the twenty-fi

05/02/2019