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Experiences

How to make a positive impact on the places you visit in 2023

Regenerative travel seeks to positively impact, preserve and protect the environment long after your holiday is over.

Nature

What is ecocide and how would it be prosecuted?

Ecocide is ‘killing’ the earth, campaigners warn. That’s why we need to make it an international crime.

Global Japan

Is ammonia the future for clean shipping?

In partnership with The Government of Japan

It’s versatile and abundant and you can store and transport it. Ammonia is seen by many as a future source of clean energy.

Eco-Innovation

‘A balancing act’: A wind turbine designer on how nature comes first

Wind turbines can often create unforeseen environmental problems. Here's how they're being adapted to take nature into account.

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Netherlands

Two activists charged for 'The Girl with the Pearl Earring' protest

A Dutch court has charged two climate activists for their involvement in a viral protest involving 'The Girl with the Pearl Earring'.

World News

Scorching summer and devastating drought impact EU food producers

A summer of soaring temperatures and a devastating drought has impacted on Europe's producers of gastronomic treasures, such as Kalamata olives, Iberico ham, Parmigiano, and Comté cheeses.

Europe News

New pollution plans must bring EU in line with WHO air quality rules

The European Commission laid out proposals for stricter air quality rules

Green News

Wild baby bison born in UK for first time in millennia

The bison calf was an unexpected, but delightful surprise, for two English wildlife charities that are carrying out a rewilding project.

Sweden

'Devastating consequences': Sweden scraps its environment ministry

It's the first time in more than three decades the ministry of environment has not been a standalone department in the Nordic nation.

Smart Regions

Plastic pollution: dangerous bacteria on Latvian and Lithuanian coast

In partnership with the European Commission

Scientists mapping plastic pollution on the Latvian and Lithuanian coastline have discovered high levels of dangerous bacteria, called vibrio. A project largely funded by the European Cohesion Policy, called, ESMIC, has found 736 pieces of litter on 100 metres of beach.

Ukraine

War has inflicted €36bn damage on Ukraine's environment: Minister

Grinding war has devastated Ukraine's natural world with €36 billion in damage, Ukraine's environmental protection minister told Euronews.

Green News

Euroviews. View: The EU must act on the brutal killings of climate defenders

Global Witness' dataset on a decade of murders must lead to strong EU legislation to regulate harmful corporate behaviour, says UN Special Rapporteur.

Smart Regions

This project is waging war on the plastic that poisons our rivers

In partnership with the European Commission

LIVES, a pioneering European project, is tackling the massive problem of plastic in cross-border rivers and streams. So far a staggering 260 tons of waste has been removed.

Nature

Europe's largest salt-water lagoon is now a 'person'

The law codifies the lagoon's right "to exist as an ecosystem and to evolve naturally."

Uganda

Uganda condemns EU resolution slamming oil pipeline

Uganda slammed a resolution by the European Union’s Parliament calling for a halt to extractive activities in protected ecosystems in an oil pipeline project.

Climate Now

Hottest ever August sees Rhine drop to its lowest level since 2018

In partnership with Copernicus

The Rhine has slumped to its lowest point since 2018, forcing shipping companies to adapt. Is this an anomaly or the new norm?

Green News

Forest fires and illegal deforestation devastate the Brazilian Amazon

Fires in the Brazilian Amazon increased 18 per cent compared to last year, while deforestation is at a record high, according to Greenpeace Brazil.

United Kingdom

Greenpeace UK drops boulders off Cornwall coast to prevent overfishing

The environmental organisation dropped the rocks in an area of the South West Deeps Conservation Zone, some 190 kilometres off the English coast.

Eco-Innovation

Reforestation of Angola

In partnership with Governo de Angola

In Angola’s central Bié Province, the Reforestation Reform project created by the Armed Forces is raising tree seedlings to re-green barren areas in the country. One of Africa’s breadbaskets,

Nature

Police investigate ‘mega-party’ held in endangered Spanish lagoon

A group of around 100 boats reportedly gathered in the specially protected area for a concert.