France

France bans plastic bags, what about the rest of the EU?

Plastic bags will be banned in France from July 1.

30/06/2016

Sci-Tech

Plastic fantastic: Dutch company trials method of cleaning the oceans

About eight million tons of plastic enters the oceans every year.

29/06/2016

World News

Solar Impulse ll welcomed to Seville Airport by Spanish Air Force

Solar Impulse II has landed in the Spain’s Seville Airport after an often turbulent flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

23/06/2016

Spain

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Paris Agreement win Asturias Award

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement have won the International Cooperation division of the 2016 Princess of Asturias Awards.

22/06/2016

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Pianist plays politics in the Arctic

Ludovico Einaudi, an internationally-renowned pianist, has played on a platform floating in the Arctic Ocean as part of a Greenpeace campaign to protect the…

22/06/2016

Europe News

Ban Ki-moon urges global unity at 10th annual EU Development Days

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Brussels to debate international development policy as part of the 10th annual EU Development Days.

15/06/2016

United Kingdom

Tens of thousands of larvae feast on trees in Belfast

09/06/2016

World News

All you need to know on Europe's deadly air pollution problem

Key decision are expected in June around EU-wide limits for air pollution.

07/06/2016

Next Series

Monitoring sea pollution

In this edition of Futuris, we look at how can we better detect marine pollution.

30/05/2016

Next Series

Takeaway: monitoring sea pollution

This robot boat is not a toy… Developed by scientists, it monitors sea pollution.

30/05/2016

Europe News

EU delays weed-killer vote

EU officials have delayed a vote on whether to grant a new licence to a controversial weedkiller.

19/05/2016

Next Series

The travelling greenhouse

Can a small greenhouse help to guarantee the sustainability of European forests? To find out, the Futuris team travelled to northern Italy. What

16/05/2016

Next Series

Takeaway: the traveling greenhouse

16/05/2016

Croatia

Clean up underway in Croatia after oil slick spotted

Clean up operations are still underway in Croatia after an oil slick was spotted on Thursday. The extent of the damage in Kostrena is not yet known

14/05/2016

Business Series

Brazil: dam collapse lawsuit seeks billions from mining companies

Brazil's Federal prosecutor have filed a 38 billion euro civil lawsuit against mining company Samarco and its owners, Vale and BHP Billiton, over a tailings dam disaster that causes massive pollution.

04/05/2016

Business Planet

Waste not, want not: boosting business with leftover food

Unleashing the power of the collaborative economy to fight food waste, while creating new business opportunities at the same time.

29/04/2016

Next Series

Improving our understanding of our seas

We understand some parts of our own oceans less than we know outer space, but as they are so critical to our survival we need to know more, fast.

25/04/2016

Next Series

Takeaway: how to take sea water samples

25/04/2016

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Australian MP sets a river on fire

Australian Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham set fire to methane gas bubbling up through Queensland, Australia’s, Condamine River, in an attempt to show

25/04/2016

Culture news

Stop polluting the oceans, says indigenous Australian art in Monaco

The Oceanographic Museum of Monaco is currently home to a major exhibition by artists from across Australia aimed at raising awareness about the

25/04/2016