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Climate-threatened Tuvalu to become first digital nation in metaverse

Estimates show the Pacific island nation could be completely swallowed up by rising sea levels by the end of the century.

Egypt

COP27 summit tries to reach agreement in eleventh hour negotiations

UN climate talks into extra time as no consensus on key issues such as funds for loss and damage suffered by poorer countries hit by extreme weather.

Earth News

Everything we know so far about the COP27 deal emerging from Egypt

The draft cover decision has been released, but leaves many questions around loss and damage - plus a possible typo - unanswered.

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Climate activists throw black liquid at Klimt painting in Vienna

Letzte Generation Österreich (Last Generation Austria) said they targeted the 1915 work of art to protest their government's use of fossil energies.

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Climate Now

Greenhouse gas concentrations higher than in all of human civilisation

In partnership with Copernicus

Following the warmest October on record and with greenhouse gas concentrations higher than they've ever been, COP27 experts assess the state of the Earth's climate.

Europe News

EU agrees stricter rules for greenhouse gas emission cuts

The new rules will apply to road and domestic maritime transport, buildings, agriculture, waste and small industries which are collectively responsible for about 60% of the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions.

Europe News

COP27 must be about implementing climate promises - Michel

Charles Michel stressed that climate change is "the challenge of our generation" and that only international cooperation can solve it.

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Watch: Vegan activists protest on the first day of COP27 in Egypt

Vegan activists demonstrate on the first day of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.

World News

Report: Europe hit with the largest rises in temperatures

The European continent is warming at the fastest pace of any region in the world. Its rate is double the global average, according to a report by the UN's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the European climate change service Copernicus shows.

World News

Spain’s Doñana wetlands are drying up

Europe's most important wetland is suffocating due to lack of water. The last freshwater lagoon in theSpanish national park of Doñana has dried up.

Earth News

COP27 will be ‘controlled and curated,’ activists warn

Climate campaigners are unlikely to be able to protest and rally freely at the November 6-18 climate summit.

World News

Economic impact of Danube drought on commercial navigation

Deavastating drought led to critically low water-levels of the Danube, making commercial navigation extremely difficult and adding further obstacles to trade sectors already affected by the war in Ukraine.

The Dialogue

An Arab rising: Climate activist paving the way greener for the next generation

In partnership with Media City

Environmental campaigner Neeshad Shafi talks to The Dialogue ahead of COP27 in Egypt.

Europe News

EU to phase out new combustion engine cars by 2035

The deal represents the first made under the EU's flagship Fit for 55 package to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. But Greenpeace EU lambasted the 2035 deadline as too late and said that it falls short of the bloc's climate commitment.

Climate Now

Climate Now Debate 2022: How do we beat wildfires?

In partnership with Copernicus

This summer saw unprecedented wildfires rage across Europe as temperatures rose. How can the EU respond to this threat and is climate change to blame?

Culture news

Interview: Just Stop Oil activist on why it's right to attack art

Euronews Culture speaks with Alex De Koning, a Just Stop Oil spokesperson who believes that pushing cultural buttons can make people question their comfort zones.

Culture news

German climate activists throw mashed potatoes on Monet painting

Climate protesters have thrown mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting at Potsdam’s Barberini Museum, to protest fossil fuel extraction.

Italy

'A tree for each citizen': Reforestation project to transform Milan

The project, supported by local and regional authorities, is aiming to plant a total of 3 million trees in the northern Italian city's metropolitan area by 2030.

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Ozone pollution in a hotter future

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Predictions of worsening heatwaves raise concern over a complex pollutant.

Earth News

As fatal floodwaters recede, Pakistan is facing €40 billion in damages

The UN has revised its appeal for aid five-fold, as new assessments show an urgent need for long-term help into next year.