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Svalbard Seed Vault - banking on the future

In the world's northernmost town lies a vault with the keys to humanity's survival.

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Greenpeace exposes 2nd year of Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching

Greenpeace has released what it calls shocking video of the Great Barrier Reef that then environmental group says shows mass coral bleaching for an unprecedented second year…

USA

Climate change sceptic to head up US Environmental Protection Agency

Scott Pruitt has been confirmed at the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – a body he sued more than a dozen times during his tenure as Oklahoma attorney…

Germany

Which country is leading the EU on wind power?

Germany is charging ahead with investments in wind energy as momentum stalls in large parts of the EU, a new report has revealed.

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No laughing matter: nitrous oxide - another climate enemy

Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, is a potent greenhouse gas. Scientists in Norway are looking at ways to better fight it.

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Takeaway: 'Laughing gas', another climate enemy

Not so funny, “laughing gas” N2O is a powerful greenhouse gas.

Sci-Tech

Ringneck parrot wings could be an indicator of climate change

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USA

Science goes rogue: US government agencies tackle Trump on Twitter

Government employees from more than a dozen federal agencies in the United States have opened rogue Twitter accounts

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Record for hottest year broken once more in 2016

2016 was the hottest year on record – that is according to data compiled by NASA and the World Meteorological Organisation.

Germany

Germany's Greens go centrist in choice of election leaders

As the parliamentary elections in Germany creep closer, the traditionally left-leaning Green Party has announced two centrists will lead them to the vote.

France

What are European cities doing to tackle sky-high air pollution?

As Paris steps up its crackdown on the city’s worst-polluting vehicles (in French), Euronews looks at what other European cities are doing to tackle the deadly…

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Poland, Germany and Estonia 'are EU's worst power polluters'

Poland is the most-polluting country in the EU when it comes to producing power, a snapshot of latest data reveals.

USA

UN's new chief Antonio Guterres in appeal to 'put peace first'

The UN's new secretary general has officially taken office with a New Year appeal for global unity.

World

No Comment Review 2016 : extreme weather

A look back at some of the most terrifying and awe inspiring weather events from 2016

Sci-Tech

Methane gas threatening to slow efforts to slow climate change

Methane gas is all around us and is threatening efforts to slow climate change.

Focus

The future of car driving is electric, say experts

How can we persuade people to replace cars with bicycles and electric cars, and to use public transport more often?

World News

Paris, Madrid and Athens pledge to ban diesel

Three EU cities want to ban diesel to improve air quality and fight climate change.

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EU energy plan - will it go far enough?

It is all about limiting climate change and boosting sustainability.

Sweden

A dire climate warning for the Arctic

A new study says the the Arctic is experiencing rapid change "beyond anything previously experienced" and in ways that will fundamentally affect both people and ecosystems.

Italy

Torrential rains cause widespread flooding in northern Italy

Little more than two weeks after Italian scientists warned that climate change had put much of the country at risk of flooding, parts of the northwest have been inundated by heavy…