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Heatwave: June 2019 officially hottest month on record

June 2019 has just been confirmed as the hottest month ever on record, according to Copernicus.

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France's environment targets discussed

In France, the National Assembly will discuss its carbon neutral objectives this week. The new proposals will set a 2050 target for the country to be carbon neutral. It will also pledge to halve its reliance on nuclear energy by 2035 and close all its coal-fired power stations within 3 years.

Climate Now

Last month was one of the three warmest months of May in four decades

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Last month was globally one of the three warmest months of May since 1979, with extreme weather resulting in floods, heat-waves and melting Arctic ice

Brazil

How climate change is hitting livelihoods in Brazil's mangrove forests

A fisherman has been telling his story of how climate change is threatening his livelihood in Brazil's coastal areas.

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#GoodReads | Whale intelligence and one child's view on climate change

All the most inspiring content on sustainability issues from around the web last week.

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Parts of London could be submerged by the sea in the next 80 years

In a new study published by PNAS, experts said that there was a plausible chance that sea levels would rise by 2 metres by the year 2100.

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Glacier collapse sends large wave towards shore

A glacier collapse sent a large wave towards the shores of Iceland on Sunday, March 31.

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Climate change impacts accelerating, new report shows

“Climate change is moving faster than our efforts to address it,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Thursday as the World Meteorological Organization unveiled an alarming report.

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Arctic could be ice-free in the summer from as early as 2030: study

Man-made climate change and a natural shift in ocean surface temperatures in the Pacific are behind the acceleration.

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Belgian students demand climate protections

Thousands of students skipped school for the third week in a row and more than 30,000 gathered in the centre of Brussels to call for improved action on climate change.

Sweden

Swiss students follow example of young climate activist Greta Thunberg

Thousands of Swiss students, some as young as 14-years-old, took to the streets of several Swiss cities to denounce the lack of government action to fight global warming

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What are the biggest threats to the world this year?

What are the most likely risks we will face this year, and how significant will they be? Some of the world's most influential people have given their views.

Poland

What is the COP24 climate change rulebook and why do we need it?

Nearly 200 countries have signed up to a 156-page rulebook for implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change. But what is the rulebook, why is it necessary and why are some already criticising it?

Poland

COP24 annouces agreement in Katowice

The COP24 United Nations climate talks needed overtime and frantic negotiations to succeed, but the success now means nearly 200 nations have a rulebook to follow to implement the 2015 Paris climate accord.

Poland

Hopes dwindle at COP24 as climate talks draw to a close

Delegates' confidence is waning as they struggle to agree a rulebook for implementing the landmark Paris Agreement before Saturday.

Sweden

Indigenous Europeans taking EU to court over climate change 'inaction'

"These climate targets obviously cannot protect us." Susannah Israelsson, from northern Europe's indigenous Saami population, spoke to Euronews about why her peoples are taking the EU to court over its climate change policies.

Belgium

Tens of thousands of climate change protesters march in Brussels

Tens of thousands of climate change protesters marched through Brussels on Sunday, coinciding with the opening of the UN's COP24 conference

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Are we the last generation that can act against climate change?

A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says our generation may be the last to be able to act against climate change

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CO2 emissions on the rise for first time in four years

A report by the United Nations Environment Programme shows that global carbon dioxide emissions rose again during 2017 after a three year hiatus

Italy

360° report: Unprecedented retreat of glacier in Italian alps

Euronews was there as scientists performed the yearly measurement of the Ventina Glacier in Northern Italy. The result: A 44 metres retreat, a record high.