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Fossil fuel phaseout: Will COP30 finally establish a roadmap?

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EU urged to disclose military emissions to meet climate targets

Militaries are responsible for around 5.5 per cent of global emissions, but remain largely unreported in the EU.

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Paris Agreement: One decade on, warming outpaces global action

Record heat waves and deadly weather disasters have punctuated a decade of missed climate targets.

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Climate pledges 'barely moving the needle' on global warming, says UN

A new UN report reviews the gap between countries’ climate commitments and global emissions targets.

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EU countries again delay decision on climate goals before COP30

EU talks will continue on two key climate targets — 2035 and 2040 — ahead of the upcoming COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil.

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World’s first global shipping carbon tax sinks after US-led opposition

The US, Saudi Arabia and other petro-states led pushback against the world’s first carbon tax for shipping.

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Fix diets to avoid climate crisis and million of deaths, experts say

Scientists warn that without major changes to what we eat, climate targets will be missed.

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China announces new climate goal to cut emissions

Around 100 nations, responsible for about two-thirds of the world's emissions, gave plans or some kind of commitments to further curb fossil fuel emissions and fight climate change at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.

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Experts slam Trump climate reports for errors and misinformation

From sea ice mix-ups to wildfire distortions, scientists say the reports misled on climate dangers.

Europeans' Stories

Renaturalisation of wetlands slows global warming and species decline

For many centuries, farmers drained swamps to gain arable land. But this contributes to climate change. The European Union wants to change this, and an EU law sets out a detailed timetable: By 2050, half of the damaged moors are expected to be "healed" - a third of them through rewetting.

Health news

EU regulators back climate-friendly inhaler

Inhalers may be small, but they can make a big impact on the environment.

Green News

Ombudsman takes up complaint over polluting Italian steel mill

It follows a complaint from local campaigners, accusing the Commission of indifference to the plight of Taranto residents and the environment.

Green News

Countries must protect human right to a stable climate, top court says

In a landmark advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that governments have a legal obligation to tackle climate change.

Green News

Next three years likely to make 1.5C global heating inevitable

The rate of human-caused warming per decade has increased to nearly 0.27 degrees Celsius, painting 'a depressing picture'.

Climate

Top scientists slam EU plan to allow carbon credits in 2040 goal

With the EU about to decide on its 2040 climate target, independent scientists say policymakers must act on the evidence.

Green News

Swiss glacier collapse highlights rising risk from global warming

Scientists say greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal have already locked in enough global warming to doom many of the world's glaciers.

Climate

How shipping in the EU is driving the rapid loss of Arctic sea ice

Black carbon emissions from ships in the Arctic nearly doubled in six years.

Europeans' Stories

Climate killer methane: On the hunt for natural gas leaks with Theo

I'm travelling in Croatia, looking for leaks in the natural gas network from which methane is escaping, one of the most dangerous climate killers of all. The European Union wants to reduce emissions.

Green News

Shell threatened with a new climate lawsuit in the Netherlands

“Shell will not stop of its own accord,” says the director of Milieudefensie, which has enjoyed previous legal success against the oil giant.

Climate

Europe cuts methane emissions from coal mines for the first time

Most of the methane emissions from fossil fuels used in Europe are tied to imports, the report also finds.

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European aviation emissions ‘spiralling out of control’, report warns

Expanding the scope of key legislation would not only curb plane emissions, but could generate billions for the green transition, new analysis shows.