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‘Cruisezilla 2050’ could make Titanic look like a ‘fishing boat’

Despite carrying 36 million passengers a year, cruise ships are currently exempt from fuel duties and most consumer taxes.

Eco-Innovation

Japan unveils plans for a CO2-busting conveyor belt road system

Japan’s 500 km Autoflow-Road could slash emissions, worker shortages and traffic.

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‘Impossible’: Why has this airline dropped its 2030 emissions target?

‘Silver bullets’ like SAF allow airlines to delay meaningful action, says one campaign group.

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‘Rock hard’: Olympians order mattress toppers for eco cardboard beds

One athlete said her 'back is about to break off' after sleeping on the eco-friendly Olympic Village bed.

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3 hottest days ever were all this week: Is climate change to blame?

"People are going to die and those deaths are preventable", said one public health expert.

Climate

Germany could owe €16.2 billion for missing EU climate targets

Only six of the 27 EU member states have submitted national climate plans that are up to scratch.

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Italy, Croatia, Serbia: Europeans struggle to cope as heatwaves strike

Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, with temperatures rising at roughly twice the global average.

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Good news for the Amazon as Colombia cuts deforestation by 36%

President Gustavo Petro is coming good on his election promise to cut tree felling.

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Google falls short of important climate target due to AI

Scientists have asked individuals to think twice before using AI to generate memes.

Climate

Canada's 2023 wildfires spewed more emissions than 647 million cars

The devastating fires lasted for months and burned an area bigger than the size of Norway.

Travel News

This European airline is the latest to charge an environmental fee

it is one of the first in Europe to introduce a fee like this but it could be a sign of things to come from other airlines.

Living

Air conditioning use has more than doubled in Europe since 1990

Cooling machines are part of a vicious heating cycle.

Green News

Russia could face €30bn climate reparations bill for Ukraine war

Carbon experts have put together the most comprehensive emissions assessment of any war to date.

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60 million tonnes of CO2: What it will take to rebuild Gaza

Nearly two million Gazans are displaced and made more vulnerable to the climate crisis by a war exacerbating it.

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What’s really behind France’s ‘historic’ drop in emissions?

While welcoming the good news, climate campaigners say the government should be more modest about how it was achieved.

Green News

Small island states win ‘historic legal victory’ at UN ocean court

The International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea found that carbon emissions can be considered a marine pollutant.

Climate

Babies are suing South Korea over climate in East Asian first

Tomorrow’s hearing follows successful examples in Europe, and campaigners hope it will lead to more climate litigation in Asia.

Europe News

First ruling farmer protesters to shake bloc’s agriculture policy

A farmers’ protest movement has entered a European government for the first time in the Netherlands. What will be its impact on EU policies?

Green News

Data centres have driven Microsoft’s emissions up by 30%

AI has helped increase Microsoft’s emissions almost a third since 2020.

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Industry backers say Europe needs a carbon capture tsar

With real-world development lagging far behind the rhetoric of policy makers in Brussels, industry groups and big oil agree the EU needs a 'CCS tsar' to make the case for a climate solution that still attracts a lot of mistrust