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European warming: Where are temperatures rising the fastest?

Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth. We take a closer look at country-level changes, with insights from experts.

Green News

Could Switzerland follow the US out of the Paris Agreement?

Switzerland’s biggest political party claims that a recent referendum indicates voters don’t want radical climate targets.

Climate

How Trump’s first month in office has decimated US climate action

Trump is ‘erasing climate action’ within federal agencies and giving the green light to big polluters.

Green News

Which big polluters are late submitting climate plans to the UN?

Just a handful of countries have submitted their NDCs on time, including the UK and Brazil.

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The Big Question

Why can’t Europe capitalise on its renewable energy capacity?

The CEO of Hitachi Energy explains on the Big Question why Europe, and the rest of the world, needs to urgently invest in power grids.

Green News

Bloomberg offers climate cash to UN after Trump exits Paris Agreement

The core of the UNFCCC's budget comes from its almost 200 member countries.

Europe News

EU climate chief pledges more assertive climate diplomacy

Brussels must up its game on climate diplomacy, climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra told Euronews, after US president Donald Trump once again pulled out of the global effort to arrest climate breakdown.

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Ursula von der Leyen reaffirms EU's commitment to Paris Agreement

Speaking at the Davos Summit, Ursula von der Leyen emphasided the EU's dedication to the Paris climate agreement and urged international cooperation, despite Trump’s decision to withdraw.

Europe News

‘A truly unfortunate development’ – Trump pulls out of Paris Agreement

Although hardly a surprise, President Trump’s executive decision to exit the international effort to halt global heating for a second time has been met with dismay on this side of the Atlantic.

Green News

What is the Paris Agreement? Trump has pulled US out of the deal

Most of the world's superpowers are members of the legally binding international treaty.

Green News

2024 the first year to exceed 1.5°C and hottest on record

Experts say the world is now ‘teetering on the edge’ of passing the crucial 1.5°C warming limit.

USA

US pledges 61% emissions cut by 2035 as Biden bows out

The US has become only the fourth country to put a new emissions reduction pledge on the table ahead of a February 2025 deadline under the Paris Agreement to halt global temperature rise – but with president-elect Trump due to take office next month, its impact is questionable.

Climate

What did countries argue at the world’s biggest climate case?

Vanuatu and other vulnerable states gave impassioned evidence - aided by a few European allies. Now they wait for the World Court's opinion.

Euronews Debates

From ore to road: The mineral race to electric mobility

In partnership with ACEA

Watch our live debate again in the video below, to hear our panel discuss whether Europe has the appropriate supply chain to supply all parts required for electric vehicles, and how the continent can work towards a reliable, zero-emissions transport future through the Critical Raw Materials Act.

Green News

Experts say China’s coal consumption could peak in 2025

Over the last three years, experts have become increasingly optimistic about China’s green transition.

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COP president Babayev optimistic about outcome after five days

A letter signed by global leaders and renowned climate scientists calls for reform of the COP process.

Green News

COP29: World leaders gather for day two of the UN climate conference

Euronews Green brings you the latest updates from the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Green News

How Trump’s election win is looming over negotiations at COP29 in Baku

The US is the second largest greenhouse gas emitter and by far the highest historical emitter in the world.

Green News

What does Trump’s win mean for global climate action?

Trump's victory could be a 'major blow' for global climate action but experts say it may not slow the roll of the green transition.

Europe News

Greens fear the EU may have to keep global climate action alive

‘We don’t want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore,’ Donald Trump said in June 2017 when he formally announced America’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the international deal signed in December 2015 to halt global heating. He’s promised to do it again.