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EU governments carving out €20 bn in carbon market exemptions for shipping

22 Sep 2022

Government ministers are in the process of carving out €20 billion worth of exemptions for the shipping industry in the new maritime carbon market (ETS), according to a new analysis.

As UN climate summit looms, Denmark becomes first country to pay for ‘loss and damage

22 Sep 2022

Denmark is directing more than $13 million to aid countries hard hit by climate change, becoming the first wealthy nation to pay for “loss and damage” from increasingly extreme weather.

Squaring off between carbon taxes and renewable energy incentives

21 Sep 2022

Some European renewable energy producers are concerned that the EU may lose green energy investments to the United States in the wake of recently enacted U.S. legislation.

Europe records hottest summer ever in 2022, says climate monitor

9 Sep 2022

The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe's recorded history, the European Commission's climate monitor said on Thursday. It is the second summer in a row of record-breaking temperatures in Europe.

'Climate neutral' products are counterproductive greenwashing bluff - NGO

9 Sep 2022

Products labelled as “climate neutral” deceive consumers and undermine progress in reducing emissions, argues Environmental Action Germany, an NGO specialising in fighting environmental cases in court.

Netherlands warns against EU carbon market fundraising plan

8 Sep 2022

The Netherlands has warned other European Union countries that an EU plan to use a carbon market reserve to finance their exit from Russian gas would undermine the bloc's climate change policy, and put forward alternative plans.

Berlin freezes carbon price in the name of crisis relief

6 Sep 2022

The German government will suspend the price increase of its domestic carbon price for one year as part of a €65 billion relief package meant to alleviate the strain of record-breaking energy prices.

Europe is bracing for a brutal, cold winter

6 Sep 2022

European governments are scrambling to avert a full-scale energy crisis after Russia’s last-minute decision to halt gas deliveries through the key Nord Stream pipeline indefinitely.

Municipalities can overcome Europe’s fossil-fuel addiction

5 Sep 2022

Europe’s fossil-fuel addiction is painfully clear amid the global energy crisis and the unfolding horrors in Ukraine.

Nearly 150 Spanish cities rolling out low-emission zones in 2023

5 Sep 2022

Spain is getting serious about cleaning up its air, and that’s the case in cities across the country. Due to the Climate Change and Energy Transition Law, most Spanish cities will be implementing low-emission zones within their borders in 2023.

French fossil fuel ad ban: what it means and the opportunity for agencies

2 Sep 2022

France is the first European country to ban fossil fuel advertising. The ban, which comes into effect next year, could see companies fined up to €100,000 for breaching the rules.

Inside the ‘energy villages’ powering Germany’s green transition

1 Sep 2022

Neighbours in the Black Forest region of Germany have come together to create a community power plant, in a quest to achieve energy sovereignty.

Drought threatening Dutch dikes

31 Aug 2022

Authorities in the Netherlands are on high alert as drought conditions could threaten the stability of the country's network of 19th century peat dikes.

The six reckonings of Europe’s energy crisis: gas, nuclear, war and inflation

30 Aug 2022

With European wholesale natural gas, coal, and electricity as well as CO2 prices near to all-time highs, Europeans are facing a winter of discontent, one which may in fact last for many years.

Macron warns of ‘end of abundance’

30 Aug 2022

France is headed toward the “end of abundance” and “sacrifices” have to be made during what is a time of great upheaval, President Emmanuel Macron told his cabinet on Wednesday upon returning from summer break.

France offers €4,000 e-bike subsidy but there’s a catch

29 Aug 2022

The cities of France are building safe cycling infrastructure as fast as any in the world, including a massive move by Paris. And now the federal government is ensuring those new bike lanes will fill up with clean, green e-bikes after announcing a €4,000 subsidy. But there is a catch.

Can Denmark save every smørrebrød?

25 Aug 2022

As the country that wastes the most food in Europe, Denmark is turning to apps that help shoppers grab groceries just before they end up in the trash.

Europe hit by worst drought in at least 500 years as climate change fears grow

24 Aug 2022

Europe is in the grip of its worst drought in at least 500 years, experts warned on Tuesday as fears grew over climate change.

Spain PM warns of climate emergency as country records hottest summer ever

23 Aug 2022

Spain is facing a climate emergency as it experiences the hottest summer ever recorded, prime minister Pedro Sanchez warned yesterday.

EU carbon price hits record

22 Aug 2022

The price of carbon in the EU’s emissions trading system hit a new all-time high on Friday, August 19, as traders warned coal was becoming “re-embedded” in Europe’s electricity generation because of tight supplies of gas.

How this Dutch design convinces residents to swap car parking for bike racks

22 Aug 2022

A parking spot for a single car can hold as many as 10 bikes—but it’s often a challenge for a city to convince drivers that it’s okay to relinquish car parking space for other uses (witness battles that often ensue when cities add bike lanes next to curbs).

Ireland, Malta and Bulgaria see big increases in GHG emissions

18 Aug 2022

Ireland’s greenhouse gas - GHG - emissions increased by 20% in Q1 2022 compared with a year earlier, according to estimates from Eurostat.

European forest fires further increasing the world’s climate footprint

17 Aug 2022

The multiple forest fires that have been raging in France since the beginning of summer have released record amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, according to satellite data, and fires in Spain in mid-July also helped break records for carbon emissions. Fuelled by global warming, the blazes are reducing the number of trees available to absorb carbon, further threatening ecosystems.

EU-New Zealand agreement raises the bar on climate action in trade deals: analysis

16 Aug 2022

The EU-New Zealand free trade agreement (FTA) – announced in early July – is the first of its kind to include legally enforceable commitments on climate measures, as well as gender equality and environment and labour standards

Norway's climate choice: old oil, gas fields switch to green power or close early

16 Aug 2022

Norway will have to phase out some of its old oil and gas fields prematurely to achieve its 2030 climate goals, unless it can use carbon-free power on more offshore platforms to cut their emissions, the country's Climate Minister Espen Barth Eide said.

‘Ventilation corridors’ funnel cool mountain air into steamy Stuttgart

15 Aug 2022

To travel through Stuttgart is to visit past sins and glimpse a promising future. This German manufacturing hub is where the gas-powered automobile was invented in 1886. Porsche and Mercedes still manufacture their luxury cars here, and these companies’ local museums celebrate a time when the chrome curves of sports cars symbolized speed instead of a climate crisis.

French climate activists fill golf course holes with cement, protesting against water ban exemption amid drought

15 Aug 2022

Climate activists in the south of France have damaged lawns and filled golf course holes with cement, protesting against golf courses' exemption from water bans as the country faces its most severe drought in history.

Climate risks dwarf Europe's energy crisis, space chief warns

12 Aug 2022

The head of the European Space Agency (ESA) has warned economic damage from heatwaves and drought could dwarf Europe's energy crisis as he called for urgent action to tackle climate change.

Over 200 major glaciers disappear in Italy due to climate change: Research

12 Aug 2022

More than 200 major Alpine glaciers have disappeared in Italy since record-keeping began in 1895, the country's environmental lobby group Legambiente said in a report.

Europe’s new trams are reviving a golden age of transit

11 Aug 2022

At the heart of Strasbourg, France stands a 466-foot tall, 588-year-old Rayonnant Gothic cathedral that draws tourists from over the world to gaze at its intricate carvings, ornate stained glass and massive astrological clock.

‘Heatflation’ warning as 2022 EU crop harvests affected by climate change

10 Aug 2022

As much of Europe bakes in the latest heatwave, fears are growing about what’s being dubbed ‘heatflation’ – climate change-driven staple crop losses that could see already inflated food prices reach new highs this autumn, deepening the cost-of-living crisis.

Greece is scorching in a heat wave and wildfires, yet it's returning to planet-baking coal

1 Aug 2022

Dimitris Mitsaris opens his garage door and the smell of fermenting grapes emerges, as the first morning light bounces off dozens of steel tanks. Mitsaris and his family live here, in Agios Panteleimonas, a mountainous village of just 800 residents in northern Greece, and have made their home into a small winery. "I don't even have electricity here yet," Mitsaris says with a laugh.

Germany’s €177bn climate budget to focus on renovations

29 Jul 2022

The German government plans to spend €177.5 billion of the federal budget on climate action and the transformation of the country’s economy between 2023 and 2026, with a focus on increasing the energy efficiency of buildings.

Time to fix Europe’s dumbest climate policy

27 Jul 2022

Deforestation, billions of euros wasted, and soaring food and fuel prices; the charge sheet against biofuels is damning. Introduced to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, the burning of food crops for fuel has been an unmitigated disaster.

Experimental car captures more carbon out of the air than it emits

26 Jul 2022

When it comes to carbon emissions, cars are king. In fact, the EPA found that transportation is the biggest driver of greenhouse gas emissions due to burning fossil fuels. And while electric cars offer a promising alternative, it still doesn’t address the carbon that’s already in the air.

FactFind: Are Irish farmers the 'most carbon-efficient food producers in the world'?

25 Jul 2022

It is often argued by politicians and agriculture industry members that Irish beef and dairy producers are more climate-friendly compared to other countries.

Corporate carbon offset company accidentally starts devastating wildfire

25 Jul 2022

Last Monday, Dutch reforestation company Land Life started what has become a 35,000 acre forest fire in Spain.

The amount of Greenland ice that melted last weekend could cover West Virginia in a foot of water

22 Jul 2022

The water off the coast of northwest Greenland is a glass-like calm, but the puddles accumulating on the region's icebergs are a sign that a transformation is underway higher on the ice sheet.

The legacy of Europe’s heat waves will be more air conditioning. That’s a problem.

21 Jul 2022

Europe is sweltering in record-breaking temperatures this week, and across the continent, people are largely trying to cope without air conditioning.

Germany rejects delaying climate action

20 Jul 2022

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has rejected the notion of cutting back on climate change targets despite the energy and food security crisis, speaking at the end of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin on Tuesday.

Wildfires in Spain, Morocco produce record-breaking carbon emissions

20 Jul 2022

Wildfires in Spain and Morocco have produced more carbon emissions in June and July this year than in the same period of any year since 2003, the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said.

Irish agriculture 'cannot opt out' of emissions targets: environment minister

20 Jul 2022

The final Irish Cabinet meeting before the summer break is expected to agree sectoral targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate change costing Germany billions of euros a year

19 Jul 2022

A new study shows weather catastrophes triggered by climate change have cost Germany at least €145 billion over the last two decades. Leaders at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue are looking at ways to tackle the impact.

Finnish "sand battery" offers solution for renewable energy storage

18 Jul 2022

Finnish companies Polar Night Energy and Vatajankoski have built the world's first operational "sand battery", which provides a low-cost and low-emissions way to store renewable energy.

EU green chief calls for day of memorial for climate victims

15 Jul 2022

Europe should create a day of memorial for the victims of climate change, the EU's Green Deal chief Frans Timmermans said Thursday, marking the anniversary of floods that killed more than 220 people mostly in Germany and Belgium.

Austria's climate minister is taking the EU to court

14 Jul 2022

TO most climate scientists and environmentalists, conversations about trying to address climate change with natural gas are a nonstarter.

Tour de France stage 10 halted by climate action protestors

13 Jul 2022

The Tour de France stage to Megève came to a stop with 35km to go as the route was blocked by a group of protestors demanding action against climate change.

Denmark to roll out new state-run climate label for food

11 Jul 2022

Denmark will establish a state-controlled climate label in order to help residents purchase more environmentally-friendly foods.

Greenwashing lawsuit against Dutch airline is the first of its kind

11 Jul 2022

As concerns over climate change rise, so too does greenwashing as a marketing tactic. And it’s often the most environmentally-destructive companies that trumpet the most outrageous claims—just take a look at some of the advertisements fossil fuel companies have put out in recent years.