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Finland aims to be carbon negative

1 Jun 2021

Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin outlines her country's ambitious plan to be climate neutral by 2035 and carbon negative - removing more carbon than it emits - soon after.

Doctors urge global action against climate-linked health risks

31 May 2021

Hundreds of health workers marched to the World Health Organisation on Saturday demanding that authorities in all countries recognise and act to counter the health risks of climate change.

Shell Oil ordered to limit emissions in historic court case

27 May 2021

Environmental campaigners in the Netherlands and around the world are celebrating today after a court in The Hague ordered oil firm Royal Dutch Shell to cut its carbon emissions, in a first-of-its-kind case that pitted climate activists against an oil giant.

EU attempt to set tougher climate change target stalls

26 May 2021

European Union leaders on Tuesday shelved an attempt to direct how the bloc will set new national targets for emissions cuts, weeks before Brussels is due to propose a huge package of tougher climate change policies.

Demand for "green aluminium" growing

25 May 2021

Russia’s Rusal ,the world’s largest aluminium producer outside China, announced last week it plans to spin off its higher-carbon production assets into a new company, leaving its low-carbon refineries and smelters in a rebranded “AL+” \

World's largest carbon market booming

20 May 2021

The cost of polluting in Europe is experiencing a meteoric rise unlike any period since its inception in 2005, driven higher by the region’s ambitious climate policy and increased financial investment in the market.

High carbon price hits coal

13 May 2021

Europe's record-high carbon prices are driving down coal use,

German constitutional court backs climate action

10 May 2021

A ruling last week by the German Constitutional Court in favour of ecological NGOs has major significance—and not just for Germany.

Climate change impacts price stability: ECB

10 May 2021

Climate change is already impacting price stability and it will have an effect on monetary policy, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Friday.

Dutch banning fossil fuel advertising

7 May 2021

How do you wean the Dutch off fossil fuels? Well, you could always start by banning advertisements that promote them.

Expert calls for drastic cut to size of houses

4 May 2021

Energy efficient building renovation is not enough to lessen the climate impact of residential buildings, according to one sustainability expert who is calling for a limit on the living space allocated per person in residential homes.

The geopolitics of climate change

30 Apr 2021

The European Union is emerging as the world’s climate trailblazer - argue two top ranking European Union bureaucrats.

Online platform to sell forests

29 Apr 2021

RTE reports on a new online platform to sell off-setting forests.

EU carbon prices hit all-time high

23 Apr 2021

EU carbon allowance prices hit an all-time high of over Eur47/mt April 22 as bullish mood continued in the market in the wake of the EU's informal agreement on a revamped 2030 emissions reduction goal.

Europe to overhaul corporate climate disclosure

22 Apr 2021

The European Commission is proposing an overhaul of the union's corporate sustainability reporting and disclosure framework.

Dutch cities heading for zero emission deliveries

21 Apr 2021

Cities in the Netherlands want to make their air cleaner by banning fossil fuel delivery vehicles from urban areas from 2025.

Europe risks €87 billion in stranded fossil gas assets

15 Apr 2021

Europe is building or planning to build €87 billion worth of fossil gas infrastructure in a continued expansion of pipelines and LNG terminals, despite the need to halve emissions by 2030.

Dutch going with the flow

15 Apr 2021

In Amsterdam, a group of forward-thinking people decided to go with the flow. Schoonschip, a self-sustaining floating community of more than 100 residents, boasts innovative technology like 500 solar panels and a green roof on every house.

France's e-bikes for clunkers scheme

13 Apr 2021

France is offering the owners of old, exhaust-belching cars the opportunity to hand over their vehicles for scrap in return for a 2,500 euro grant to buy an electric bicycle.

Greenlanders vote for the environment

12 Apr 2021

A fight over Greenland's rich oil, gas and mineral deposits is raging, as global warming melts ice and exposes rich reserves. Now Greenlanders are struggling to balance economic growth and environmental protection.

A French route to EV future

8 Apr 2021

The latest vehicle sales data for France tell an interesting story about the future of the auto sector in Europe.

EU at loggerheads over 2030 target

31 Mar 2021

The fifth round of negotiations between the European Union Council and members of parliament achieved little progress on agreeing a climate law.

EU experts to say nuclear power is a green investment

31 Mar 2021

Experts tasked with assessing whether the European Union should label nuclear power as a green investment will say that the fuel qualifies as sustainable, according to a leaked document.

Sweden to increase airport fees for high-polluting planes

24 Mar 2021

Sweden plans to charge airlines more at takeoff and landing if their aircrafts are more polluting, the government has said.

Industry calls for hydrogen blending into gas

22 Mar 2021

More than 90 energy companies, equipment manufacturers and gas network operators have called on the European Commission to consider hydrogen blending into natural gas for parts of Europe that cannot yet afford a dedicated hydrogen network.

Carbon pricing driving home renovation

18 Mar 2021

Like other European countries, the Czech Republic’s buildings are in need of renovation. Unlike others, it partly funds renovation programmes with revenues generated from the emission trading scheme, an experiment that could be replicated across the European Union..

France makes constitutional move on climate

17 Mar 2021

France's National Assembly has voted to enshrine the fight against climate change and the protection of biodiversity in the constitution, the first step towards a national referendum on the matter.

Droughts worst in 200 years

16 Mar 2021

The series of severe droughts and heatwaves in Europe since 2014 is the most extreme for more than 2000 years, research suggests.

EU keeps free credits for industry

15 Mar 2021

The European Parliament has rejected proposals to phase out free carbon dioxide pollution credits for industries covered by the EU’s Emissions Trading System, even as the bloc plans to gradually replace the scheme with a carbon levy at its border.

EU border carbon levy could help poor countries

10 Mar 2021

Europe's future carbon border adjustment mechanism is part of the “new own resources” for the EU budget and must be used to combat global warming across the world, says MEP leading the project.

EU clashes over ‘net’ 2030 climate target

8 Mar 2021

Lawmakers have denounced a “loophole” in the European Commission’s proposed climate target for 2030 and pointed the finger at the EU executive for its hard negotiation style over the EU climate law.

Banks should publish green yardstick, says authority

2 Mar 2021

European banks should publish a “green-asset ratio” as a core measure of their climate-friendly business activities, says the European Union's banking watchdog.

Serville oranges being turned into energy

24 Feb 2021

A pilot scheme will use methane from fermenting fruit to create clean power for Serville's city water plant

Russian region launches carbon trading plan

22 Feb 2021

In Russia's remote far east, authorities have launched an unexpected experiment: an effort to try out carbon trading and reach net-zero planet-heating emissions by 2025.

Green reforms of energy treaty divide EU

18 Feb 2021

The European Union has renewed its push for greening a major international treaty protecting energy investments, after last-minute wrangling and divisions between member states.

Overhaul of Europe's farming system on the table

17 Feb 2021

The Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the European Green Deal, aiming to make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly.

Let's think big, Germany tells US and China

16 Feb 2021

Germany wants Europe and the United States to strengthen transatlantic ties with a trade deal to abolish industrial tariffs, a WTO reform to increase pressure on China and a joint carbon-emission trading system to protect the climate.

Big-emitting businesses could face costly EU carbon levy

11 Feb 2021

Big-emitting Australian businesses that export to Europe could soon face steep carbon levies of more than $70 a tonne unless the federal government imposes emissions reduction policies, according to a new analysis.

Court condemns French government over climate inaction

4 Feb 2021

A Paris court has found the French government responsible for failing to cut emissions in line with its own target, in the country’s first major climate lawsuit.

Ireland uses peat to combat climate change

3 Feb 2021

Ireland’s peat is offering the country a novel way to back the global effort to save the planet from overheating dangerously. It is helping to lock up the carbon emissions which are feeding the steady rise in the Earth’s temperature.

More consultation needed on EU carbon border levy, says China

2 Feb 2021

The European Commission needs to have further discussions with Beijing and other trading partners about its upcoming carbon border levy, a senior Chinese diplomat says.

Salla - 'The heat is coming'

29 Jan 2021

Salla, the coldest place in Finland, is making a tongue-in-check bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics, saying thanks to climate change, it expects that by then it will have sand for beach volleyball, lakes for swimming and snow-free hills for downhill bike-riding.

'Gas is over,' says EU bank chief

26 Jan 2021

The European Investment Bank says it will end all funding for fossil fuels before the end of the year.

Bank links bosses' pay to sustainability performance

8 Dec 2020

Deutsche Bank says it will join a small number of financial institutions that link management pay to environmental, social and governance-related criteria.

The Danish climate minister closing down the oil industry for good

7 Dec 2020

Denmark’s climate minister is fairly certain that the deal to close down the nation’s oil industry by 2050, announced on Friday morning, marks the biggest moment in his career.

EU countries face off over hydrogen

2 Dec 2020

EUROPEAN Union member states are fighting over which type of hydrogen to support, with two opposing camps facing off: those backing green hydrogen produced exclusively from renewable electricity, and those in favour of a broader “low-carbon” definition, which also includes nuclear power and decarbonised gases.