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Europe should cap ‘luxury’ energy use to meet emissions targets

20 Jul 2023

Research finds that limiting the demand of top 20% saves seven times the greenhouse gases required to meet the needs of the bottom 20%.

Northern Europe faces biggest relative increase in uncomfortable heat and is dangerously unprepared

19 Jul 2023

A recent UN report even stated that there is now “no credible pathway” to achieve 1.5℃.

Summer 2022 heatwaves killed 61,000 people in Europe

12 Jul 2023

Last year's summer was the hottest season ever recorded in Europe, and a new estimate shows there were over 61,000 heat-related excess deaths during this period.

Drop carbon offsetting-based environmental claims, companies urged

11 Jul 2023

Companies should drop offsetting-based environmental claims and adopt a “climate contribution” model instead, according to a new quality standard.

Climate change challenges hydropower-dependent Austria

11 Jul 2023

In Austria's Alps, construction workers toil in a huge underground project aimed at storing hydropower as climate change has reduced the country's water-dependent electricity production.

Germany must consider climate risks during LNG buildout – govt advisors

3 Jul 2023

Germany’s quest for liquefied natural gas as a substitute for halted Russian pipeline supplies entails significant risks regarding climate change mitigation, as the country’s demand could lead to new extraction projects and lock-in effects abroad.

"World's largest wooden city" set to be built in Stockholm

30 Jun 2023

A Scandinavian architecture studio is designing Stockholm Wood City, which will become the world's largest mass-timber development and have the "serenity of a forest".

Big herbivores could help save the tundra from rising heat and shrinking ice—if they can survive themselves

29 Jun 2023

Scientists in Greenland found that tundra vegetation fares better when caribou and muskoxen are around to dine on encroaching, heat-loving shrubs.

Ukraine targets initial $40 billion for 'Green Marshall Plan'

21 Jun 2023

Ukraine is seeking up to $40 billion to fund the first part of a "Green Marshall Plan" to rebuild its economy, including developing a coal-free steel industry, a senior Ukrainian official said ahead of an international summit.

Switzerland backs net-zero climate law in referendum

20 Jun 2023

Almost 60% of Swiss voters have backed plans to severely cut emissions by 2050 despite opposition from the right-wing Swiss People's Party.

Europe's city schools, hospitals at risk from extreme heat, EU agency says

16 Jun 2023

Nearly half of schools and hospitals in European cities are located in urban "heat islands", exposing vulnerable populations to health-threatening temperatures as climate change impacts worsen, the European Union's environment agency has said.

France seeks to rally support for emissions levy on shipping

14 Jun 2023

France is drumming up support for a global levy on greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry ahead of a summit hosted by Emmanuel Macron this month.

Ireland proposes culling 200,000 cows, farmers push back

13 Jun 2023

Countries across Europe are working to fulfill their commitment to shift to a climate-neutral economy.

EU mayors list climate action as top priority

13 Jun 2023

Climate change is a key concern for Europe's local leaders, with a majority of mayors in 92 major cities across the bloc listing it as a top priority in a new survey published today.

Climate change is causing more turbulence on flights, say scientists

12 Jun 2023

Clear-air turbulence was long predicted to increase under climate change, but a new study from Reading University has painted the most detailed picture yet of the effects kicking in.

Wales falling behind on targets

7 Jun 2023

Wales is falling behind on actions needed to fight climate change, according to a major report.

Accounting for war - Ukraine's climate fallout

7 Jun 2023

The war in Ukraine is deepening the climate crisis at time when global greenhouse gas emissions are already running at a record high, according to report by carbon accounting experts who have tallied the overall impact of the conflict.

Germany: govt body warns of increased health threats from climate change

2 Jun 2023

Germany’s disease control agency warns that rising temperatures due to global warming will increase the likelihood of heat stroke, vector-borne illnesses and other health risks in the country.

EU doubles firefighting fleet in preparation for climate change impacts

31 May 2023

The EU said on Tuesday it is doubling its aerial firefighting fleet for the summer of 2023, citing challenges such as increasing forest fires due to the climate crisis.

More than 1,500 arrested during Netherlands climate protests

30 May 2023

Activists blocked a section of a motorway in the centre of the city during the afternoon, in protest against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies.

UN advises against offsets for carbon removal technologies

29 May 2023

Billions of dollars are pouring into tech-based solutions to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere but the UNFCCC says they are unproven and pose unknown risks.

Irish farmers convert ocean carbon to fertiliser via seaweed

26 May 2023

UK start-up Carbon Kapture has joined forces with Irish shellfish farmers to launch a seaweed farm, absorbing CO₂ and enriching soil with converted biochar.

France bans short-haul flights in effort to fight climate change

25 May 2023

France has formally banned domestic flights on short routes that can be covered by train in less than two-and-a-half hours in a move aimed at reducing airline emissions.

Climate change: Ministers lack urgency on flood risks, critics say

23 May 2023

Welsh ministers have been accused of lacking urgency on flood risks due to climate change, after postponing planning rule changes twice.

Italy's Deadly Floods: Climate Change's All-Or-Nothing Weather Extremes

23 May 2023

In a changing climate, more rain is coming, but it’s falling on fewer days in less useful and more dangerous downpours.

Norway under pressure to scale back fossil fuel expansion plans

19 May 2023

The Norwegian government is facing growing pressure to scale back its huge global fossil fuel expansion plans – including the development of a controversial new oilfield in the North Sea.

Meteorologists are the new targets in global social media misinformation

16 May 2023

Once trusted faces on the news, meteorologists now brave threats, insults and slander online from conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers who accuse them of faking or even fixing the weather.

Ukraine’s already planning its green rebuilding

16 May 2023

Ukrainian activists, scientists and architects are pushing for a postwar recovery unlike any in history, with a focus on climate resilience and clean energy.

Paris agreement’s police force begins with rebuke to Vatican

15 May 2023

A committee set up to pressure governments into complying with the Paris Agreement has issued its first warnings, rebuking the Vatican City for not submitting a climate plan.

EU Parliament advances methane reduction with Fit for 55 legislation

12 May 2023

The new initiative is designed to help the EU achieve its climate goals and improve air quality.

Sweden to pave world’s first permanent e-road for EV charging while driving

12 May 2023

As countries across Europe scale up efforts towards fossil fuel-free mobility, Sweden is working on the world’s first permanent electric road — allowing electric cars and trucks to charge while driving.

Climate change raising heat risks for workers: experts

11 May 2023

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming disabled from labouring in extreme heat, an international conference has been told.

New tech to turn hydrogen and CO2 into lower-carbon aviation fuel announced

11 May 2023

Honeywell International Inc (HON.O) has announced announced a new technology to produce lower-carbon aviation fuel from green hydrogen and carbon dioxide captured from industry, which can help cut greenhouse gas emissions from aviation, one of the hardest sectors to electrify and decarbonise.

Greenpeace sues Italian energy company ENI over climate change

11 May 2023

Greenpeace and an environmental coalition including 12 Italian citizens are suing Italian energy company ENI, accusing it of knowingly contributing to climate change.

Sweden lowers fossil fuel reduction targets, risks 2030 climate goals

9 May 2023

Sweden’s ruling coalition decided on Sunday to lower the minimum fossil fuel emission reduction targets, a move criticised by the opposition as Sweden risks its 2030 climate goals, while the influential right-wing populist Sweden Democrats claim “victory”.

Germany’s top Green slams radical climate protesters

8 May 2023

Germany's most senior Green politician, Robert Habeck, has slammed radical activists who glue themselves to the ground to highlight the climate emergency, saying such protests are "unhelpful" and "downright wrong."

April heat in western Med 'almost impossible without climate change'

8 May 2023

The extreme heat that engulfed the Iberian peninsula and parts of North Africa last week would have been "almost impossible without climate change", an international scientific study found on Friday.

Ireland commits €169 million for climate transition in peat-dependent "midlands"

4 May 2023

Ireland is committing €169 million to help the country’s so-called ‘midlands’ to transition away from the carbon-intensive fossil energy industry.

Climate group hails 'productive' meeting with minister

3 May 2023

Climate activists from the Last Generation group say a meeting with German Transport Minister Volker Wissing was productive. However, there appears to be no end in sight to protests that have blocked Berlin's roads.

Irish SUV sales 'cancelling out' emissions benefits of EVs

3 May 2023

Increased sales of electric vehicles (EVs) have “not made a dent” in transport emissions, a leading expert has said, as he called for SUVs “to be phased out of the market”.

Germany hopes to help climate with discount travel card

2 May 2023

Germany launches on Monday a new flat-rate public transport ticket valid across the country, but the €49 (NZ$87) price point has raised doubts about the pass's potential impact.

German climate activists disrupt traffic in central Berlin

28 Apr 2023

Climate activists continued their protests in Berlin on Thursday, blocking more than a dozen streets by gluing themselves to the ground.

Europe's ETS sets tougher target

27 Apr 2023

EU countries have given the green light to the biggest overhaul to date of the bloc’s carbon market, raising costs for polluting industries and increasing its emissions reduction target from 43% to 62% by 2030.

Germans willing to sacrifice for climate

27 Apr 2023

Two-thirds of people in Germany said they were willing to make personal sacrifices to fight climate change, according to a YouGov poll, further demonstrating the varied attitudes toward lifestyle changes for the environment among European Union countries.

Europe’s biggest petrochemical plant in 30 years a ‘carbon bomb’, court to hear

26 Apr 2023

Environment groups challenge the decision to approve a £3.5bn Ineos facility in Antwerp, saying it will make the climate crisis worse.

EU, Norway to bolster clean energy ties, with focus on carbon and hydrogen

26 Apr 2023

The EU and Norway have established a Green Alliance to strengthen their joint climate action, environmental protection efforts and cooperation on clean energy.

Border tax on carbon dioxide offers huge opportunity to fight climate change, say researchers

26 Apr 2023

A tax on CO2 emissions from products entering the EU offers unprecedented opportunities in the fight against global warming.

Record breaking heatwaves cause 15,000 deaths in Europe

24 Apr 2023

Record-breaking heatwaves over the last few years, affecting the Europen continent and parts of China during the summer, have caused nearly 15,700 deaths, an analysis published by the United Nations Agency for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology, and Geophysics, claimed.

Earth Day — climate, protest and policy in 2023

24 Apr 2023

As activists mark Earth Day this Saturday, it feels like the climate coverage in the first months of 2023 has been dominated by extreme weather events including droughts, fires and floods, and by images of angry protesters demanding action. But some initiatives offer a glimmer of hope and possible ways to tackle climate emergencies.