Berlin raids €5.4 billion cash pot ahead of EU carbon pricing reform
Tue 7 Jul 2026
The German government plans to divert €2.7 billion in revenues from CO2 permits for factories and power plants away from the green transition towards pensioners as part of budget negotiations on Monday, just days before a major overhaul of the original EU Emissions Trading System.
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Tourist spots across Europe hit by wildfires as Greece warns of toxic smoke
Today 11:45am
Wildfires are raging across holiday spots across Europe, with hundreds of firefighters battling blazes in Portugal, Greece, and Spain. International reinforcements have been sent to Portugal, where a massive fire has been burning for over three days.
‘We have nothing to cool off with’: French heatwave exposes inequalities
Today 11:45am
As people living in low-income areas are unable to escape the heat, analysts say the government’s response is insufficient.
'Hotter and hotter and hotter': Europe's new climate in seven charts
Tue 7 Jul 2026
We might only be a few days into July, but two record-breaking summer heatwaves have already provided the UK and Europe with a snapshot of their new climate.
Wildfires scorch southern France as heat and drought fuel blazes
Mon 6 Jul 2026
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said nearly 7,000 fires have broken out since the start of the summer season, with some 8,700 hectares already burned. “The situation is fairly tense.”
Amsterdam banned ads for burgers, flights, and SUVs. Here's why it matters.
Fri 3 Jul 2026
Amsterdam has banned ads for meat and fossil-fuel intensive products – like flights, cruises, burgers, and SUVs – from public spaces and city-owned properties.
Red alerts issued over heatwave in Italy and Balkans
Thu 2 Jul 2026
In Italy, 25 out of 27 cities from Bolzano in the north to Palermo on the island of Sicily are under a red heat warning.
UN plastics pact talks restart amid fears production curbs will be left out
Thu 2 Jul 2026
Diplomats reconvene a year after negotiations collapsed, but campaigners fear the agenda risks burying tricky discussions on key elements.
‘They want to destroy Corsia’: Brussels takes aim again at airline emissions
Thu 2 Jul 2026
The European Commission is planning to shoot down the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) largely voluntary decarbonisation scheme, CORSIA, when it presents plans to overhaul the EU’s carbon pricing system, sources suggest.
EU to extend deforestation law to palm-derived chemicals
1 Jul 2026
The European Commission is preparing to expand the scope of the EU’s deforestation law to cover a wider range of palm-derived chemicals, according to a draft delegated act and an accompanying annex obtained by Euractiv.
