Europe

Switzerland told it must do more to comply with landmark climate ruling by Council of Europe

Tuesday - Switzerland hasn't shown that it's meeting the requirements of a landmark climate change decision from Europe's highest human rights court, the Council of Europe announced on Friday.

EU proposes more relaxed CO2 target compliance for new cars

5 Mar 25 - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will propose a more relaxed three-year timeframe for the automotive industry to comply with the bloc's CO2 standards, instead of annual targets.

Tesla's plummeting sales risk lucrative emissions credit earnings

4 Mar 25 - CEO Elon Musk has angered European customers and governments, undercutting his EV brand.

Big EU countries push expanded carbon border tax to help repay Covid debt

3 Mar 25 - France, Italy and Poland support the move, but others fear it might prompt Donald Trump to retaliate in anger.

The far right just made huge gains in a country once seen as a climate champion. It's a pattern happening across the world

28 Feb 25 - Germany was once seen as a climate champion, setting ambitious targets to slash planet-heating pollution.

Europe's impossible choice: Which industries should survive the green transition?

27 Feb 25 - One German aluminum factory decided to go green and close its smelter. The EU faces a similar choice, with Europe's future at stake.

EU to make most companies exempt from carbon border levy, draft shows

26 Feb 25 - The European Commission will propose exemptions for "the vast majority" of companies covered by the European Union's carbon border levy on the grounds that they produce only 1% of emissions in the scheme, a draft proposal showed.

In Rome, talks to protect Earth's biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda

26 Feb 25 - An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda.

Conservative election victory set to narrow climate policy focus in Germany

25 Feb 25 - Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz' conservatives have won Germany's snap election, while the current government parties booked significant losses, indicating a reduced focus on climate policies in...

EU eyes funding foreign LNG projects to lower prices

21 Feb 25 - Brussels is exploring whether to back overseas fossil fuel infrastructure amid trade talks with the U.S.

Tens of thousands of climate activists protest across Germany ahead of upcoming federal election

18 Feb 25 - Thousands of activists demonstrated in Germany on Friday in a bid to raise awareness to climate issues ahead of the upcoming federal elections scheduled for 23 February.

Macron's U-turn against EU green rules triggers internal revolt

18 Feb 25 - The French president's anti-regulation push has thrown his environmental legacy into doubt and angered many in his own party.

Climate change threatens EU's survival, German security report warns

14 Feb 25 - Global warming will exacerbate conflicts, hunger and migration worldwide, with growing risks for Europe.

Hungary tells Brussels to frack off

12 Feb 25 - Budapest prefers to bet on a major gas fracking project near its border with Romania instead of following Brussels' drive to replace fossil fuels with renewables.

Germany likely to miss 2030 climate target, government advisers say

7 Feb 25 - Germany will probably fail to achieve its 2030 climate targets unless significant policy changes are implemented, government climate advisers said in a study released on Wednesday.

Swiss government approves new climate goals after court rebuke

31 Jan 25 - Switzerland's government on Wednesday approved new climate targets, proposing a cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 of at least 65% compared to 1990 levels.

Let's kill the Green Deal together, far-right leader urges EU's conservatives

29 Jan 25 - Jordan Bardella thinks he can convince the European People's Party to suspend EU climate legislation.

Switzerland sets the bar with corporate carbon removal milestone targets

29 Jan 25 - The Climate and Innovation Act has set a groundbreaking precedent by mandating net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This month, the Act gained momentum with new guidance for corporate Net-Zero...

How the Mafia is weaponising wildfires

28 Jan 25 - Thousands of wildfires tear through southern Italy every year, fueled by scorching temperatures and the hot, dry, sirocco winds that sweep in from the Sahara. The climate crisis is pouring gasoline...