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Saturday, november 29, 2025
Friday, november 28, 2025
EU seeks to exploit nature-based products for competitiveness push, green groups say
• 3:02 PM
10 min
Nature-based products such as biofuels and bioplastics will be looked to as drivers of green growth under a recently announced bioeconomy strategy, but critics are wary of overexploitation.
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How the UN’s language around climate change risks is ‘eroding’ public trust in science
• 11:03 AM
4 min
Researchers warn that current climate change language can make it easier for misinformation to spread.
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How climate change is growing into one of the biggest threats to Spain’s ‘resilient’ economy
• 7:00 AM
5 min
Despite steady GDP growth, a new report warns Spain is among the European countries most 'exposed' to climate change.
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Air pollution may cut into health benefits from exercise, study finds
• 6:01 AM
4 min
The protective benefits of exercise begin to wear off as neighbourhood air pollution levels rise, a study found.
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Thursday, november 27, 2025
Air quality near airports and ports needs to improve fast, EU environment agency says
• 3:24 PM
3 min
With nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter contaminating the air near ports and airports, affected regions are being urged to step up their monitoring efforts.
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Why scientists are racing to save this rare ‘hairy’ snail that’s the size of a fingernail
• 7:01 AM
3 min
The German hairy snail has become one of the most endangered molluscs in the UK, but new efforts could soon turn that around.
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Wednesday, november 26, 2025
Only nine countries doing well on municipal waste recycling, EU auditors say
• 4:08 PM
6 min
The European Court of Auditors says a frail recycling industry, poor funding management and insufficient funds are all major obstacles.
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Common chemicals could be toxic for gut health, study finds. Here are the top culprits
• 11:42 AM
4 min
UK scientists tested more than 1,000 chemicals on gut bacteria samples in a lab, and identified 168 that appear harmful.
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Samarkand hosts first CITES summit in Central Asia, gathering nations for wildlife protection
• 8:47 AM
8 min
Delegates will discuss sustainable use of natural resources, ecosystem restoration, and regional cooperation initiatives.
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One of the world’s most endangered species is being ‘eaten into extinction’, researchers warn
• 12:01 AM
3 min
A shocking new analysis estimates that almost 13,000 lemurs are slaughtered and eaten every year.
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Tuesday, november 25, 2025
Europe eyes investments in Africa into clean energy and infrastructure
• 4:24 PM
6 min
European and African leaders met in Luanda during the EU-African Union summit where they pledged to increase trade in renewable energy and critical raw materials. Shortly before, European leaders met in Johannesburg for the G20, where the bloc struck a tr
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UK ‘dangerously unprepared’ for growing threat of climate change as 2025 wildfires break records
• 1:59 PM
6 min
It is estimated that wildfires have ravaged more than 46,000 hectares this year in the UK, the largest area since monitoring began.
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Hundreds of road signs and billboards in France have been decorated with fake flames. Here’s why
• 12:00 AM
4 min
Flames have been glued to a number of road signs and billboards across France, as activists beg ‘stop climate sabotage’.
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Monday, november 24, 2025
COP30 fails to set fossil fuels' end and sheds light on cracked international order
• 1:17 PM
7 min
As the UN flagship climate summit failed to agree on a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, the European Union finds itself increasingly alone in a world distancing itself from its climate ambitions.
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Exclusive: European Commission touts increase of biofuels to clean up heavy transport
• 11:16 AM
3 min
Exclusive: The EU wants to increase the uptake of biofuels for the aviation and maritime sectors to cut pollution from heavy transport. Ukraine could play a key role.
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From deforestation to fossil fuels: What did countries actually agree on at COP30?
• 12:47 AM
8 min
COP30 may go down in history as a fiery flop, as divisions quashed all hope for a commitment to fossil fuel phaseout.
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Friday, november 21, 2025
‘Outrageous’: COP30 draft deal drops mention of fossil fuels despite calls for transition roadmap
• 2:20 PM
7 min
Experts have slammed the “shamefully weak” COP30 draft text for failing to mention fossil fuels at all.
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Residents in rural Greece struggle as bears and wolves make a remarkable comeback
• 11:33 AM
9 min
There has been a rapid increase in the number of one-on-one encounters between humans and wild animals even in residential areas
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These ‘cryptic’ whales had never been seen alive in the wild before - then scientists found six
• 10:44 AM
5 min
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whales have long remained a mystery, but a groundbreaking sighting may soon change that.
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Thursday, november 20, 2025
Are carbon rating agencies the key to avoiding greenwashing?
• 1:54 PM
10 min
With the European Union reintroducing carbon credits as a tool for industries and businesses to offset their carbon dioxide emissions, carbon rating agencies are ready to help evaluate whether the system actually works.
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Europe could get Cypriot natural gas by 2027, president says
• 5:04 AM
2 min
Europe has been looking for more ways to wean itself off Russian energy and cut Moscow from revenues to fund its all-out war in Ukraine.
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Wednesday, november 19, 2025
EU farmer takes oil giant TotalEnergies to court in groundbreaking hearing over climate damages
• 10:00 AM
4 min
The climate change-related lawsuit begins its hearings, just days after TotalEnergies announced its climate investment at COP30.
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Denmark tops ranking of most ambitious countries on climate with 85% emission reduction target
• 9:01 AM
6 min
Denmark announces incredibly ambitious climate targets at this year’s COP30
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The cost of ‘conflict carbon’: Russia faces €37 billion climate reparations bill for war in Ukraine
• 7:01 AM
5 min
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created global heating emissions equivalent to 236.8 million tonnes of CO².
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Tuesday, november 18, 2025
European Parliament rejects Russian energy ban exemptions for landlocked countries
• 3:35 PM
8 min
As the EU finalises plans to wean itself off Russian energy, the European Parliament is opposing any exemptions or loopholes for countries especially reliant on gas imports from the east.
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Storm Claudia exposes poorly planned urbanism. Experts warn of more extreme weather to come
• 2:21 PM
19 min
Experts contacted by Euronews agree that tornadoes are impossible to predict, but warn that extreme events will become more frequent and that floods show the risks of poorly planned urban development.
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COP30: World is falling behind on crucial methane emissions cuts, new report warns
• 10:56 AM
6 min
Research from a UN agency says the world is set to miss targets agreed four years ago despite readily available technology and clear incentives.
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Is ‘imagination activism’ the antidote to climate doom we’ve been looking for?
• 9:02 AM
14 min
A new exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, asks, what if the most radical climate tool isn't technology, but the ability to dream?
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‘Existential threat’: How small doses of ocean plastic are killing off marine life
• 7:00 AM
4 min
New research warns that less than three sugar cubes’ worth of plastics could be fatal for seabirds like the Atlantic puffin.
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Monday, november 17, 2025
War is one of the world’s ‘top polluters’. Is it time EU militaries disclosed their emissions?
• 2:45 PM
5 min
Militaries are responsible for around 5.5 per cent of global emissions, but remain largely unreported in the EU.
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Europe's nuclear comeback: Czechia invests billions in reactors to replace coal dependence
• 9:17 AM
6 min
The country is hoping nuclear power will generate up to 60 per cent of its electricity by 2050.
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'I Go Green': Children in Cyprus schools lead the way in environmental protection
• 6:53 AM
11 min
The programme is starting to deliver results, with Cyprus school children at the forefront of the effort
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Friday, november 14, 2025
Thursday, november 13, 2025
World has 'virtually exhausted' its carbon budget as fossil fuel emissions reach all-time high
• 2:18 PM
6 min
New research warns that keeping global warming under 1.5°C is 'no longer plausible'.
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'COP of truth': Countries commit to tackling climate disinformation at UN climate summit
• 7:04 AM
6 min
It is the first time states have formally committed to information integrity and fighting back against climate disinformation.
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Wednesday, november 12, 2025
Rising electricity demand drives urgent need for diverse, resilient energy, IEA says
• 12:48 AM
9 min
Renewable energy, led by solar power, will grow faster than any other major source in the next few years, the annual outlooks says.
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UN COP30 climate report says sustainable cooling essential to cut emissions and save lives
• 12:37 AM
6 min
Emissions from cooling are set to double by 2050 without the introduction of more sustainable practices, according to the report.
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Tuesday, november 11, 2025
Urgent reforms needed in Cyprus water management as audit highlights serious shortcomings
• 2:50 PM
4 min
In the midst of a water scarcity crisis, the Audit Office found weaknesses in the management of reserves.
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Have China’s carbon emissions peaked? New analysis shows they haven’t risen in 18 months
• 1:17 PM
7 min
China’s emissions flat or falling over last 18 months, according to new analysis
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COP30: Brazil promotes largest Indigenous participation in history of the conference
• 11:33 AM
9 min
Brazil invested in a number of initiatives and programmes to strengthen the representation of Indigenous peoples. Around 3,000 Indigenous people are expected to attend the 12-day summit in Brazil’s Amazon city of Belém.
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Monday, november 10, 2025
COP30: EU backs global carbon market alliance to crack down on CO2 emissions
• 11:41 AM
5 min
The European Union and Brazil urged other countries to embrace mechanisms that put a price on carbon and develop carbon markets to finance global climate action. Critics argue the decision could undermine domestic climate ambition and jeopardise financing
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The landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow global warming but the world has not stayed on it
• 9:18 AM
11 min
Record heat waves and deadly weather disasters have punctuated a decade of missed climate targets.
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Biggest polluters skip COP30 for Europe to pick up climate tab
• 6:01 AM
8 min
Leaders of the United States, China and India, the world's three biggest polluters, won't attend the COP30 in Brazil as the European Union promises to stay engaged but faces financing hurdles at home.
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Sunday, november 9, 2025
Friday, november 7, 2025
Germany promises support for Brazil's tropical forest protection scheme at UN climate talks
• 8:07 PM
8 min
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility seeks seeks to leverage investments into €108 billion that can be used to pay 74 developing countries for every hectare of forest they conserve.
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World's biggest spiderweb home to more than 110,000 spiders discovered on the Albanian-Greek border
• 11:27 AM
6 min
This is the first evidence of colonial behaviour in two common spider species and probably represents the largest spider web in the world.
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What is COP30, why does it matter and who will be at this year’s UN climate talks?
• 9:07 AM
10 min
The annual climate conference will take place in Belem, Brazil, from 10 November to 21 November.
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Thursday, november 6, 2025
Commission unveils nearly €3bn to scale up green fuels for aviation and maritime transport
• 2:56 PM
5 min
The plan to step up financing for sustainable fuels in shipping and aviation by 2027 comes as the bloc is falling short of decarbonising heavy transport by 2050.
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AI can now forecast European heatwaves weeks in advance. Here’s how it works
• 2:33 PM
6 min
The researchers trained their AI on reconstructions of ancient climates from the year 0 to 1850.
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Wednesday, november 5, 2025
Breath of relief as EU commits to CO2 reduction climate goal ahead of COP30
• 4:07 PM
4 min
After months of political impasse, EU environment ministers backed the revision of the EU's climate law, paving the way for a decision on the global 2035 climate target to be presented next week at COP30.
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EU ministers break deadlock on CO2 emission cut by 2040 amid political pressure
• 12:20 AM
9 min
After months of political impasse, the revision of the EU's climate law was backed with significant flexibilities for member states to hit the 90% emissions reduction by 2040. Now the European Parliament needs to have a say on the bloc's climate target.
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Saturday, november 1, 2025
Friday, october 31, 2025
Greece still buries nearly 80% of its waste despite billions spent and bins everywhere
• 1:01 PM
7 min
The waste problem is particularly critical in Athens and the wider area of the Greek capital.
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EU countries split over polluting credits for European industry in Green Deal pusback
• 11:35 AM
9 min
Negotiations for pollution credits in 2040 climate neutrality goal could further water down the EU’s Green Deal in favor of European industry. A formal decision by environment ministers is due November 4.
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Should we expect more monster storms like Hurricane Melissa as the planet warms?
• 9:02 AM
6 min
Experts estimate that Melissa was about 10 per cent stronger because of climate change.
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Thursday, october 30, 2025
Greece announces €2.5 billion plan to tackle drought and secure water supply
• 1:53 PM
5 min
Climate change and the drought "threaten" Athens with water scarcity for the first time in 30 years. The emergency plan aims to avoid this.
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Spanish photographer captures world's first ever white Iberian Lynx on camera
• 9:01 AM
6 min
The genetic anomaly testifies to the good progress of the Lynx pardinus conservation plans in the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula, after releases began in 2011 when the species was on the verge of extinction.
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Fossil fuel projects face stricter scrutiny after Europe’s top human rights court ruling
• 7:05 AM
5 min
The case worked its way through European legal systems for nearly a decade before the ruling.
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