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Governments support strict controls on maritime transport of plastic pellets
• 2:14 PM
4 min
In the wake of the spillage of some 26 tonnes of tiny plastic pellets which washed up on Spanish beaches a year ago, environment ministers have agreed that minimum standards and monitoring should apply to shippers operating in EU waters.
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Oil and gas majors demand massive public support for carbon capture
• 1:52 PM
9 min
The clock is ticking on a legal deadline for the petroleum industry to deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure – a technology it has championed for decades – at an unprecedented scale by the end of the decade.
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From renewables to fossil fuels in Europe: How does your country generate electricity?
• 6:15 AM
4 min
Nuclear and coal power in the EU have decreased significantly over the last 20 years, with nuclear dropping to 23% and coal to 12%, while renewables have risen.
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Sunday, december 15, 2024
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France’s political instability deepens opposition to Mercosur trade agreement
• 2:23 PM
5 min
French opposition to the Mercosur agreement concluded by the European Commission on 6 December has been trenchant, but its domestic political situation is feeding the stance.
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Child labour: Nigeria’s lithium mines reveal the dark side of our electric future
• 5:14 AM
10 min
Children as young as five-years-old were found to be working in one illegal mine.
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Thursday, december 12, 2024
Climate clampdown: Research shows UK and Norway most likely to arrest protesters
• 4:48 PM
14 min
New powers for police have seen an increased number of climate protest-related arrests.
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‘Silent enablers’: The European shipping companies moving deforestation-linked beef around the world
• 3:05 PM
13 min
The loss of rainforest three times the size of London can be linked to these five European shipping companies.
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Ukraine’s energy crisis holds a lesson for EU, Polish minister says
• 1:35 PM
5 min
As Russia deliberately targets energy infrastructure, war-torn Ukraine is inadvertently showing Europe how it can boost security and resilience, a senior Polish energy official says, as Warsaw prepares to take over the EU Council presidency.
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Wednesday, december 11, 2024
Are solar farms destroyed during storms? Experts debunk the myth that panels can’t handle the wind
• 5:11 PM
6 min
No power infrastructure is immune from extreme weather, but solar has some advantages and means to improve.
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Conservatives demand ‘urgent’ action as EU car makers fall behind in race to electrify
• 3:33 PM
4 min
This week has seen a ratcheting up of pressure from the political right and car industry, which want the EU to ease regulations designed to cut emissions and promote a switch to electric vehicles.
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The Arctic tundra has transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, report finds
• 3:02 PM
5 min
Dramatic changes in the Arctic are being driven by high temperatures and intense wildfires.
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Tuesday, december 10, 2024
‘Redefining life on Earth’: Three-quarters of the world’s land is permanently drying up
• 3:31 PM
11 min
A UN summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, hopes to address global desertification - once-fertile lands turning arid.
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New EU air quality rules: Air pollution still the top environmental health risk to Europeans
• 3:00 PM
8 min
Air pollution is also hurting ecosystems, resulting in lower crop yields.
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Governments remain deadlocked over energy taxation reform
• 1:21 PM
3 min
The European Commission wants to hike levies on fossil fuels as it seeks to radically cut carbon emissions — but EU members remain divided even if a proposed kerosene levy seems to have fallen by the wayside.
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Monday, december 9, 2024
With all eyes on the Paris Notre-Dame reopening, the cathedral’s saviour is revealed as the jay bird
• 3:30 PM
7 min
Two billion acorns are planted in the ground by jays each year in French forests.
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2024 will be the hottest year on record and the first year above 1.5C, scientists confirm
• 6:02 AM
3 min
Last month was the 16th out of the last 17 where global average temperatures have exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times.
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Saturday, december 7, 2024
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Von der Leyen flies to Mercosur summit amid French political turmoil
• 4:38 PM
4 min
While the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen landed in Uruguay to finalize the Mercosur agreement, France, in the midst of a political crisis, continues to voice its opposition to the trade agreement.
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‘Post Milk Generation’ no more: Oatly loses right to call its drinks ‘milk’ in landmark UK ruling
• 4:05 PM
5 min
As dairy-free consumption grows across Europe, the battle over Oatly’s branding intensifies.
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Big polluters accused of hiding behind climate treaties at landmark ICJ hearings
• 3:32 PM
8 min
Vulnerable nations say historic polluters should be held legally responsible. Countries in the Global North believe existing climate change treaties are good enough.
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UK universities are divesting from fossil fuels while the rest of Europe lags behind
• 3:05 PM
5 min
While the pledges have been praised by campaigners, investigations show universities have still accepted millions of euros in funding from fossil fuel companies in recent years.
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COP29 climate finance: Will rich countries pay the $300bn a year they have promised?
• 11:02 AM
8 min
Developing nations slammed the deal as woefully inadequate but rich countries set to pay the bill praised it as ambitious.
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Wednesday, december 4, 2024
The Arctic could be ice-free by summer 2027: What it means for weather, shipping and polar bears
• 3:10 PM
8 min
The Arctic Ocean may see its first ice-free day before 2030, earlier than scientists predicted.
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EU anti-deforestation law delay: centre-right cries victory, NGOs cry foul
• 12:01 AM
4 min
The centre-right European People’s Party is claiming credit for a one-year delay to a regulation blocking EU market access for products linked to deforestation, although it failed in its attempt to further water down the law despite support from the far-r
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Tuesday, december 3, 2024
Burping cows, Bovaer and boycotts: The anti-methane additive that’s taking social media by storm
• 4:48 PM
8 min
UK shoppers have threatened to boycott Tesco, Aldi and Morrisons over a ‘miracle’ methane-busting additive trial.
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Airlines are doing little to switch to sustainable fuels, but oil companies are at fault report says
• 3:55 PM
7 min
Half the airlines in the ranking scored zero for their insufficient uptake of sustainable aviation fuels.
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Wolves to lose protection as EU secures support for status downgrade
• 12:24 AM
5 min
Change in status under Bern Convention on nature protection could expose burgeoning wolf populations to culling and hunting for sport.
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Monday, december 2, 2024
The world’s ‘biggest’ legal case has just begun - and it is all about climate change
• 3:31 PM
10 min
The International Court of Justice is due to hear from 98 states and 12 international organisations - including many first-time participants in these kinds of proceedings.
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Green transition Commissioner Ribera to visit ArcelorMittal amid clean steel backtrack
• 2:27 PM
4 min
European Commission top brass set to visit steel multinational’s Belgian plant this week in the wake of a warning that low-carbon steel projects won’t go ahead without further policy support from Brussels.
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'We should be outraged': Plastics treaty talks collapse as countries disagree on chemicals and money
• 9:06 AM
8 min
The talks were about phasing out plastic production, improving waste management, design requirements for plastic products and funding the global transition away from plastic.
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Small island states seek climate change justice in landmark top UN court case
• 8:59 AM
19 min
A major case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) may pave the way for more climate change litigation and help for poorer and vulnerable states.
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Sunday, december 1, 2024
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Spain’s new ‘climate leave’ gives workers four days off during extreme weather
• 4:06 PM
6 min
The law on paid leave protects the rights of workers not to go to work in the event of catastrophes or climate related weather alerts that could put them in danger.
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As countries meet to agree a landmark plastics treaty, is recycling or producing less the answer?
• 3:41 PM
11 min
Even if 50 per cent more plastic was recycled there would still be a pollution problem, a French minister said this week.
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EU Commission aims to regulate environmental impact of AI through delegated act
• 3:33 PM
2 min
The EU executive is looking at the energy used by large language models and standard bodies to calculate a benchmark.
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No, Christine Lagarde doesn't want to scrap cash to fight climate change
• 6:45 AM
6 min
A video is being shared on social media which allegedly shows Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, calling for the abolition of cash in order to reduce our carbon footprint.
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Wednesday, november 27, 2024
Could China’s CO2 emissions peak by 2025? Experts optimistic about the superpower’s green transition
• 3:31 PM
7 min
Over the last three years, experts have become increasingly optimistic about China’s green transition.
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COP29 debate signals planned 90% emissions cut could be a tough sell in Brussels
• 2:59 PM
4 min
With swollen ranks of newly emboldened far-right climate sceptics in the European Parliament, the main centre-right group in the European Parliament has also signalled its doubts over the viability of EU climate goals
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Tuesday, november 26, 2024
‘The world is watching’: Activists pressure world leaders to drastically curb plastic pollution
• 3:24 PM
8 min
Compromise is needed, UN environment chief says – but activists warn the public demands decisive action on plastics.
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Despite insect protection laws, EU has authorised dozens of dangerous pesticides, new report finds
• 3:00 PM
6 min
Governments are still using guidelines ghost-written by the chemical industry despite their devastating effect on ecosystems.
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Monday, november 25, 2024
‘Unusual and extreme’: Weather experts on what Europe’s first snow could mean for this winter
• 4:57 PM
17 min
Climate is changing the winters of Europe. But can we expect the same ‘white Christmases’ of our childhood?
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Northvolt collapse leaves EU taxpayer on the hook for €293m
• 1:25 PM
2 min
The Swedish battery maker filed for bankruptcy last week, dashing ambitions for the European electric vehicles sector – and leaving significant EU loans outstanding
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COP29 ends with $300bn a year deal but is it enough? 5 key takeaways from Baku
• 7:50 AM
10 min
From the final deal to what happens next, here's what you might have missed at COP29.
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Saturday, november 23, 2024
COP29: Summit ends with $300bn a year climate finance deal for developing nations
• 11:39 PM
7 min
After concerns climate talks in Baku could collapse, the gavel came down on a finance deal in the early hours of the morning.
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Paris’ historic zinc roofs create an ‘oven effect’: This invention keeps residents cool
• 8:43 AM
4 min
Over 60 per cent of roofs in the French capital are made of the sheet metal.
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COP29: Globe cuts deal on climate in Baku after hours of wrangling
• 7:44 AM
3 min
Euronews Green brings you the latest updates from the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Friday, november 22, 2024
COP 29: Brazil warns no deal unless rich countries raise climate finance target
• 9:01 PM
5 min
Brazilian chief negotiator - representing next COP host country - told Euronews second Azeri finance bid came too late in summit, leaving doubt over whether deal can be clinched.
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COP29: What happened on day 11 of the UN climate conference?
• 7:54 AM
2 min
Euronews Green brings you the latest updates from the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Global Plastic Treaty: Talks begin to finalise deal for curbing plastic pollution
• 7:03 AM
5 min
Global plastic production has increased over 200-fold to hit almost 460 million tonnes annually since 1950.
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Plagued by pollution and violence, is the COP30 host city ready to take over from Baku?
• 5:30 AM
9 min
Due to a lack of hotels in host city Belem, delegates will have to sleep on cruise ships.
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'Breadcrumbs': Azerbaijan proposes $250bn annual climate finance target in draft deal
• 12:29 AM
5 min
The coming hours will reveal whether this is enough to placate developing countries and small-island states.
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Thursday, november 21, 2024
'Clearly unacceptable': EU unconvinced by COP29 compromise climate finance proposal
• 11:50 AM
6 min
Azerbaijan’s first bid for a climate finance deal has failed to break a stand-off between rich and poor nations, though it says a ‘breakthrough’ is imminent.
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How do you climate-proof a city? European leaders on how they are preparing for extreme weather
• 11:49 AM
3 min
With this year's climate summit dubbed the 'finance COP', much of the discussion centred on the smartest way to spend taxpayers' money.
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COP29: What happened on day 10 of the UN climate conference?
• 7:20 AM
2 min
Euronews Green brings you the latest updates from the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Wednesday, november 20, 2024
'We will try to protect what we can’ – Ukraine’s environment minister at COP29
• 6:32 PM
5 min
On the sidelines of the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, Euronews spoke to Ukraine’s environment minister Svitlana Grynchuk about why the country remains committed to climate action, and isn’t waiting for the bombing to stop before ‘building back
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COP29: EU commissioner rejects backtracking on last year’s climate deal
• 2:06 PM
3 min
As negotiators await Azerbaijan’s proposal for a global agreement on climate finance, the EU holds firm on the need to move away from fossil fuels, but refuses to say how much it is prepared to help developing countries do the same.
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