Public health adviser says higher temperatures caused by climate crisis pose danger for visitors not used to themThe climate emergency poses a “real risk” to Spain’s traditional mass tourist model as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves hit …
Crowdfunding scheme salvages ‘imperfect’ fruit and veg following the country’s wettest autumn, winter and spring on recordWhen 31-year-old Dutch farmer Bastiaan Blok dug up his latest crop, the weather had taken a disastrous toll. His onions – 117,000 …
Far-right gains unlikely to unravel deal but may dampen support for bringing EU in line with 1.5C, say analystsEuropean elections live – latest updatesThe new European parliament is on course to have more politicians from parties that deny climate scie…
Paris, May 6, 2024 (AFP) – The EU’s Green Deal has been the target of virulent online disinformation ahead of European parliament elections in June, such as fabricated claims that Brussels plans to introduce a “carbon passport” or ban repairs of cars o…
She was just 15 and her friends couldn’t save her from the rising waters. For her family and everyone in this flooded region of Belgium, nothing will ever be the same againIt was not a river. It was scarcely a stream. The Ruisseau des Quartes, Marcourt…
The EU replaced Russian energy with U.S. supplies after Moscow launched a war. Now people are wondering: Is Europe too dependent on America?
In March 1989, the European Community agreed to a complete ban on the production of a range of chlorofluorocarbon industrial gases By John Palmer3 March 1989 Continue reading…
From nationwide abortion bans to classroom culture wars, assaults on climate science and political weaponization of the military, his return to the White House could make Trump 1.0 seem tame.
“We have come to the end of the road,” leading climate economist warns.
For those who have felt the hard edge of US climate diplomacy, Kerry was no white knight.
Ajay Banga, nominated by President Joe Biden, is expanding the bank’s climate portfolio.
‘Maybe it came out the wrong way,’ Kerry told POLITICO after a report showed Sultan al-Jaber saying there was ‘no science’ backing a push to phase out fossil fuels.
Researchers injected a sobering finding into global climate negotiations Sunday by saying the world will likely fail its most important warming test.
US vice president uses her international platform to polish her climate credentials — but it comes with political peril.
Price spikes driven by the war in Ukraine are helping fill the petroleum giants’ coffers, despite governments’ promises of a greener era.
The French president has called for action at a climate summit in Paris attended by heads of state and scientists before Cop28France will spend €1bn (£880m) on polar research between now and 2030, amid rapidly rising scientific concern over the world’s…
The economic models used to calculate the risks of climate change to economic growth and financial stability are “disconnected” from climate science and perpetuate an inaction bias in policymakers, a new report by the financial policy NGO Finance Watch…
Alternative for Germany has woven climate change policy alongside migration and Euroskepticism into its grand narrative of decay, elitism and rage.
Wildfires spread across nine Mediterranean countries, killing at least 40 people, most of them in Algeria. Algerian authorities said 34 people had died in the mountainous northern region, with neighbouring Tunisia similarly battling wildfires. Across t…
The United Nations’ climate science body today chose the U.K.’s Jim Skea as its new boss. Skea beat Brazilian climate scientist Thelma Krug to become the new chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In a statement, Skea said he was “humbled and deeply honoured,” adding that he would focus on “three priorities” […]
Forest fire sweeps across Canary island as continent braces for hottest temperatures ever recordedMore than 4,000 people have been evacuated on the Canary island of La Palma after a forest fire swept through the north-west of the island as Europe conti…
Anticyclone Caronte could send thermometer to 48C/118F as Mediterranean heatwave intensifies• Read more: Acropolis closes to protect touristsA fierce anticyclone named after Cerberus, a three-headed monster-dog that features in Dante’s Inferno, had not…
The warming planet is causing havoc under the strain from record heat, floods, storms and wildfires. And scientists warn the toll will get worse.
