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Norway hit by hurricane-force winds: Is climate change making Europe’s extreme storms worse?
03.02.2024
Norway hit by hurricane-force winds: Is climate change making Europe’s extreme storms worse?
Norway is reeling from its most powerful storm in more than 30 years, which left some residents without power. Hurricane-force…
‘A new climate reality’: Spain’s drought-stricken villages have been in crisis mode for months
03.02.2024
‘A new climate reality’: Spain’s drought-stricken villages have been in crisis mode for months
Plastic jugs in hand, Joan Torrent takes a path into the woods in search of drinking water. He fills them…
Air pollution is so bad in this Asian capital that flights are being diverted due to low visibility
03.02.2024
Air pollution is so bad in this Asian capital that flights are being diverted due to low visibility
Dense smog in Vietnam’s capital forced all flights to be diverted or delayed at Hanoi airport on Friday morning. Planes…
Ireland on track for €225m climate finance target — what can other European countries learn?
03.02.2024
Ireland on track for €225m climate finance target — what can other European countries learn?
Ireland is set to meet its pledge of providing €225 million in climate finance per year to poorer nations by…
Greta Thunberg cleared of public order charge during London oil conference protest
03.02.2024
Greta Thunberg cleared of public order charge during London oil conference protest
Greta Thunberg has been cleared of a public order offence at a protest outside an oil and gas conference last…
Taylor Swift isn’t the only private jet flier. Does celebrity carbon offsetting work?
03.02.2024
Taylor Swift isn’t the only private jet flier. Does celebrity carbon offsetting work?
Hollywood’s in hot water. While many of its biggest stars have lent their voices and faces to the fight against…
Italy set new solar and wind records last year but is still off track for 2030, expert says
23.01.2024
Italy set new solar and wind records last year but is still off track for 2030, expert says
Solar and wind energy produced a record amount of power in Italy last year, the country’s grid operator Terna said…
Save the Baltic: Activists to hike 5,500 km to raise awareness of polluted sea’s ‘critical state’
23.01.2024
Save the Baltic: Activists to hike 5,500 km to raise awareness of polluted sea’s ‘critical state’
A team of scientists, activists and volunteers from Lithuania is planning to walk nearly 5,500 kilometres as part of an…
Banks show ‘staggering’ misalignment with green transition, ECB says
23.01.2024
Banks show ‘staggering’ misalignment with green transition, ECB says
Nine in ten of the eurozone’s biggest banks aren’t properly aligned with the upcoming transition away from fossil fuels, the…
Belgium eyes offshore wind and solar to increase renewables’ capacity
23.01.2024
Belgium eyes offshore wind and solar to increase renewables’ capacity
With a relatively short coastline, Belgium has set ambitious goals to boost offshore energy capacity through wind and floating solar…