5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (182+ words) Five environmental organisations filed a complaint on Tuesday (8 September) with the European Ombudsman over the EU’s decision to weaken water protections, arguing they did so at the behest of the mining industry. The complaint takes aim at the EU’s decision…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (236+ words) The governor of the National Bank of Belgium has called for a “discussion” on the EU’s climate targets, saying the bloc risks a collapse of trust in its climate policy if it keeps insisting on goals that, he said, few…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (349+ words) Global temperatures are set to rise by 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and will lead to possibly permanent effects even if the damage is reversed, according to a new UN climate study. The UN environment programme’s report, published on Wednesday (2 September),…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (282+ words) Tuesday (1 September) marks the deadline for EU countries to submit their draft national restoration plans under the EU Nature Restoration Law, a key part of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. So far, only six countries have done so, according to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (235+ words) The world’s coral reefs have ever-shorter windows to recover between marine heatwaves, according to the most comprehensive assessment of reef health yet published. The report, published by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) on Monday (31 August), is based on…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (706+ words) Europe’s plans to deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) at scale are faltering. In response, the European Commission is expected this autumn to propose legislation to accelerate and expand the bloc’s carbon dioxide (CO2) transport infrastructure. The emerging approach risks imposing…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (405+ words) Norway’s oil and gas giant Equinor recently posted its strongest quarterly result in years. A Norwegian non-profit has now put a number on what that oil and gas costs in human lives. The briefing, written by Oslo-based climate analyst Ketan…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (615+ words) Firefighters have had enough of being called heroes by politicians. In risking their lives to save communities from the wildfires spreading across Europe, their work is obviously heroic. But the term has been cheapened by politicians trying to absolve themselves…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (863+ words) Public opinion polls show that a large majority of people in the EU are worried about climate change and want governments to address it. And science is crystal clear about the causes: climate change, which is supercharging extreme weather, is…...