Climate Change
Australia endures hottest day on record
Australia has experienced its hottest day on record with the national average temperature reaching a high of 40.9C (105.6F), meteorologists say. The…
Longest UN climate talks end with no deal on carbon markets
Marathon international climate talks ended Sunday with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on how to regulate global carbon markets.…
Wind up to 100 km per hour causes damages in Sicily
Gusts of wind up to 100 kilometres per hour have caused damage in the province of Palermo during the night between Saturday…
UN climate conference talks deadlocked in Madrid
The COP 25 UN climate conference in Madrid remained deadlocked on Sunday, more than 24 hours after the two-week talks had been…
Bad weather in the north of Spain
Images from the streets of San Sebastian, Spain, on the 13 December 2019, after a violent storm. Winds of 144 kilometers per…
Italy on high alert because of bad weather
Italian authorities are on high alert for a wave of bad weather that is expected to hit the country in the coming…
Photo Story: Greenpeace action on European Council building in Brussels
Greenpeace environmental activists hang a giant placard reading "Climate Emergency" and light flares on the European Council Europa building ahead of a…
EU Commission presents the European Green Deal
The European Commission presented the European Green Deal that sets out how to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, boosting…
Greta Thunberg is Time’s 2019 Person of the Year
Greta Thunberg, the soft-spoken Swedish teen who became a global conscience for climate change and environmental activism, has been named Time’s Magazine’s…
40 million more people at risk of flooding as Greenland loses ice ‘seven times faster than in 1990s’
Greenland's ice is melting seven times faster than it was in the 1990s, and at much greater speeds than current predictions, according…
MEPs push for high ambitions at the COP25 in Madrid
A delegation from the European Parliament is in Madrid to participate in the COP25, where they will meet with key stakeholders in…
Rise in Caribbean children displaced by storms shows climate crisis is a child rights issue: UNICEF
The number of Caribbean children displaced by storms has risen approximately six-fold in the past five years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…