The European Union is postponing key environmental regulations and reducing compliance requirements as it prioritises industrial competitiveness and strategic independence. While long-term climate targets remain…
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Europe has plenty of savings but too little investment in its own economy. The European Commission wants households to put more money into capital markets,…
The goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C is now virtually unattainable, De Nederlandsche Bank CEO Olaf Sleijpen has warned, urging governments to accelerate the…
Global warming has accelerated sharply since 2010, with the rate of temperature increase almost doubling compared with the preceding four decades, according to a new…
England’s record-breaking summer has left reservoirs and rivers struggling to recover, prompting the Environment Agency to extend drought status to Yorkshire. Only two regions in…
The intense heat experienced across Europe in recent months is estimated to have reduced the continent’s economic output by €113 billion this year, according to…
More than 40% of the world’s land area, excluding Antarctica, could become arid by the end of the century, according to a new study published…
Vineyards moving higher into the mountains, olive groves expanding northward and tomatoes facing growing pressure from heat and water shortages could become defining features of…
The progressive deoxygenation of the oceans has become a serious problem for Earth’s ecosystems, serious enough that scientists are now proposing it be added to…
The financial toll of climate change is rising steadily, yet extreme weather continues to be treated as an unexpected disruption rather than a growing structural…