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15 05 2020 | 07:08

Forests Are Vanishing More Slowly, But Not Slowly Enough.

A United Nations report says Africa and South America lost the most trees in the past decade, but the data don’t show the whole picture. The world’s total forest area is decreasing more slowly than…

15 05 2020 | 06:56

How is the Covid-19 energy slump affecting the weather?

Global emissions are expected to be 8% lower this year but the long-term impact is unclear.

15 05 2020 | 06:52

The Status of Climate Change Litigation : A Global Review Why does climate change matter?

The Climate Emergency we currently face requires adequate and immediate action. It is one of the most pervasive and threatening crises of our time.  We are facing an existential threat and rapid…

14 05 2020 | 15:48

Dr António Sá da Costa re-elected as EREF President.

Dr António Sá da Costa was unanimously re-elected as EREF President for the next two years by members of the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF). 

14 05 2020 | 07:21

EREF welcomes financial institutions and industry representatives on our joint pathway towards a swift energy system change with 100 % renewables - as fast as possible .

The European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF) would like to express its full support to the recent ‘Green Recovery Alliance’ that was initiated within the European Parliament and has in the…

14 05 2020 | 07:12

Lethal levels of heat and humidity are gripping global ‘hot spots’ sooner than expected.

From the shores of the Persian Gulf to the foothills of Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental mountains, hot weather is reaching levels humans can’t endure. An analysis of 4 decades of data from thousands…

14 05 2020 | 07:07

Sea levels could rise more than a metre by 2100, experts say.

Oceans rising faster than previously thought, according to survey of 100 specialists. Sea-level rise is faster than previously believed and could exceed 1 metre by the end of the century unless…

14 05 2020 | 06:58

Potentially fatal bouts of heat and humidity on the rise, study finds.

Scientists identify thousands of extreme events, suggesting stark warnings about global heating are already coming to pass. Intolerable bouts of extreme humidity and heat which could threaten human…

11 05 2020 | 07:52

World cannot return to 'business as usual' after Covid-19, say mayors.

City leaders publish ‘statement of principles’ putting climate action at centre of recovery plans. Mayors from many of the world’s leading cities have warned there can be no return to “business as…

11 05 2020 | 07:51

Climate action under duress: how Dutch were forced into emissions cuts.

Measures taken in response to court ruling have yet to face much dissent, partly owing to coronavirus.

11 05 2020 | 07:49

Investing in energy and projects helped pave the way out of the Great Depression: it can now help build a greener world.

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal saw infrastructure and energy as a crucial part of getting the country back to work. The world currently faces four interconnected crises: public health…

11 05 2020 | 07:35

How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right?

Denial never dies; it just goes quiet and waits. Today, after years of irrelevance, the climate science deniers are triumphant. Long after their last, desperate claims had collapsed, when they had…

11 05 2020 | 07:35

Green Deal will be ‘our motor for the recovery’, von der Leyen says.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised on Tuesday (28 April) to put the European Green Deal at the centre of the EU’s recovery plan, echoing similar statements made by German…

11 05 2020 | 07:24

A better world can emerge after coronavirus. Or a much worse one.

Most Europeans support a universal basic income, yet young people doubt democracy’s capacity to deliver change.

08 05 2020 | 09:57

Five years after the Paris Agreement.

A 40 to 50 percent reduction in global emissions is required to meet Paris Agreement goals, new study finds. The results of a new study show that achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement will…

08 05 2020 | 07:23

Only 35% of European banks’ strategies are aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

According to new research by responsible investment organisation ShareAction, the European banking sector has made sluggish progress on tackling the climate crisis in the last three years. According…

07 05 2020 | 08:34

Africa: The Shift to Virtual World - An Experience Worth Archiving.

Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (Kigali)

07 05 2020 | 07:57

Once again Michael Moore stirs the environmental pot – but conservationists turn up the heat on him.

Planet of the Humans film has had 5m views on YouTube and has enraged renewable energy experts who are demanding an apology. lanet of the Humans is an environmental documentary that has enraged…

07 05 2020 | 07:33

Greta Thunberg and children's group hit back at attempt to throw out climate case.

Brazil, France and Germany say UN can’t hear complaint against five countries of flouting child rights to clean air Greta Thunberg and a group of other children have pushed forward their legal…