The French government presented some 20 milestones that need to be reached on the environment and energy front by the end of the summer before more intensive discussions with local authorities can be…
Electricity is key to decarbonise most sectors of the economy. But, for some of them, such as aviation and maritime transport, electricity alone will not be appropriate. For those, new energy…
This article is part of our special report Is there a role for concrete in sustainable construction?.
Europe’s efforts to adopt its construction and building sector and bring it more in line with…
Internationally-agreed targets to expand renewable energies and increase energy efficiency are needed to put the world back on track towards limiting climate change to 1.5 °C, said German Foreign…
his article is part of our special report Is there a role for concrete in sustainable construction?.
The European Union’s construction industry stands at a crossroads: In its transition to a climate…
HSBC has defeated an attempt to split up the bank after a majority of investors rejected a plan backed by its largest shareholder at the bank’s annual general meeting, which was heavily disrupted by…
A new industry coalition launched on Thursday (4 May) aims to promote sustainable energy storage technologies that will increase the resilience of Europe’s power grid and open the door for more…
A wave of student occupations has shut down schools and universities across Europe as part of a renewed youth protest campaign against inaction on climate breakdown. Twenty-two schools and…
The record-shattering temperatures that hit the western Mediterranean last week would have been “almost impossible” without the climate crisis, according to scientists.
Garden swimming pools are to be banned from sale in a part of southern France over worsening water shortages.
France's Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Béchu said that Pyrénées-Orientales,…
Nine European countries signed the Ostend Declaration on Monday (24 April), aiming to jointly produce at least 120 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030 and at least 300 gigawatts by 2050 in the…
Police representatives, members of the judiciary and politicians in Germany are calling for harsher penalties for climate activists, including preventive detention and longer prison terms, in an…
Life in the ocean’s twilight zone is expected to face dramatic declines and even extinction as seas warm and less food reaches the dimly lit waters, a study has found.
The twilight zone lies between…
European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager has been criticised by the European hydrogen lobby group, Hydrogen Europe, following her remarks on the future role of hydrogen, in a letter seen…
The French oil major TotalEnergies has sued the environmental group Greenpeace France and the climate consulting firm Factor-X over a report claiming that the company massively underestimated its…
Spain recorded its hottest ever temperature for April on Thursday, hitting 38.8C according to the country's meteorological service.
The record figure was reached in Cordoba airport in southern Spain…
Several Hollywood action films center around an impending apocalypse in the form of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth—a glaring metaphor for the real-world implications of a rapidly…
While plant-based milk has been around for centuries, the market is undergoing a modern-day surge. The industry has soared to a market value of $20 billion.
There’s a paradigm shift underway in our understanding of the past 4 million years of human evolution: ours is a story that includes combinations with other Homo species, spread unevenly across today…
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