The UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC) warned ministers last week that the country will fall short of its climate goals unless they take swift action to fulfill their pledges.
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MEPs from the European People’s Party, the Socialists & Democrats and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe agree on a resolution to “kill” palm oil as a transport
The negotiation partners in Germany’s ongoing coalition talks said the country could give up on the country’s climate targets for 2020. Could Germany’s position as one of Europe’s green leaders
China and the EU are fighting about the future of their Partnership on Climate Change, as China’s greenhouse gas emissions surge once again. China, however, is on the verge of
A court in The Hague ruled against an attempt to force the Dutch state to do more to comply with EU emissions limits. Last August, environmental organization Milieudefensie, the Dutch
After carbon, tobacco and sugar the next global tax could target meat. Some governments are indeed expected to introduce a “livestock levy” that cuts meat consumption from diets to reduce
Eight rivers in England have been found to be heavily contaminated with neonicotinoid pesticides, increasing concerns over the survival of several endangered species. A 2016 study found “acute levels” of
How will Brexit affect environmental policies in the UK and in Europe? Concerns mount as climate is largely left out of the negotiations. With the Brexit negotiations stuck on Irish boarder
Legal action against a German energy company launched by a farmer living in the Peruvian Andean mountains firm is “admissible” according to a German court of appeal, despite the company
Faced with ever-growing human greenhouse gasses emissions, scientists have been working round the clock to come up with new solutions to try and trap CO2. In that context, a recent