Portugal’s wildfires produce record emissions with smoke headed for France and Spain
The smoke plume has significantly degraded local air quality is forecast to travel east in the coming days.Read More
‘We had just finished repairing our houses’: Flooding hits Italian city for third time in 16 months
Some residents of the city of Faenza had just completed house repairs after devastating floods in 2023 when their properties were submerged again this week.Read More
Portugal wildfires: Why are Iberian forests so flammable?
The amount of land ravaged in Portugal’s recent devastating wildfires is estimated to cover 122,000 hectares. Around 83% of the land is located in the north and centre of the…
‘Exciting’ solar breakthrough means energy can be kept in sustainable batteries that don’t overheat
It builds on previous research showing solar energy can be stored for up to 18 years.Read More
Residents in Kyiv told to stay indoors as air pollution blankets the Ukrainian capital
The Ukrainian capital topped a list of the most polluted major cities early on Friday in a real-time Swiss database.Read More
Global strikes across 50 countries demand action as two major climate events begin in New York
New York is hosting Climate Week NYC, an annual event that promotes climate action, at the same time the UN General Assembly takes up the issue on several fronts.Read More
4°C hotter in Paris and 2.2m in the path of flooding: France’s extreme weather only set to get worse
The report’s authors hope it can act as a roadmap for local authorities to adapt and accelerate the green transition.Read More
‘Common sense solution’: How taxes on yachts and private jets could fund climate action
The carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1 per cent are thought to be the same as poorest two thirds of humanity.Read More
Hundreds of elephants to be killed in Zimbabwe and Namibia as food and water resources run dry
In Zimbabwe, the elephants will be taken from an area where the population has become unsustainable.Read More
Poland, Hungary, Romania: Leaders say fatal floods bear fingerprints of climate change
The flooding followed heavy rain and snow brought by Storm Boris over the weekend.Read More