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Amidst the growing political divide that we are witnessing across the global West, leaders have failed to turn their attention effectively to the mounting danger of the climate crisis. Climate change poses a threat not only in Africa and the developing world more broadly but also worldwide, requiring immediate attention and substantial time and investment. Increased flooding, rising temperatures, extreme weather, and depleted resources are just a few of the dangers facing humanity, leading to some of the greatest migrations of people from country to country in human history. The UK itself face...
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“When people ask me, ‘What can I do as an individual about the climate?’, I reply: ‘Don’t be an individual - work together with others,” says Rupert Read, co-director of the Climate Majority Project. Statistics show that the vast majority of people in Europe care about the climate crisis: more than half of European voters believe it should be a priority while only 16 per cent see it as a secondary issue, according to a Euronews-Ipsos poll conducted ahead of this year’s EU elections. The problem is, most of us don’t know what to do about it. After decades of committed climate action - from bein...
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Forest Bathing in Berlin is offering a break to city dwellers dealing with the summer heat. It’s a practice originating from Japan, where participants immerse themselves in nature, typically for a few hours. Unlike hiking, it's not about going to a particular destination or getting a workout. It's about connecting with nature in all its elements, from the sights and the sounds to the smells and the textures. Fiona McDougall is a nature guide who specialises in this practice. She starts excursions by telling participants to walk very slowly and pay attention to everything, awakening their sense...
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After the last government became increasingly distracted from delivering for the British people, Labour’s landslide felt inevitable. PM Keir Starmer now promises "action not words", but we must see that focus turn on the environment. It’s no longer about paying lip service — Starmer must do everything in his power to preserve the natural systems on which we all depend. So far, Labour has hit the ground running on the energy transition — lifting the de facto ban on onshore wind, rejecting new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea and, as King Charles III laid out in his speech this week, settin...
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Newly elected and re-elected parliamentarians are embarking on their mandates in Brussels, setting up the European Parliament’s committees before a well-deserved summer break – possibly to somewhere along the coast to relax or maybe to enjoy a mocktail on the beach. For now, amidst bustling corridors and while navigating the currents of parliamentary sessions, do the EU’s new decision-makers feel the profound environmental shifts lurking beneath the surface? The European Environment Agency has declared the risks to coastal and marine ecosystems as the most severe to the continent, entailing th...
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As a French citizen, the outcome of the first round of the French snap elections is a heartbreaker. As a climate campaigner, it is an absolute nightmare. Whatever the final result and the final composition of the Parliament, climate and the environment have been blatantly absent from the campaign. How could it be otherwise when the decision to revoke the current set of MPs was so sudden and with the far right closest to power than at any time since World War II? Yet, climate change didn’t hit pause over the weekend: the parallel pictures of a “brown” far-right wave taking over the French elect...
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High temperatures across the United States are the country's leading weather-related killer - and Joe Biden is taking action. This week, the president proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace, while tens of millions of people in the US suffer under heat advisories. If the measure is finalised, it would protect an estimated 36 million workers across the country from injuries related to heat exposure on the job and would be the first major federal safety standard of its kind. Currently, those most affected by excessive heat in the workplace include farmworkers, delivery and...
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Regardless of what you think of the phrase "the customer is always right", there is a key truth to it: customers are the ones who set consumption habits and trends. Nowhere is this fact more important to keep in mind than in today’s automotive sector. As both governments and automakers seek solutions to the global challenge of decarbonised mobility at scale, they need to ensure they deliver options to consumers that are well-suited to consumer needs. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to sustainable mobility. In Europe, we’ve seen significant growth in adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) ov...
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Greece is bracing itself for what is expected to be a long wildfire season spurred by an unprecedentedly hot June, according to the country's national meteorological service. Firefighters were called to put out a blaze that erupted in the southern suburb of Athens, Vari, which started in an uninhabited area covered by olive trees and shrubs. Additionally, authorities issued text message evacuation alerts to the two nearby settlements of Lambrika and Kitsi. Although no injuries were reported, fire service spokesman Vassilis Vathrakogiannis said the blaze spread quickly due to strong winds. "We ...
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New research by Italian scientists estimates that parts of Venice will be submerged by 2150. The study was carried out by experts at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) and analysed data on tide level rise. Venice has been battling increasingly frequent flooding for decades. There is now a system of flood barriers in place in its lagoon, a shallow, 550 km² enclosed bay in the northern Adriatic Sea that surrounds Venice and its islands. But these won’t be enough to protect the city from continual sinking and sea level rise. Venice will be underwater by 2150A team of scie...
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