A Fresh Look at the Drivers of Extreme Flooding
A new study in Science Advances finds that compounding effects of flood drivers can complicate and exacerbate the risk of extreme floods in watersheds...
Electrification or hydrogen? Both have distinct roles in the European energy...
A key step to achieving climate neutrality in the European Union is to rapidly shift from fossil fuels to electric technologies powered by renewable...
Meeting EU environment policy targets by 2030 will be challenging
The EU 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP) builds on the European Green Deal and sets the framework for EU environmental policy until 2030. Published...
Diabetes, dementia, depression: Adapting fuel taxes could benefit people’s health
The health benefits from walking and cycling are so significant that they should be included in fuel tax design, shows of a new study...
Europe needs a Nature Restoration Law fit for purpose, urge 200...
In recent months, the call for an impactful Nature Restoration Law received unprecedented support from more than one million citizens, businesses, scientists, and multiple...
T&E calls on the European Council to throw out “severely weakened”...
T&E warns that the severely weakened Euro 7 proposals will do nothing to improve air quality and the health of European citizens, but will...
UNEP and UN Climate Change provide fashion communicators with practical guide...
Copenhagen – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Climate-Change-convened Fashion Charter today launched the Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook, a guide for...
EU Experts Call for More CAP Funding on Plant-Based Products: European...
The European Vegetarian Union (EVU) welcomes the recent publication of the European Green Deal Barometer 2023, which sheds light on the progress and challenges...
Council DIY waste charges abolished
Households will no longer have to pay to get rid of DIY waste, Environment Minister Rebecca Pow announced today (Sunday 18 June).
Following overwhelming public...
Nitrosamines in food raise a health concern
This is the finding of EFSA’s assessment on the public health risk related to the presence of nitrosamines in food. Ten nitrosamines found in...
Post-truth rhetoric on EU pesticide reduction to protect agro-industrial status quo
For over one year one of the essential parts of the European Commission’s Farm2Fork proposals (1) - the “Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR)”...
Go hard and early: UN’s historic opportunity to act on shipping
The stage is set for the UN to finally call time on greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, following a week of climate talks...
