The Hague has become the first city in the world to pass a law banning ads promoting climate-damaging fossil fuel products and services, the Guardian reports. The law, passed last week, ends publicly and privately funded advertising of petrol and diesel, aviation and cruise ships on the streets of the Dutch city, including on billboards and bus shelters. The act will…
Brazil asked the European Union not to implement provisions in its deforestation law at the end of the year as planned, and also asked that it be revised to avoid damaging Brazilian exports, Euractiv reports. In a letter to the European Commission, the Brazilian government states that the law banning the importation of products related to the destruction of…
Under the motto "Combine and move", this year's "European Mobility Week" (EMW) begins today. And this year, the Ministry of Environment and Water, the Executive Agency for the Environment, RISW, the Directorates of National Parks and the Basin Directorates throughout the country are conducting initiatives during the week of mobility in the period from 16 to 22 September. The theme of…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for a new financial instrument to reward nature protection that is inspired by the EU's carbon trading scheme, Euractiv reports. Farmers would be a major beneficiary of Von der Leyen's idea. She announced the plans after a year of protests and the closing this month…
Extreme weather will intensify rapidly over the next 20 years, says a new study cited by Euronews. Scientists at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research in Norway say nearly three-quarters of the world's population will see dramatic changes in weather patterns unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced quickly.…
Mindset affects how one chooses to see the world. His/her reactions to what happens - both big events and everyday ones - determines whether a person sees a constant lack of resources or opportunities in negative situations. Scarcity as a Mindset People who see resources as scarce believe that once…
Chinese companies are stepping up green investments in Europe and this can hardly go unnoticed. This thesis is advocated to Euractiv by Leon de Graaff, Dominika Florianova, Flora Wallace and Giorgia Andriola, sustainability specialists at #SustainablePublicAffairs. Spain expects 400 million euros for Chery's EV factory, as well as 800 million euros from Envision Group and…
Although it is the best known and second most common greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide is only one of the gases we have to deal with. When sunlight reaches Earth, the planet's surface absorbs some of the energy of that light and reflects it back as infrared waves, which we feel as heat, writes euronews.com. If left unchecked, these…
Marmolada is the highest peak in Italy's north-eastern mountain range and is known as the 'Queen of the Dolomites'. Its spectacular glacier – the largest in the Dolomites – is a paradise for skiers in winter and mountaineers in summer. However, scientists who study the ice cap say its future is bleak. 70 hectares of its surface have disappeared…
According to the European Commission, this year renewable energy sources have set records in the production of electricity in the EU. Newly released data revealed that in the first six months of 2024, half of the bloc's electricity came from renewable sources, surpassing fossil fuels, euronews.com reports. The European Commission's The State of the Energy Union is an annual…
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