In response to the growing number of emergencies - especially climate-related disasters - the European Commission is looking for better coordination and new tools to strengthen the bloc's crisis response capabilities, reports Euractiv. The Commission presented its assessment of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (EUCPM), a service where a national government can…
The sight of mountains of old clothes ending up as giant landfills in low-income countries is infamously well known. This was the case in the Czech Republic until recently. Now the country is a leader in Europe in dealing with the problem, instead of contributing to it, reports Euronews. Every year, about 180 tons of textiles are thrown away in the Czech Republic, as…
May was the warmest May on record. It is also the 12th consecutive month that has exceeded temperature records. This is shown by the data of the climate service of the EU Copernicus. What's more, the forecast for the coming days is that the weather will get warmer. However, the heat will be accompanied by short-term rainfall, which will contribute to the increase of...
German Transport Minister Volker Vissing has warned that EU rules risk creating "carbon tourism", where liquefied CO2 from Europe will be needlessly transported to other parts of the world to make e-fuels, which are then re-imported in the EU. “CO2 will be transported from one country to another,…
UN Secretary General António Guterres called on advertising agencies and PR companies to stop working with fossil fuel companies, reports Euronews. “Many in the fossil fuel industry have shamelessly benefited from greenwashing even as they tried to slow climate action – with lobbying, legal threats and massive advertising campaigns. They…
USAID, Unilever and EY announced the launch of the CIRCLE Alliance, an innovative public-private collaboration. The initiative is designed to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis by supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses in the plastics value chain. The initiative will initially focus on India, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. The CIRCLE alliance is a significant step towards…
Accounting for carbon emissions in supply chains now occupies a central place in our efforts to achieve sustainable business practices and limit the negative effects of climate change on society and business and accelerate the process of decarbonizing the economy. Decarbonisation is the process of reducing or removing carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse…
There is an 80 percent chance that average global temperatures will exceed the 1,5C target set out in the Paris climate agreement for at least one of the next five years, according to forecasts by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It's also likely, with an 86 percent chance, that at least one of those years will set a new temperature record, surpassing 2023, which in…
SOF Connect, the operator of Sofia Airport, has already been certified with Level 4 under the accreditation program for managing and reducing carbon emissions at airports. Sofia Airport is the first in Bulgaria with Airport Carbon Accredited Level IV - Transformation, which only 8 other airports in Europe have (the new airport of Istanbul; Paris - Charles...
May 2024 was the warmest May on record, marking the 12th consecutive hottest month on record, the EU climate office Copernicus announced. Last month, the global average temperature was 1,52°C higher than the average from 1850 to 1900, before industrialization. This is the 12th month in a row that temperatures have been hotter than ever, as…
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