IEA, ECB and EIB highlight importance of an accelerated clean energy transition for Europe’s industrial competitiveness and financial stability 2/10/2023

High-level conference in Paris addresses how setting Europe on the path to net zero emissions can unlock industrial potential and benefit energy consumers ...more

Cyprus releases endangered vultures to boost population 2/10/2023

Conservationists in Cyprus released griffon vultures into the wild on Friday, in the latest attempt to boost a critically endangered population of the scavenger birds. ...more

Renewables Jobs Nearly Doubled in Past Decade, Soared to 13.7 Million in 2022 29/9/2023

Employment expands despite crises and challenges and growing use of industrial policies can create more localised supply chains, a new report finds.  ...more

EU faces ‘make or break moment’ for green transition, report says 29/9/2023

The EU faces a “make or break moment” for decarbonisation if it is to stick to the European Green Deal, a new report warns, amid the cost of living crisis, multiple elections and a growing political “greenlash”. ...more

Nature crisis: One in six species at risk of extinction in Great Britain 29/9/2023

Numbers of the UK's most precious animals and plants are still falling, as a countrywide nature-loss crisis continues. ...more

Swiss glaciers lose 10% of volume in worst two years on record 29/9/2023

Switzerland's glaciers suffered their second worst melt rate this year after record 2022 losses, shrinking their overall volume by 10% in the last two years, monitoring body GLAMOS said on Thursday. ...more

Brazil sets up task force for unprecedented drought in Amazon, minister says 29/9/2023

Brazil's government is preparing a task force to provide emergency assistance to inhabitants in the Amazon region hit by a severe drought that has impacted the rivers that are their life support, Environment Minister Marina Silva said. ...more

Najib Saab on Arab Eco-Futures at the Museum of the Future 28/9/2023

Arab Eco-Futures was the topic of AFED Secretary General Najib Saab’s speech at the opening of Climate Future Week, organized by Museum of the Future in Dubai, in association with Fiker Institute. ...more

Youth vs Europe: 'Unprecedented' climate trial kicks off at rights court 28/9/2023

Six young people from areas in Portugal ravaged by wildfires and heatwaves took 32 European governments to court on Wednesday, arguing their failure to act fast enough on climate change is a violation of their human rights. ...more

Investors push for greater corporate action on nature loss 28/9/2023

A group of 190 investors have joined the Nature Action 100 initiative which aims to push the world's leading companies to do more to protect and restore nature and ecosystems. ...more