EU car emission limits face pushback from eight members -document 23/5/2023

France, Italy and the Czech Republic are among eight countries pushing to weaken new EU emissions limits for cars, saying they are overly ambitious and unrealistic for automakers to hit. ...more

Climate change causes 2m deaths in 50 years; poor suffer most 23/5/2023

Extreme weather has caused the deaths of 2 million people and $4.3 trillion in economic damage over the past half a century, a report by the United Nations finds. ...more

EU countries back ban on destruction of unsold textiles 23/5/2023

European Union governments agreed on Monday that the bloc should ban the destruction of unsold textiles, part of the EU's green push towards reducing waste through greater reuse and recycling. ...more

French climate investments to drive up national debt burden - think-tank 23/5/2023

Investments that France needs to finance its transition to a low-carbon economy are set to add 25 percentage points to its debt burden by 2040, a report from the government-funded France Strategie think-tank said on Monday. ...more

Guardian Exclusive: Big polluters’ share prices fall after climate lawsuits, study finds 23/5/2023

Climate litigation poses a financial risk to fossil fuel companies because it lowers the share price of big polluters, research has found. ...more

Dubai completes biogas-to-energy project at Warsan wastewater treatment plant 22/5/2023

Dubai Municipality has completed its biogas-to-energy project at Warsan wastewater treatment plant as part of efforts to transform to green assets. ...more

G7 reaffirms commitment to a highly decarbonised road sector by 2030 22/5/2023

The Group of Seven (G7) nations on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to a highly decarbonised road sector by 2030 and committed to the goal of achieving net-zero emissions on roads by 2050. ...more

Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $209bn a year, says study 22/5/2023

The world’s top fossil fuel companies owe at least $209bn in annual climate reparations to compensate communities most damaged by their polluting business and decades of lies, a new study calculates. ...more

More than half of the world's large lakes are drying up, study finds 22/5/2023

More than half of the world's large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published on Thursday found. ...more

Captive breeding helps endangered Iberian lynx population hit record 22/5/2023

The number of endangered Iberian lynx in the wild in Spain and Portugal reached 1,668 in 2022, Spain's environment ministry said on Friday - a new record since a conservation push began 20 years ago to save a population that had dwindled to below 100. ...more