EU regulators set out ideas to plug climate insurance gap 25/4/2023

Issuing "catastrophe bonds" and setting up public-private partnerships could help plug the "insurance gap" to better cover damage from climate change, a discussion paper from the European Central Bank and European Union insurance regulators said on Monday. ...more

Air pollution kills more than 1,200 children a year in Europe, report says 25/4/2023

Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18's across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said Monday. ...more

European firms warn renewables need policy, funding support to stay on track 25/4/2023

Europe's offshore renewable energy industry is not big enough to deliver governments' goals to rapidly expand green power, and requires a jump in policy support and funding to get on track, European companies from the sector said on Monday. ...more

Lack of snow condemns Italy's Po to a desperately dry summer 25/4/2023

Italy’s largest river is already as low as it was last summer, with the winter snow fields that normally save it from drying up over the warmer months having receded by 75%, according to the Bolzano climate and environment agency. ...more

Study finds that media's climate crisis coverage sparks fear and favours avoidance 25/4/2023

A study has revealed that the media's coverage of climate research is, to a large extent, carried out in a way that doesn't provoke action. ...more

Pace of rise in global sea level has doubled, UN climate report says 24/4/2023

Global sea levels are rising at more than double the pace they did in the first decade of measurements in 1993-2002 and hit a new record high last year, the World Meteorological Organization said on Friday, warning that the trend would continue for millennia. ...more

Activists mark Earth Day as scientists warn of more extreme weather 24/4/2023

Volunteers in dozens of countries were set to plant trees, clean up trash and urge governments to do more to combat climate change to mark Earth Day, as scientists warn of more extreme weather and record temperatures this year. ...more

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions rose 2% in FY21/22 as economy recovered 24/4/2023

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions rose 2.0% in the year through March 2022, the first increase in eight years, government data showed on Friday, as industrial activity picked up from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced slump. ...more

Volcanic microbe eats CO2 ‘astonishingly quickly’, say scientists 24/4/2023

A microbe discovered in a volcanic hot spring gobbles up carbon dioxide “astonishingly quickly”, according to the scientists who found it. ...more

Ending deforestation could cost the world more than $130 billion a year, report says 24/4/2023

It could cost more than $130 billion a year to end deforestation by the end of this decade, a report by a group of financiers, energy industry executives and academics has found. ...more