Environment

Widespread and early heatwaves impact northern hemisphere, UN weather agency warns

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ETS reform: everything you need to know in a nutshell

The EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS) was set up to reduce gas emissions and fight climate change, but it is not working as efficiently as it could be. MEPs discuss on 7 July an informal deal with member states to reform the scheme and will then...

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Jamaica’s first World Heritage listing ups the number of natural sites to 229

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Blue and John Crow Mountains, Jamaica

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UN climate talks: Europe's regions and cities call on the EU to lead by showing true ambition pushing a 50% cut of greenhouse gas by 2050

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has set out its commitments for the UN climate talks in Paris in December later this year. Speaking during the World Climate Summit in Lyon, The chair of the CoR's climate and energy commission, Francesco...

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