A group of Swiss women are taking their government to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) court over climate change. With an average age of 73, they say the country’s climate policies are putting their health – and human rights – at risk. KlimaSeniorinnen (Senior Women...
Police detained 143 people on Monday during a demonstration at meeting of oil and gas companies in Vienna. Environmental groups gathered in the Austrian capital to protest the European Gas Conference. Hundreds of climate activists from groups including Fridays for Future took to the...
The European Union has brought over the finish one of its most ambitious and far-reaching elements of its Green Deal: a ban on new sales of combustion-engine cars as of 2035. The regulation imposes a 100% reduction in CO2 emissions by the cut-off date, effectively prohibiting the purchase...
Gender differences exist in most areas of life. But it’s now been proven that your carbon footprint is also influenced by your sex. The study found that single men were responsible for the most carbon emissions – in Sweden at least, where the research was done. Why are single...
A referendum that would have brought Berlin‘s climate neutrality target forward to 2030 failed to draw enough voters. The proposal would have seen the current 2045 goal moved 15 years earlier. Berlin – like the rest of Germany – is aiming to reduce net carbon emissions...
