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The Isles of Scilly are 140 islands, 28 miles off the Cornish coast. Five islands are inhabited with a population of just over 2,000 people, the southernmost settled one being St. Agnes. Due to their position at the end of the North Atlantic Drift, they are bathed by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream and can often feel sub-tropical. They don't generally experience the hot and cold temperature swings of the rest of the UK. Instead, with their exquisite blue seas, green landscapes and sparkling white beaches, the Isles of Scilly feel more Mediterranean, although perhaps not as warm as Cornwall....
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Antarctic animals are at risk of being ‘sunburnt’ as the ozone hole opens for longer, scientists have warned, and climate change could be to blame. As if the impact of global heating on sea ice weren’t bad enough, penguins, seals and other wildlife are also being exposed to harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation during their summer. Ozone gas forms a protective layer in the Earth’s upper stratosphere. The realisation that some chemicals - primarily chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used as refrigerants - were depleting it led to a major intervention in 1987: the Montreal Protocol. It is widely considered...
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G7 countries have agreed to phase out coal power during the first half of the 2030s. The Environment, Energy and Climate G7 meeting concluded on Tuesday at the Palace of Venaria in Turin. The focus of the summit was green transformation and addressing climate change, pollution, the energy crisis and biodiversity loss. In a statement issued at the end of the two-day conference, the G7 countries said they have jointly agreed to "phase out existing unabated coal power generation in our energy systems during the first half of 2030s or in a timeline consistent with keeping a limit of 1.5C temperatu...
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The Department of Education ordered students in more than 47,000 public schools to study from home due to health risks from record-high temperatures. The Philippines is among the worst affected by the sweltering weather in Southeast Asia.
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Europe’s cities are facing the impacts of climate change ever more regularly and severely. After 2023’s record summer heat, flooding and heatwaves, the need to invest in resilience has never been clearer. A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) has taken stock of adaption across Europe’s urban centres, looking at what actions cities are taking and what is already working. It finds that almost all European cities are using nature-based solutions as their tool of choice to improve resilience. Of the 19,000 climate action plans surveyed, 91 per cent included options like maintaini...
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Key diary datesMonday 29 April: European Commission conference on the role of the EU budget will include interventions by IMF and EIB Presidents Kristalina Georgieva and Nadia Calvino, and Polish and Belgian Prime Ministers Donald Tusk and Alexander de Croo. Monday 29 April: Diplomats to negotiate on Green Claims Directive within the EU Council. Tuesday 30 April: EU-Japan Digital Partnership Council. In spotlightWhen it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, everyone seems to be going ‘net zero’ these days – but readers may well ask just how companies from IKEA to McDonalds, let alone petroleum gi...
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By Liz Kimbrough Seven grassroots environmental activists were awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 29. Known as the “Green Nobel Prize,” the Goldman Prize honors activists from the six continental regions. This year’s winners include two Indigenous activists who stopped destructive seismic testing for oil and gas off the Eastern Cape in Africa, an activist who protected a forest in India from coal mining, an organizer who changed California’s transportation regulations, a journalist who exposed links between beef and deforestation in Brazil, an activist who blocked development of ...
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“It’s not because it’s illegal that you shouldn’t do it. If we don’t act, who will?”, *Miel tells Euronews Green. It’s an unusual Saturday morning for the 19-year-old member of Extinction Rebellion: she is about to break the law. Today’s target is the French chemical giant Arkema based near Lyon. The company is accused of releasing toxic chemicals into the environment, PFAS (Per-and polyfluoroalkyl compounds), dubbed “forever chemicals” for their indestructible nature. 400 activists from Extinction Rebellion and Youth for Climate have travelled from across France to protest against their manuf...
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On 9 April, days after a dam burst caused disastrous flooding in southern Russia, Yulia Navalnya blasted the government’s handling of the crisis on X. “The authorities in our country never seem to be prepared for anything,” the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote in a damning thread. “In winter, they are unprepared for frost and snowstorms, in summer - for fires, and in spring - for floods.” Spring flooding is typical across the Ural region, as the Ural River - Europe’s third longest - fills with snowmelt from the Ural mountains. But the river hit record levels this April w...
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Global wine production reached a historic low in 2023 and climate change could be to blame, a new report has revealed. The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) says the drink hit its lowest level since 1962. This intergovernmental organisation has 50 member states, representing 75 per cent of the world’s vineyard area. Experts blame “extreme environmental conditions” including droughts and fires that have been driving the downward trend in production. Though climate change is not entirely to blame, the OIV says, these conditions are the greatest challenge the industry is facing. V...
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