The European Commission, through a study carried out by RAMBOLL Management Consulting, has examined how best to integrate climate and environmental objectives into the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) after the year (more…)

Forests cover around 40 % of the European Union (EU) territory and absorbed around 10 % of the EU's human-induced emissions between 1990 and 2022. This process of removing carbon from the atmosphere is commonly referred to as (more…)

World Nature Conservation Day falls annually on July 28This day was officially declared at the UN Conference on the Environment in Stockholm in 1972. It was created as a global appeal for environmental protection - to maintain the balance between (more…)

Climate inflation refers to the rise in food prices caused by weather fluctuations and long-term climate change, rather than monetary or demand factors. Extreme droughts, floods, heat waves, or unpredictable seasonal changes (more…)

Global warming is reflected mainly in the oceans, which absorb almost 90 % of excess heat in the climate system. According to NOAA, 2024 was the warmest year on record for the ocean surface as well – virtually all (more…)

The Global Carbon Project (GCP) annually compiles an updated global carbon budget that synthesizes the latest estimates of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, land and ocean sinks, and the rate of growth of atmospheric CO2. The remainder between (more…)

Europe and the world are facing an increasing number of extreme heat events. Record temperatures in cities are significantly worsening living conditions, increasing energy consumption and threatening health. Three proven strategies – trees, cool roofs and radiative cooling (radiative cooling) – (more…)

The Thwaites Ice Shelf in West Antarctica is key to understanding ice shelf dynamics and their implications for global sea level rise. It represents one of the most rapidly changing areas in Antarctica, with the ice shelf itself (more…)

On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued the long-awaited advisory opinion concerning the obligations of states in the field of climate change. This is a groundbreaking decision because the court confirmed for the first time, that all (more…)

A rapidly developing evidence base suggests that exposure to outdoor air pollution is a risk factor for the onset of dementia, with an increase in publications in this area since 2022. In 2024 (more…)

EU Missions are an innovative tool within the Horizon Europe programme that integrates research and innovation (R&I) objectives with environmental and societal goals, with the aim of achieving substantial and measurable results by 2030. (more…)

The world is facing an increasing frequency and severity of epidemics and pandemics caused by the transmission of pathogens from animals to humans, known as zoonotic transmission. These events have potentially serious consequences for human health. (more…)

World on brink of climate breakthrough: Fossil fuel era is “running out,” says UN chief António Guterres, stressing that “the sun is rising on the age of clean energy.” Guterres urges countries to direct their support to (more…)

Extreme weather events – devastating droughts, devastating floods, and heat waves – directly destroy crops and push up the prices of basic foods. A recent study showed that after 16 particularly extreme weather events (more…)

Paris Agreement of 2015 legally obliges the international community to keep global anthropogenic warming well below 2.0°C and strive to maintain the border 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. Despite recent efforts to limit (more…)

The concept of global tipping points has become an urgent warning of widespread systemic collapse in the context of sudden and unexpected changes in climatic, ecological, social and economic systems. (more…)

In recent weeks, Europe has once again experienced deadly consequences of record-breaking extreme heatHundreds of heat warnings have been issued across the continent, with temperatures reaching as high as 46°C in some regions. (more…)

Cities and towns play a key role in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, contributing approximately 75 % of global CO2 emissions. With the world’s urban population projected to grow from 55 % in (more…)

The report "Energy Poverty National Indicators: Uncovering New Possibilities for Expanded Knowledge" of October 2023, published by (more…)

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement (PA) on climate, a key international pact that aimed to limit global warming and build a climate-resilient future. The new (more…)