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) – (viac…)

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 (viac…)

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 (viac…)

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 (viac…)

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. (viac…)

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. (viac…)

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 (viac…)

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 (viac…)

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 (viac…)

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. (viac…)

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. (viac…)

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 (viac…)

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

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 (viac…)

The future of the planet depends largely on emerging and developing economies (EMDEs), as their share of global greenhouse gas emissions is growing and they are expected to contribute to the majority of new emissions. Although developed (viac…)

Forests are dynamic ecosystems that are constantly exposed to various disturbances, both natural, such as insect pests, fires and drought, and anthropogenic. A key characteristic that determines their ability (viac…)

Last week, hundreds of scientists, policymakers and journalists gathered at the University of Exeter to attend an international conference on “tipping points.” At the conference, experts discussed (viac…)

At a time when climate change is becoming an increasingly urgent reality, it is coming to the rescue book "Considering Climate Change" (Reflections on Climate Change) by scientist Dr. Kimberley Miner. This publication, introduced in the work (viac…)

Antarctic sea ice has been steadily shrinking since 2015, reaching 100% in 2023. record decline 1.55 million square kilometers below the expected average. This decrease is the largest environmental shift (viac…)

The past decade has seen devastating wildfires in forest areas around the world, with far-reaching impacts. These extreme fire years – defined as periods with large-scale regional fires and (viac…)