Earth News

Governments urged to reconsider bid to delay deforestation law

Forest conservationists and environmental campaigners have reacted angrily to governments' efforts within the EU Council to water down a recently adopted law designed to protect forests both overseas and in Europe, before it has even come into effect.

28 March 2024

Climate

Euroviews. Are water cycles the missing piece of the climate crisis puzzle?

Climate models are based largely on extrapolating fossil fuel emissions. But is a missing critical factor linked to plants and water making things worse, Eurof Uppington writes.

25 March 2024

Earth News

Governments need to triple rate of emissions cuts

A raft of new legislation adopted under the EU's flagship Green Deal agenda means the bloc is on the right path to meet its climate and environment policy goals, the European Commission has said, while acknowledging the real test will be how effectively governments implement it.

13 March 2024

Nature

Tropical timber from the Congo Rainforest is keeping Amsterdam safe

As the world continues to rely on this tropical timber, what does sustainable forest management look like?

2 March 2024

The Road To Green

The Ivory Coast’s path to deforestation-free cocoa

In partnership with The European Commission

Euronews Reporter Cyril Fourneris travels to the Ivory Coast, the Netherlands and Brussels to follow the cocoa supply chain and learn how sustainable and exploration-free chocolate is better for the planet and the livelihoods of producers.

27 February 2024

The Road To Green

Who will pay the price for sustainability-produced cocoa?

In partnership with The European Commission

Euronews travels to Adzopé in the Ivory Coast to learn how a cooperative boasting more than 3,000 members has become a pioneer in fair trade and traceable cocoa.

27 February 2024

Earth News

Conservationists alarmed at new market for carbon removal certificates

Wooden houses and sturdy furniture could soon receive potentially lucrative EU certification for their presumed role in reducing atmospheric CO2, but green groups are concerned that new rules on accounting for carbon removals do little to protect forests and will facilitate corporate greenwashing.

20 February 2024

Climate

Destructive Amazon drought caused by climate change, study finds

Last year's extreme weather underscored the importance of the world’s largest land-based carbon sink.

25 January 2024

Scenes

Meet the Spanish biologists turning foraging into fine art

In partnership with Media City

"Wild plants connect us to the environment in which we live."

22 January 2024

Residences

Stay in a hobbit-inspired village deep in an Armenian forest

The cottages have round wooden doors painted bright colours and windows set at jaunty angles.

2 January 2024

Ecotech

World’s tallest wooden wind tower goes into operation in Sweden

This Swedish start-up is making wind towers from wood and slashing CO2 emissions.

29 December 2023

Nature

World's largest tropical rainforest threatened by Brazilian highway

The highway through Brazil's Amazon rainforest could trigger a wave of illegal deforestation.

22 December 2023

Earth News

Positive news as US fines polluters and protects old-growth forests

Old-growth forests store large amounts of carbon that can be released during wildfires adding to climate change.

20 December 2023

Earth News

Euroviews. In the global fight against climate change, a way forward exists

As COP28 concludes, the question remains — who is going to provide the leadership we so desperately need, Prof Lee White CBE writes.

13 December 2023

Earth News

Forest or grove? Why critics are divided on France’s new ‘urban forest

France’s capital city is getting its first urban forest as its green transformation plan takes shape, but not everyone is impressed.

9 December 2023

wellbeing

Roaming Finland's 'health forests' is boosting patient well-being

Finland has since 2015 established forests next to national healthcare centres as part of the so-called "health forest" project to bolster well-being.

7 December 2023

Nature

Sacred cedar trees of Lebanon’s Kadisha Valley face climate threat

Cedar trees are a symbol of Lebanon but they’re disappearing as the country heats up.

6 December 2023

Earth News

2022 was the second-worst year for wildfires in Europe, report reveals

Climate change is taking a mounting toll on Europe's forests. Satellite data could help save them.

22 November 2023

Nature

Brazil’s golden monkey is swinging back from the brink of extinction

Rampant deforestation in Brazil has devastated the only place in the world where golden lion tamarins can be found.

13 November 2023

Nature

Which countries in Europe have the most and least forests?

Forests have been growing in size in the EU over recent decades, but why are there such large discrepancies across the continent?

4 November 2023