23

Dec

Storms Elsa and Fabian leave nine dead across southern Europe

The death toll from fierce back-to-back storms pummelling Spain, Portugal and France has risen to nine as the region reels from more powerful winds and flooding. The death of a fisherman in Catalonia, who…

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21

Dec

Genoa battered by violent storm, 7 meter waves recorded along Liguria coast

A wave of bad weather in the last few hours has hit the far west of Liguria, with intensity in the Sanremo area. Along the coast waves of 4 meters…

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21

Dec

Five dead as storm wreaks havoc in Spain and Portugal

A storm sweeping across Spain and Portugal has killed at least five people, damaged buildings, cut power lines and forced authorities to shut roads hit by flooding and fallen trees,…

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20

Dec

Floods in Spain

Photos made available by Reinosa's City Council in Spain show flooded roasd in Reinosa, northern Spain, 20 December 2019. Heavy rains caused the overflow of three rivers flooding the town.…

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18

Dec

Australia endures hottest day on record

Australia has experienced its hottest day on record with the national average temperature reaching a high of 40.9C (105.6F), meteorologists say. The Bureau of Meteorology (Bom) said "extensive" heat on…

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15

Dec

Longest UN climate talks end with no deal on carbon markets

Marathon international climate talks ended Sunday with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on how to regulate global carbon markets. After two weeks of negotiations in Madrid on…

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15

Dec

Wind up to 100 km per hour causes damages in Sicily

Gusts of wind up to 100 kilometres per hour have caused damage in the province of Palermo during the night between Saturday and Sunday. Numerous fire brigade interventions were needed…

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15

Dec

UN climate conference talks deadlocked in Madrid

The COP 25 UN climate conference in Madrid remained deadlocked on Sunday, more than 24 hours after the two-week talks had been scheduled to end. The Chilean official leading UN…

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13

Dec

Bad weather in the north of Spain

Images from the streets of San Sebastian, Spain, on the 13 December 2019, after a violent storm. Winds of 144 kilometers per hour have been registered in the area, along…

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13

Dec

Italy on high alert because of bad weather

Italian authorities are on high alert for a wave of bad weather that is expected to hit the country in the coming days. According to meteorologists in the coming hours,…

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12

Dec

Photo Story: Greenpeace action on European Council building in Brussels

Greenpeace environmental activists hang a giant placard reading "Climate Emergency" and light flares on the European Council Europa building ahead of a European summit in Brussels, Belgium, 12 December 2019.…

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12

Dec

EU Commission presents the European Green Deal

The European Commission presented the European Green Deal that sets out how to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, boosting the economy, improving people's health and quality of…

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11

Dec

Greta Thunberg is Time’s 2019 Person of the Year

Greta Thunberg, the soft-spoken Swedish teen who became a global conscience for climate change and environmental activism, has been named Time’s Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019. Thunberg quickly…

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11

Dec

40 million more people at risk of flooding as Greenland loses ice ‘seven times faster than in 1990s’

Greenland's ice is melting seven times faster than it was in the 1990s, and at much greater speeds than current predictions, according to a new study. It came as another…

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09

Dec

MEPs push for high ambitions at the COP25 in Madrid

A delegation from the European Parliament is in Madrid to participate in the COP25, where they will meet with key stakeholders in the negotiations. An official delegation from the European…

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07

Dec

Rise in Caribbean children displaced by storms shows climate crisis is a child rights issue: UNICEF

The number of Caribbean children displaced by storms has risen approximately six-fold in the past five years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals in a new report released on Friday. Catastrophic tropical cyclones…

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07

Dec

Oceans running out of oxygen as temperatures rise

Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish. That's the conclusion of the biggest study of its kind, undertaken by…

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07

Dec

Greta Thunberg says school strikes have achieved nothing

The global wave of school strikes for the climate over the past year has “achieved nothing” because greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise, Greta Thunberg has told activists at…

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07

Dec

Britain braces for strong winds as Storm Atiyah due to hit

Britain is bracing itself as Storm Atiyah is set to hit this weekend with powerful gales forecast and the Met Office issuing weather warnings. Severe winds of up to 70-80mph are due to hit…

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07

Dec

Major European investors urge EU to enshrine climate goal in law

European investors representing over six trillion euros in assets are calling on European Union governments to speed up efforts to enshrine the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality goal in law. In…

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06

Dec

Greta Thunberg arrives in Madrid for COP25

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg gets off the Lusitania train upon her arrival at Chamartin Railway Station, in Madrid, Spain, early 06 December 2019. Greta arrived in Madrid after a…

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05

Dec

Study finds climate change is causing birds to shrink

As the climate warms, birds are shrinking and their wingspans are growing, according to a new study. Researchers analysed 70,716 specimens from 52 North American migratory bird species collected over…

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05

Dec

Pope blasts weak climate-crisis response in COP 25 message

Pope Francis has blasted the international community's weak response to the climate crisis in his message to participants at the COP 25 United Nations Conference on Climate in Madrid. "On…

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04

Dec

Italy sixth for extreme weather deaths since 1999 – report

Italy is sixth in the world in terms of the number of people to have died because of extreme-weather events since 1999, according to the latest Climate Risk Index report…

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04

Dec

Photo Story: Snowstorm in Massachusetts

Pedestrians cross Lagoon Bridge in the Boston Public Gardens as snow continues to fall in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Many schools in the region were forced to close and Massachusetts Governor…

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04

Dec

Photo Story: Mercury plummets in Kashmir

The region of Kashmir in India is currently caught in a wave of extreme cold weather. In the photo a man fishes in nearly frozen waters after temperatures plummeted overnight,…

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04

Dec

People are failing to grasp the anger of the younger generation says Greta Thunberg

  People are failing to grasp the anger of the younger generation in the face of a changing climate, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Tuesday. Ms Thunberg was…

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01

Dec

Photo Story: U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Weather

Snow ploughs remove snow from Colorado Highway 72, near Denver, Colorado, USA, 30 November 2019, in an effort to keep the highways clear of blowing and drifting snow. Holiday snowstorms…

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29

Nov

Climate change should be European Parliament’s first priority, according to citizens

Combating climate change should be Parliament’s top priority, new Eurobarometer reveals, highlighting youth-led climate protests as great influencers. “Combating climate change and preserving our environment, oceans and biodiversity” should be…

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29

Nov

Boris Johnson replaced by melting ice after missing election climate debate

Britain’s increasingly rancorous election campaign took a bizarre turn on Thursday night when prime minister Boris Johnson refused to join other party leaders in a televised debate on climate change,…

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29

Nov

Student climate change protesters take to the streets across Australia

Thousands of Australian students walked out of class on Friday to join rallies demanding stronger action to rein in climate change, which they said is contributing to the country’s bushfire…

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28

Nov

MEPs back ‘climate emergency’ resolution to push for more aggressive action

The European Parliament have passed a continent-wide 'Climate Emergency' resolution 429 votes to 225. The decision precedes next month's United Nations climate conference, COP25, in Madrid, and comes a day…

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28

Nov

Severe storms in the US set to disrupt Thanksgiving for millions

Two winter storms blasted parts of the United States on Wednesday, disrupting travel plans for millions of Americans who typically jam the country's highways and airports to visit family and…

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27

Nov

UN emissions report: World on course for more than 3-degree spike, even if climate commitments are met

Even if countries meet commitments made under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is heading for a 3.2 degrees Celsius global temperature rise over pre-industrial levels, leading to even wider-ranging and more destructive climate impacts, warns a report…

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27

Nov

Photo Story: Sydney hit by severe storm

Workers from Australia's Tree Care Service survey fallen trees blocking a street in the suburb of Gordon in Sydney, Australia, 27 November 2019. A severe fast-moving thunderstorm has passed over…

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25

Nov

Photo Story: Aftermath of Storm Gyrionis in Greece

Photos of the damage caused by violent storms in Greece. The storm named 'Gyrionis' triggered heavy rainfall in the region of Attica and other parts of Greece causing damages in…

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25

Nov

The Ticino river bursts its banks in Pavia, Italy

The River Ticino burst its banks in the northern city of Pavia overnight as a wave of storms that has claimed one life continued to batter Italy on Monday. As…

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25

Nov

Fatal thunderstorms sweep across western Greece

Two people drowned after their moored sailing boat sank in western Greece as the country was lashed with torrential rain and thunderstorms, coast guard officials said early on Monday. The…

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25

Nov

Deadly weather hits France and Italy

At least three people have died as heavy rain over the weekend led to severe flooding in France and Italy. An elevated 30m stretch of highway collapsed near the Italian…

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23

Nov

Extreme cold weather might be heading to Europe in early December

Early December see a fresh wave of cold polar air, according to projections from the latest meteorological models. It is caused by a sudden stratospheric warming that pushes cold air…

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22

Nov

CDU Congress targeted by Greenpeace

A Greenpeace activist carries a C letter while entering the venue of the Party Congress of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) in Leipzig, Germany, 22 November 2019. On 21…

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20

Nov

Bad weather causes mudslides in Austria

Members of the Austrian Armed Forces (Bundesheer) remove mud and trees after a mudslide on the road to the Carinthian village Mallnitz, Austria, Austria. Due to the current weather situation…

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20

Nov

EasyJet to offset carbon emissions from all its flights

EasyJet is set to become the world’s first major airline to operate net-zero carbon flights across its entire network, after announcing it would offset all jet fuel emissions. The British…

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17

Nov

Pacific seals at risk as Arctic ice melt

A potentially deadly disease affecting marine mammals, including seals and sea otters, has been passed from the North Atlantic Ocean to the northern Pacific thanks to the melting of the…

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17

Nov

Storm causes damage in Rome

Workers remove an uprooted tree that crashed on parked cars in the Ragusa square in the Italian capital Rome on Sunday morning. Bad weather with strong winds caused damage in…

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15

Nov

German parliament approves climate protection plan

German lawmakers voted to enshrine climate protection in law on Friday. The new legislation will target sectors like energy, transport and housing. It aims to cut Germany's greenhouse gas emissions to…

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15

Nov

Sudden snowstorm leaves one dead, many without electricity in southeast France

A man died due to unexpectedly heavy snowfall in the Rhône-Alpes region in France. Rail traffic was also disrupted, and 300,000 homes were left without electricity due to the weather.…

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15

Nov

Photo Story: Cold wave hits Spain with snow and strong winds

A man walks along a snowed path in Lugo, Galicia, north-western Spain. A low pressure is reaching the peninsula, bringing a cold front with winds and decreasing temperatures, especially in…

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15

Nov

State of emergency declared in Venice

The cabinet on Thursday approved the declaration of a state of emergency for flood-devastated Venice and other parts of Veneto, earmarking 20 million euros for the first intervention in the…

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14

Nov

Netherlands cuts speed limit to curb emissions

The Dutch government will reduce its national speed limit as part of a package of controversial measures to cut emissions that have sparked mass protests from the country’s farmers. Mark…

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14

Nov

Italy battered by bad weather

A wave of bad weather has brought many parts of Italy to a standstill. A tornado in Porto Cesareo, in Salento, severely damaged the local port and completely destroyed a…

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14

Nov

Climate change has become a health emergency, children’s lungs are no longer pink, but black due to the pollution

Paediatricians in New Delhi, India, say children's lungs are no longer pink, but black due to the pollution in the air. Our warming planet is already impacting the health of…

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14

Nov

Fishing boat shipwrecked as adverse weather conditions hit Spain

The fishing ship 'Divina del Mar' remains stranded due to high waves and strong winds at Porto do Son coast in Coruna, Galicia, Spain, 13 November 2019. Persistent rainstorms are…

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14

Nov

Flooded parts of England prepare for ‘danger to life’ rain

Parts of the East Midlands and Yorkshire have been warned that they could see further devastating floods. The Met Office has issued a warning that there could be a danger…

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09

Nov

Woman’s body pulled from flood waters in UK as evacuation ordered

  A woman died after being swept away in floodwater as parts of northern England and the Midlands were battered by a month’s worth of rain in 24 hours, causing…

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08

Nov

Public urged to stay away from swollen rivers amid extensive flooding in the UK

The Environment Agency is urging people to stay away from swollen rivers as torrential downpours continue to flood parts of northern England. Northern Rail has issued "do not travel" advice…

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07

Nov

Italy plans mandatory climate change lessons for schools

All children in Italy will have to study climate change at school starting from next year, becoming the first country in the world where this will be compulsory. Italy's minister…

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