Green Deal, energy policy, and climate action
A massive wildfire has blanketed Bordeaux in choking smoke since last Friday, forcing thousands to evacuate and leaving city residents struggling with burning eyes and sleepless nights. As temperatures soar above 38°C with no rain in sight, locals and officials fear the worst is still to come.
Satellites can now detect massive methane leaks from space within 48 hours – but new analysis shows only 13 per cent of those alerts lead to any action. The technology is ready. The accountability isn’t.
Wildfires are surging across Europe, with Spain and France battling major blazes as WHO data shows a 57 per cent rise in land burned over four years. Emergency services are stretched thin as forecasters warn the worst may not be over.
Iranian strikes on Kuwait’s water and power infrastructure have entered a fourth consecutive day, exposing a critical vulnerability in one of the Gulf’s most water-dependent nations. Analysts say Tehran is waging a deliberate psychological campaign against a country with few means to fight back.
Africa’s camels — built for desert survival — are now collapsing under extreme heat that herders say is unlike anything they’ve witnessed before. From Somalia to Mali, rising temperatures are threatening the animals and the millions of people who depend on them.
Houthi rebels struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea on Wednesday evening as Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized three vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. The cascading crises are pushing the Middle East toward a confrontation with genuinely global consequences.
Europe’s carbon pricing debate has fractured into five rival political blocs, each with competing demands that threaten to reshape the EU’s emissions trading system. The outcome will determine whether Europe’s main climate tool survives intact or gets diluted beyond recognition.
The WHO issued urgent new guidance Thursday urging European countries to heat-proof hospitals and care facilities as record temperatures kill hundreds across the continent. The agency was unequivocal: these deaths don’t have to happen.
Seven British nationals are among 13 people killed in wildfires sweeping the Valencia region of Spain, authorities confirmed Tuesday. Twelve of the dead were foreign nationals caught in fast-moving blazes during an extreme heatwave.
A wildfire burning south of Paris may have been deliberately set, France’s interior minister said Wednesday, as two people were arrested near the suspected origin point. Hundreds of hectares of forest have burned and more than 1,200 residents have been evacuated from surrounding villages.
