From hospital wards to cramped flats and overheated classrooms, the new European battle over air conditioning will decide who gets to stay healthy, keep working and simply sleep through the next wave of 35°C nights.
Europe’s failure to shield workers from extreme heat is becoming an €800bn threat to jobs, wages, and national budgets, as farms and construction sites grind to a halt.
The Commission’s plan to drain subsidy cash from mega-farms like Agrofert could ripple through Czech food prices and competitiveness for years, depending on how hard Prague fights the cuts.
By racing ahead of the currently stalled EU process, Sweden joins a small group of member states using national bans on ‘forever chemicals’.
While studies link microplastics to behavioural problems in children and potential cancer risks, questions from MEPs to the European Commission about food and product safety remain unanswered.
As Albania’s EU membership momentum hits full steam, Brussels’ institutions and Albanian civil society speak out about what accession with current environmental scandals could mean for the EU’s credibility
Behind empty Strasbourg benches, a fight over whether polluting oil giants or national treasuries should pay for Europe’s €70bn-a-year adaptation is stalling any serious protection plan.
As hospitals overheat, schools close and thousands of elderly people die, France’s Greens and far right are tearing into each other over whether mass air‑conditioning is a lifeline or a dangerous illusion.
Trains buckle, schools shut and outdoor workers struggle through 40°C days. Trade unions and scientists are warning that Europe’s heatwave is no longer just a ‘weather story’ but a full showdown over who is responsible for keeping workers safe.
Albania is already becoming unaffordable for many of its own citizens during the summer months. Entire coastal areas increasingly cater to foreign investors, luxury tourism, and speculative real estate markets. What was once a shared natural space risks becoming privatised scenery for multimillionaires.
Having been shut out of the ‘design’ of the EU’s carbon levy, Africa should hit back with its own carbon tax, says the chief economist at the UN Economic Commission for Africa.
Norway is pushing Brussels to rethink its long-standing opposition to oil and gas development in the European Arctic, pushing the EU into reviewing its strategy. But would it meaningfully increase Europe’s energy security? And at what environmental cost?
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is vital for Europe. What it would mean if it started to break down earlier than scientists expected?
For the first time in about a century, renewable energy generated more electricity than coal, the most polluting fossil fuel.
The continent of Europe is warming up two times faster than other regions in the world, with the biggest changes seen in colder regions, according to the 2025 European State of the Climate report.
Earth Day has been celebrated since 1970. To mark the occasion, we present 10 charts that show the current condition of humanity’s only home.
