Raising his voice above the pounding drums and honking tractors, Lutz Jankus, a city councillor from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), distanced himself from…
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From petri dish to plate: meet the company hoping to bring lab-grown fish to the table
The redbrick offices, just north of Hamburg’s River Elbe and a few floors below Carlsberg’s German headquarters, are an unexpectedly low-key setting for a food…
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None of the big oil and gas producers surrounding the North Sea plan to stop drilling soon enough to meet the 1.5C (2.7F) global heating…
View More No big North Sea fossil fuel country has plan to stop drilling in time for 1.5C goalWhy Europe’s farmers are protesting – and the far right is taking note
The columns of tractors that have blocked roads in Germany, causing chaos in cities and headaches for commuters, are the latest wave in a growing…
View More Why Europe’s farmers are protesting – and the far right is taking noteWeather tracker: Parts of Rhine closed to shipping as river levels rise
Water levels on the Rhine were critically high last week, after heavy rain across the catchment area and the snow melt that followed. Parts of…
View More Weather tracker: Parts of Rhine closed to shipping as river levels riseThe zero-waste city: what Kiel in Germany can teach the world
The hair that drops in clumps on the floors of some salons in Kiel, a port city in northern Germany, is swept up to be…
View More The zero-waste city: what Kiel in Germany can teach the worldFear of reprisals prevent people calling out employers on climate, says charity
Concerns about being fired or victimised at work are preventing people from calling out their employers on the climate crisis and the wider environment, according…
View More Fear of reprisals prevent people calling out employers on climate, says charityHow Germany, France and Italy compare on net zero emission targets
Germany, France and Italy have pledged to hit net zero emissions around the middle of the century in a bid to stop weather from growing…
View More How Germany, France and Italy compare on net zero emission targetsRevealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air
Europe is facing a “severe public health crisis”, with almost everyone across the continent living in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution, an investigation…
View More Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic airDeadly humid heatwaves to spread rapidly as climate warms – study
Life-threatening periods of high heat and humidity will spread rapidly across the world with only a small increase in global temperatures, a study has found,…
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