Brazil was hit by devastating floods over the weekend that have so far claimed 20 lives in the resultant landslides and mudslides. There was heavy…
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‘As with a poem, each patient is unique’: the cancer surgeon using poetry to help train doctors
In an unremarkable lecture hall on a rainy Monday afternoon, Cândida Pereira is expounding passionately on the intricacies of a poem by the Portuguese politician-poet…
View More ‘As with a poem, each patient is unique’: the cancer surgeon using poetry to help train doctorsUK one of 32 countries facing European court action over climate stance
A key plank of the UK government’s defence against the biggest climate legal action in the world next week has fallen away as a result…
View More UK one of 32 countries facing European court action over climate stanceYoung people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies
Six young people are preparing to appear at the European court of human rights to try to compel 32 nations to rapidly escalate their emissions…
View More Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean on fire as blazes spread across nine countries
Wildfires were burning in at least nine countries across the Mediterranean on Tuesday as blazes spread in Croatia, Italy and Portugal, with thousands of firefighters…
View More ‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean on fire as blazes spread across nine countries‘It’s a human rights issue’: young adults take Portugal climate crisis to court
Cláudia Agostinho has been going to Pedrogao beach since she was a child. Back then it was a stretch of silver white sand sandwiched between…
View More ‘It’s a human rights issue’: young adults take Portugal climate crisis to court‘You can’t take risks’: Portugal’s lonely lookouts stand guard against wildfires
There’s smoke on the horizon. From inside a small tower, perched on the summit of the Serra de São Mamede mountain in eastern Portugal, Anacleto…
View More ‘You can’t take risks’: Portugal’s lonely lookouts stand guard against wildfiresWeather tracker: Spain hit by second heatwave in a month
Western Europe has been unable to escape the clutches of unrelenting heat over the past few weeks, with temperatures again reaching into the mid-40Cs across…
View More Weather tracker: Spain hit by second heatwave in a monthSpain and Portugal suffering driest climate for 1,200 years, research shows
Spain and Portugal are suffering their driest climate for at least 1,200 years, according to research, with severe implications for both food production and tourism.…
View More Spain and Portugal suffering driest climate for 1,200 years, research showsShip carrying luxury cars sinks near Azores Islands after burning for weeks
An abandoned ship carrying an estimated $401m (£295m) worth of cars, including Porsche, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini models, has sunk nearly two weeks after a…
View More Ship carrying luxury cars sinks near Azores Islands after burning for weeks