France contemplates the end of the Fifth Republic

France, to borrow the words of Alain Duhamel, the veteran political observer, “has gone beyond a political crisis”. It is now flirting with regime change. The tailor-made system that Charles de Gaulle built in 1958 to save the country from the...

France unveils new government amid political crisis

France's President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new government on Sunday after marathon talks to cobble together a cabinet and prevent the country from slipping deeper into political crisis. The lineup, a mix of old and new faces, marks Prime...

Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn

Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world’s coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first “tipping point” in climate-driven ecosystem collapse....

Europe’s Wild Bees, Butterflies at Risk of Extinction

(MENAFN) A sweeping new conservation report has sounded the alarm over the accelerating decline of Europe’s wild bees and butterflies, warning that these critical pollinators are edging closer to extinction at an unprecedented rate. The updated...

Europe’s wild bees, butterflies head toward extinction

(MENAFN) Europe’s wild bees and butterflies are facing an escalating extinction crisis, according to a major new conservation assessment that warns urgent intervention is needed to protect these essential pollinators. The latest update to the...

Climate-curious but confused? Grab a beer and some cards

It sounds like the beginning of a joke: A reggae promoter, two schoolgirls and a poet walk into a Nairobi garden. Or a college student, a tango instructor and a pastor walk into a café in Cleveland. All recently gathered to play Climate Fresk, a...

Spain back on flood alert as torrential rains strike Catalonia

Floods trapped people in vehicles and homes in Spain on Sunday as torrential rain drenched part of the northeastern Catalonia region, a day after downpours unleashed travel chaos on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. National weather agency AEMET...

Germany launches ‘world’s first’ vertical floating solar power plant

German-based developer of floating renewable energy platform solutions SINN Power has commissioned what is described as the world’s first vertical floating photovoltaic (PV) system at the Jais gravel pit in the Starnberg district, Bavaria, marking...

France Announces New Government

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 13. On October 12, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced the composition of the new government, which includes 19 ministers, the Elysee Palace said in a statement, Trend reports....

EU backs DITF’s Fabulose project for eco-leather with $4.05 mn grant

The European Union has approved €3.5 million (~$4.05 million) in funding for the Fabulose project under the Horizon Europe (Circular Biogases Joint Undertaking) programme. Coordinated by the German Institutes for Textile and Fibre Research (DITF)...

France unveils government in crisis

PARIS (AFP) -- France's President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new government on Sunday, after marathon talks to cobble together a cabinet and prevent the country from slipping deeper into a political crisis. The lineup, a mix of old and new faces,...

Spain suffers fresh floods as torrential rains strike

MADRID (AFP) -- Floods trapped people in vehicles and homes in Spain on Sunday as torrential rain drenched the northeastern Catalonia region, a day after downpours unleashed travel chaos on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. Local media shared...

Spain hit by fresh floods as torrential rains sweep Catalonia, trapping residents and motorists

MADRID, Oct 13 — Floods trapped people in vehicles and homes in Spain yesterday as torrential rain drenched the north-eastern Catalonia region, a day after downpours unleashed travel chaos on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. Local media shared...

As France wavers on FCAS, Europe weighs alternatives for its next-gen fighter jet

France’s Dassault first threatened to go it alone on Europe’s next-generation fighter jet project – and then the country’s government collapsed. With unprecedented uncertainty over Paris’s commitment and that of its lead contractor, Dassault...

Scientists fear weaker methane target signals wider retreat from climate action

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro Scientists fear the government's decision to weaken New Zealand's methane reduction target signals a broader retreat from climate action - including an intent to back away from our...

British American Tobacco boss: Europe risks becoming Australia on illicit trade

Europe’s push for sharp tax hikes on tobacco and alternative products will fuel illicit trade, as seen in Australia, a senior British American Tobacco (BAT) executive has warned, while pledging to keep at least smokeless alternatives available and...

From chessboard to grey zone: Europe’s deterrence challenge

During the Cold War, deterrence had a grim clarity. Escalation ladders were mapped, red lines were (mostly) understood, and both blocs relied on the predictability of mutual destruction. Today, Europe faces something far less stable. Today’s...

Penn’s sixth annual Climate Week to highlight global ‘climate hotspots’ with over 50 events

Penn’s sixth annual Climate Week will run from Oct. 13-17. Credit: Chenyao Liu Penn will host its sixth annual Climate Week this week, featuring more than 50 scheduled events. This year’s Climate Week, spanning Oct. 13-17, offers a diverse array...

Not nothing, not enough: is the Paris climate agreement working?

PARIS - Climate cooperation is facing a reckoning. Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement, major polluters are wavering on action while the world fast approaches the deal's safer warming limit. With climate change already causing dangerous...

Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier

The climate crisis, Donald Trump told the UN last month, is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. With these words the US president rejected the international scientific consensus and evidence that we can all check daily with a...