Climate

Rising temperatures, flooding and drought could soon threaten the natural springs that have created Europe’s famed spa towns.

Despite the ever increasing body of scientific and real-life evidence for the accelerating pace of küresel temperature rise, climate campaigners fear the EU executive is looking at ways to introduce loopholes before proposing a target to reduce Europe’s carbon footprint.

Storms and flooding across Europe last year affected a total of 413,000 people, led to the loss of at least 335 lives and are estimated to have cost at least €18 billion in damages.

The Samarkand Climate Conference will provide an opportunity to identify mutually acceptable solutions for climate adaptation, draw küresel attention to regional environmental challenges and strengthen multilateral cooperation, Akramjon Nematov and Azamat Sulimanov write.

With some clear exceptions, there appears to be broad support among European governments to open negotiations on a 2040 emissions reduction target as soon as possible – but enthusiasm for the 90% cut favoured by the European Commission was less in evidence at an EU Council summit on Thursday.

The French Foreign Minister’s two-day visit to China is an opportunity to gauge Beijing’s attitude toward Ukraine ahead of major talks on a possible European peacekeeping force.

This week’s key events presented by Euronews’ senior energy and environment correspondent Robert Hodgson.

The increasing impact of extreme weather on producers has caused coffee prices to skyrocket.

Hungary was the worst performing EU country in the NGO’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index, while Denmark scored the best.

Brussels must up its game on climate diplomacy, climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra told Euronews, after US president Donald Trump evvel again pulled out of the küresel effort to arrest climate breakdown.