The EU is reviewing its regulatory instruments on tobacco, as planned in the EU beating cancer plan.

Europe is one of the fastest-heating regions in the world, with temperatures rising over twice the global average in the last 30 years, threatening lives, economies and society.

The market for sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) hit the symbolic $100 billion mark in 2021, one year after they were first introduced, a spectacular growth which is starting to attract the attention of EU policymakers wary about the risk of greenwashing.

In recent years, energy companies operating large combined heat and power plants were looking to switch from coal to gas as a stepping stone towards decarbonisation.

Last month, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) issued green bonds — a financial instrument used to raise funds for environmentally friendly projects — for the first time.

Electricity prices in Spain rose by 32.2% during the first half of 2022, an increase of more than double the average of other EU countries (13%).

One of the world’s biggest tech conferences will get going in Lisbon on Wednesday, Nov. 2, after Ukraine’s first lady formally opened the event by urging participants to use their skills to save lives rather than end them.

Germany should use Russian gas once the Ukraine war is over and keep nuclear plants running longer, Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer said during Climate Action Minister Robert Habeck’s visit to the region on Tuesday.

Prime Minister António Costa will advocate for a more inclusive transition and a more balanced distribution of climate finance during his attendance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 7 and 8 November.

Danes on Tuesday (1 November) handed the Social Democratic Party a mandate to form a new government in a general election seen as a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s handling of the pandemic and her leadership to overcome yet another crisis.