As Germany and other European countries seek to move away from oil and gas heating in the face of a looming energy crisis, and to meet climate protection targets, Stockholm is leading the way.

The German government has announced the start of a €3 billion subsidy scheme put in place until 2026 that will support the construction of district heating grids that use at least 75% renewable energy.

MEPs approved the EU’s New Forest Strategy for 2030 on Tuesday (13 September).

The world’s poorest countries say they will insist that the UN’s upcoming climate talks push ahead with proposals for a fund to compensate vulnerable nations for climate-inflicted damage.

The European Commission on Wednesday (14 September) announced two demand reduction targets for electricity, including a binding reduction goal of 5% at peak consumption times,  ahead of a difficult winter caused by dwindling gas supplies from Russia.

Lawmakers voted Wednesday (14 September) to increase the EU’s transport emissions reduction target from 13% to 16% by 2030.

When swathes of Pakistan were flooded last month due largely to unprecedented monsoon rainfall, many suspected that climate change was to blame.

Control of the outdoor apparel and equipment retailer Patagonia is being passed to two charitable foundations to direct any company profit not reinvested into fighting climate change.

Around 1.6 million people were forced to leave their homes in the Chinese megacity Shanghai and neighboring Zhejiang province as typhoon Muifa made landfall, bringing strong winds and torrential rains on Wednesday and into Thursday.

The European Parliament has voted to extend the agricultural goods covered by the bloc’s new law against imports linked to deforestation to include maize, poultry and pig meat in a move hailed by campaigners, but criticised by industry representatives.