France will plant 1 billion trees – or 10% of the country’s forest area – by 2030 to capture carbon and preserve biodiversity, President Emmanuel Macron told firefighters in a speech on Friday (28 October).

Agriculture lawmakers in the European Parliament are united in their outrage toward a recent proposal by the EU executive.

Despite favourable winds due to high gas prices, Europe’s fledgling hydrogen-based industrial transformation is hitting several roadblocks: lack of legal certainty, next-to-no infrastructure and limited availability of green hydrogen made from renewables.

France and Spain experienced unusually warm temperatures on Thursday (27 October), bringing some bathers out to beaches but also adding to mounting concerns about changing weather patterns in Europe.

The response of wealthy nations to climate change “is not up to the challenge” faced by the developing world and is too often subject to “backsliding”, Egypt’s climate negotiator said ahead of a key UN summit opening next week.

To diversify the gas supply and reduce dependency on Russian imports, the Austrian government closed a deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for an amount of gas similar to what Germany receives.

EU lawmakers agreed to a deal late Thursday evening (27 October) that will end the sale of internal combustion engine cars from 2035, a momentous agreement that sets Europe on a trajectory to a largely electric automotive future.

Climate activists glued themselves to Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” at a Dutch museum on Thursday in the latest stunt targeting famous artworks, but the painting was undamaged.

Latin American and EU leaders called for closer and better ties between their regions on Thursday (27 October), while lamenting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for stoking global inflation, poverty, and the risk of recession.

Members of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee (AGRI) have called for concerted efforts to support mental health for EU farmers as pressures mount on the already strained sector.