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Indonesia: nine orangutans rescued from wildfires return to the forest
Nine orangutans rescued from devastating wildfires in Indonesian Borneo have returned to the forest after weeks of rehabilitation. Among them are four mothers with their young, including three females expecting another baby.
Europe News
EU set to miss 2030 marine protection targets, auditors warn
Despite designating 14% of its waters as protected areas, the EU has placed less than 1% under strict protection, leaving marine ecosystems vulnerable to damaging fishing practices and putting its 2030 biodiversity targets at risk.
Smart Regions
Alternative to agricultural irrigation with double treated wastewater
In partnership with the European Commission
Olive trees irrigated with treated wastewater: in Puglia, southern Italy, a pilot project thus combats drought and emerging pollutants. The molecule is generated by combining hydrogen peroxide and ultraviolet rays. The results of this experience will be known in two years.
Made in Europe
E9X: The battery-powered passenger plane flying up to 1,000 kilometres
Flying without kerosene is no longer just a dream, with pilots being trained to fly electric planes in the Netherlands. Before long, these battery-powered planes could be carrying 90 passengers and flying distances of up to 1,000 kilometres.
East-West Connect
How is this country looking to mobilise €18B for cleaner energy?
In partnership with MDQ
Kazakhstan aims to mobilise €18 billion in investment in cleaner energy through its just energy transition platform, QaJET, with support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Business
Inside the world’s biggest fine jewellery factory: Pandora’s next bet
Pandora invested $150 million (€132mn) in a Vietnam factory, which it says will operate entirely on renewable electricity. The company also switched to using 100% recycled gold and silver in its jewellery production in 2024.
Smart Regions
Ai Stratis, Greece’s pioneer in energy self-sufficiency with renewable
In partnership with the European Commission
In ten months, the small island of Agios Efstratios has gone from relying entirely on fossil fuels to producing more than 90% of its electricity from renewable sources. Thanks to an EU-funded project, this volcanic island is now self-sufficient with green energy.
Earth Series
Making every drop of water count
In partnership with Center for the Production of Content for Mass Media under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
From desalination in the UAE to modernising irrigation systems in Uzbekistan, countries facing water pressure are finding ways to secure supplies and reduce losses.
Europe News
Google’s €13bn Finland push transforms and divides a quiet rural town
A €13 billion Google data centre investment is set to transform the Finnish municipality of Muhos and the wider Oulu region. While many locals welcome new jobs and economic activity, environmental campaigners say more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared without a required assessment.
Made in Europe
From ocean waste to fabric: inside Spain’s sustainable fashion revolution
Every year, more than 12 million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans. Spanish fashion company Ecoalf transforms marine waste and discarded materials into fabrics and clothing through a circular supply chain. But can sustainable fashion transform an industry built on overproduction?
Europe News
T-shirts not winter coats: What a warm October reveals about winter
At the start of October, temperatures of up to 25C give parts of Europe a last taste of late summer. Yet, according to an old farmers' rule, a warm autumn can herald a severe winter. What do the statistics and meteorologists say?
Made in Europe
From Croatia without waste: “truly circular” process offers hazardous chemicals a second life
A clean-tech company in Croatia claims to recycle around three million kilograms of polluted solvents annually – without any waste. An “efficient, safe and economically valuable” recycling process of hazardous chemicals… made in Europe.
Earth Series
How countries are making waste management more circular
In partnership with Center for the Production of Content for Mass Media under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
From advanced sorting in Sharjah to new waste infrastructure in Uzbekistan, efforts to recover materials and generate energy are changing what happens to rubbish.
USA
Trump administration moves to cut protections for endangered species
Brett Hartl, the government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said the move "stabs at the very heart of the Endangered Species Act by giving federal approval to the killing of some of America’s most beloved wildlife."
Europe News
EU sets out COP31 battle lines: pledges are not enough
EU ambassadors want COP31 to deliver faster clean-energy deployment, a transition away from fossil fuels, greater electrification, tripling renewable energy, doubling energy-efficiency improvements and cutting methane and other non-CO2 emissions by 2030, according to a document seen by Euronews.
Europe News
Von der Leyen’s heatwave plan comes as Europe runs out of time
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a European Heatwave Plan to anticipate intense heatwaves expected to return next summer. A new Climate Insurance Alliance was also unveiled as the EU struggles to close the financing gap needed to address climate adaptation and mitigation.
Europe News
The State of the Union lottery: What will Ursula von der Leyen say?
The war in Ukraine, enlargement, migration, climate and trade are all expected to feature in Brussels’ most eagerly awaited speech of the year — with the possibility of a surprise announcement always lurking around the corner.
Made in Europe
From bottle stoppers to rockets: How Portugal is reinventing cork
Portugal produces around half of the world’s cork. Here, the world’s largest cork company, Corticeira Amorim, continues to open new markets by transforming this ancient natural resource into high-tech materials. In this report, we explore its methods, from harvesting to production.
Earth Series
Protecting threatened wildlife
In partnership with Center for the Production of Content for Mass Media under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
From heat-resilient corals in the Gulf of Oman to saiga antelopes on the Ustyurt Plateau, scientists and conservationists are using research, technology and hands-on protection to safeguard threatened wildlife.
Made in Europe
No more landfill: how Tilos became the world's first zero-waste island
Most small islands have little choice but to bury their rubbish in a landfill. Tilos in Greece has found another way. Euronews visited the world's first zero-waste island to see how its system works, and whether other places can do the same.
Focus
COP17 in Mongolia wraps up with 1.3 billion dollars of Green Investment Pledge
In partnership with UNCCD COP17
Member states of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification met in Ulaanbaatar to find solutions and funds for reversing the process of land degradation that already affects 40% of soil on the planet. It ended in the 1.3 billion dollar pledge for Green projects.
Europe News
Von der Leyen warns of worsening disaster risks, touts preparedness
The European Commission wants to shift the focus from responding to disasters to preventing them, strengthening preparedness and improving anticipation. But financing climate adaptation remains a major challenge, as EU countries face limited fiscal room to act.
Made in Europe
The world’s tallest wind power plant is dwarfing the Eiffel tower
The world’s tallest wind turbine is currently under construction in eastern Germany; it will rise 365 metres above ground level. This makes it taller than the Eiffel Tower. The technical masterpiece is due to be operational this autumn. Hans von der Brelie was granted access to visit the site.
Europe News
EU’s wildfire summer puts spotlight on EU nature restoration plans
EU countries must submit their draft nature restoration plans by 1 September, as the continent emerges from a summer that was starkly affected by wildfires and drought. Meanwhile, researchers identified a €65 billion financing gap.
Europe News
Thousands in Sweden protest over climate policy as election looms
The protest comes as experts in Sweden have warned that the government's climate policy jeopardises the country's emissions-cutting goals to reduce CO₂ emissions from transport by 70 percent by 2030 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2045.
Europe News
Brussels asked to make green criteria mandatory in procurement rules
A broad coalition of business and civil society groups is urging the European Commission to introduce mandatory purchasing criteria to create demand for low-carbon products, effectively making procurement part of Europe's industrial strategy.
Europe News
Europe wildfires: Two people killed in Greece, France blaze stabilised
A historically hot summer on the planet's fastest-warming continent has contributed to the deaths of thousands of people and increased the risk of wildfires, with blazes periodically sweeping through parched landscapes.
Iran
Iran claims 'trillion-dollar damage' as Gulf oil spills spread
Oil residues from a struck bulk carrier reached Iran's Qeshm Island and its protected mangrove forests, while a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker grounded off Oman has leaked a slick that has grown to more than 2,000 square kilometres, fouling 40 kilometres of Omani coastline.
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