climate change
Spanish city of Seville begins to name, classify heatwaves
30 June 2022 - The time has come to start giving names to heatwaves – like hurricanes – as damage from some of the extreme weather will be historic.
EU agrees fossil fuel car ban as climate package talks are starting
29 June 2022 - The Council of the EU and European Parliament are set for talks on the Fit-for-55 package. Both agree new combustion engines should be banned by 2035.
EP votes to protect EU industry even after CO2 border tax is fully implemented
23 June 2022 - MEPs want to maintain free emission allowances for industrial producers in the EU after the CO2 border tax is fully implemented in 2030
Statement of the Day, Guterres: Fossil fuel industry used scandalous tactics like Big Tobacco
17 June 2022 - The fossil fuel industry has exploited precisely the same scandalous tactics as Big Tobacco, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said
World Environment Day 2022: We only have one Earth
05 June 2022 - In the universe are billions of galaxies, in our galaxy are billions of planets, but...
Tracking SDGs: For the second year in row, world is no longer making progress on SDGs
03 June 2022 - Crises in health, climate, biodiversity, and geopolitical turmoil pose major challenges for sustainable development at the global level
Climate spending from EU’s 2014-2020 budget was far lower than reported
02 June 2022 - European Court of Auditors found that the spending was not always relevant to climate action as European Commission said
Young people have major role to play in energy transition – national consultations for Stockholm+50
22 May 2022 - The youth consultation meeting within Serbia's national consultations for Stockholm+50 focused on young people's role in environmental protection and climate action
Guterres: global energy system is broken, world closer to climate catastrophe
20 May 2022 - The solution is the transformation of energy systems, Guterres noted, offering five key guidelines for the transition to renewable energy
National environmental consultations for Stockholm+50: unbreakable link between healthy environment and human health
18 May 2022 - The Serbian Ministry of Environmental Protection and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), supported by the Government of Sweden, held the second meeting last week as part of Serbia’s Stockholm+50 national consultations.
Join Serbia’s national consultations under Stockholm+50 initiative
11 May 2022 - Online platform SparkBlue is open until May 20 to all those who wish to join...
European carbon prices tumble, failing to scale new highs as gas drops
09 May 2022 - Recession fears spilled over to the EU's carbon market: the price dropped 5% per ton after challenging recent record highs
Vienna, Europe’s unofficial green capital, launches international competition for green ideas
26 April 2022 - Firms and research institutions can apply by July 22 for up to EUR 500,000 for R&D projects for climate protection in Vienna
Earth Day 2022: Invest in Our Planet
21 April 2022 - The theme of this year's Earth Day is "Invest in Our Planet," with a focus on green investments for a sustainable future.
Sweden introduces imported good’s emissions in country’s climate targets
15 April 2022 - Swedish lawmakers backed the proposal to include CO2 emissions from the production and transport of imported goods in climate targets
We have to run, not walk, to tackle climate change!
06 April 2022 - The transformation of the energy sector towards renewable energy sources must be accelerated and emissions must be halved by 2030