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Activists call on EU summit to disarm timebomb of climate breakdown
Urgent EU action is needed to avoid climate breakdown, climate activists warned European political leaders ahead of a crucial summit in Brussels.
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National energy plans: EU must raise the bar – Greenpeace
Brussels – Ahead of a crucial summit that could define the EU’s collective response to the climate crisis, the European Commission has released its recommendations to EU countries on their…
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Three tests for Europe’s climate credibility at June summit
European political leaders attending a crucial summit in Brussels on 20 and 21 June will face three major tests of their commitment to tackle the climate crisis. Test N. 1…
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Leaked: EU strategic agenda fails to back urgent action against climate crisis
A leaked five-year plan setting political priorities for Europe has exposed a stubborn reluctance by governments to take urgent action against the existential climate and ecological crisis, warned Greenpeace.
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Activists challenge EU ministers to tackle impact of transport on climate crisis
Luxembourg, 6 June 2019 — Activists from Germany, Poland, Belgium and Greenpeace Luxembourg are peacefully demonstrating outside a meeting of EU Transport Ministers in Luxembourg with a crashed car and…
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Top EU appointments must reflect voters’ call for climate action, Greenpeace
Brussels, 28 May 2019 – The choices for the EU’s top jobs and the bloc’s immediate priorities should be guided by voters’ calls for urgent climate action, said Greenpeace. EU…
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Merkel shows support for climate-neutral EU by 2050
Brussels/Petersberg (Germany) – After months of dithering, German chancellor Angela Merkel has shown support for a target to make the European Union climate-neutral by 2050 and asked her government to…
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EU summit: student protesters and Greenpeace activists warn ‘broken climate = broken future’
Sibiu, Romania – Student strikers from all over Europe and Greenpeace activists displayed a giant message ahead of a summit on the future of Europe
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Brexit summit: climate change will not grant any extension, Greenpeace
**High-quality photos and video available here soon** Brussels – Climate activists hung a giant banner from a European Union building across the road from the Brussels venue where EU…
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German foot-dragging holds back EU climate action despite growing public mobilisation
EU leaders fail to agree 2050 decarbonisation target Brussels, 22 March 2019 – European heads of government meeting in Brussels on Friday failed to back a plan to fully decarbonise…