Simon Pickstone

Solar power is set to soar in Europe over the 2020s, but the EU is set to miss its clean power target because of “persistent challenges” with wind power additions, the International Energy Agency has warned.

Member states signed off on revised air quality rules today, with some expressing reservations about meeting the deadlines for cutting air pollution and installing new monitoring systems.

The European Commission has unveiled legal proposals to redirect more than €18 billion in EU funds to help member states recover from devastating floods and fires unleashed by the climate crisis.

The commissioners-designate have outlined their priorities to meet the EU’s ‘zero pollution’ goal in written comments ahead of next month’s parliamentary hearings.

The majority of the world’s trees, 16 migratory shorebirds and the western European hedgehog are among the species to see a downgrade in their conservation status.

Finland’s former president Sauli Niinistö has presented his report into ‘strengthening Europe’s civilian and military preparedness and readiness’. Here’s what it says about climate change and the environment.

The European Commission has launched an investigation into Chinese e-commerce firm Temu, with competition chief Margrethe Vestager warning that products it supplies potentially do not comply with EU standards.

The commissioner-designate for housing and energy told MEPs today that the EU needs to overhaul its energy system to meet its goals for climate, competitiveness, social justice and security. But concrete pledges were few and far between. Here’s what you need to know.

The commissioner-designate for fisheries and oceans convinced MEPs of his suitability for the role in a parliamentary hearing yesterday.

Nathalie Lecocq, director general of vegetable oil and protein meal industry group Fediol, on what the delay to the EU Deforestation Regulation means for business