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ENVIRONMENT

Climate change

Climate change
Energy
Sustainability
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Net-zero champion Europe snared by climate change on its doorstep
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Net-zero champion Europe snared by climate change on its doorstep
June’s record-breaking heat wave in Europe has focused minds on the urgency of adapting to global warming in a continent once complacent about its relatively gentle climate.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
More temperature records shattered in Europe as deadly heat wave moves east
Preliminary all-time temperature records were set on Saturday in Germany, Denmark and the Czech Republic, and a new mark for the month of June in Switzerland.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Britain and Switzerland break June temperature record as deadly heat wave grips Europe
The early summer heat wave has killed dozens, disrupted power supplies, and closed schools and cultural landmarks.
The British government has pledged that by 2030, 80% of new cars sold will be purely electric vehicles. But according to a group of independent experts advising the government, "credible plans" are missing for more than half of the remaining cuts pledged by the end of this decade.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 24, 2026
U.K. must hasten shift from fossil fuels to hit climate goals, expert panel says
With “credible plans” missing for over half the remaining cuts pledged, the Climate Change Committee’s report will be seen as a cautionary message to Downing Street.
The coastline of Funafuti Atoll in Tuvalu. Gravely threatened by rising seas, the low-lying island nation relies on a $200 million trust fund to help foot the ballooning costs of climate change.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 23, 2026
Australia withholds climate fund reports over risk of diplomatic ‘damage’
By Steven TRASK
Australia is the largest contributor to the Tuvalu Trust Fund, which has been invested on Tuvalu’s behalf in funds exposed to coal mining, gas exploration and a crude oil refinery.
A pedestrian holding a fan walks by the Trocadero Fountain during a heat wave in Paris on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 23, 2026
Two children die in France as heat wave blasts Europe
France’s average temperature broke a record for June as the country closed over 1,350 schools due to the extreme heat.
A woman cools off under a mist sprayer during the annual Fete de la Musique street music festival, during a heat wave in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on Sunday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 22, 2026
Schools closed, trains canceled as Europe heat wave set to intensify
French forecasters say the current heatwave could end up being as serious as the one in August 2003 that claimed the lives of nearly 15,000 in France.
Due to the ongoing heat wave sweeping across France, a portion of the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris has been opened for swimming from June 17. France issued a red heat wave alert across more than a third of the country for June 21, as a ferocious heat wave dug in and the government banned the consumption of alcohol in certain areas during the annual Fete de la Musique festivities.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 21, 2026
Europe swelters under heat wave; France restricts alcohol consumption
By Giselda Vagnoni
Beyond the Alps, temperatures as high as 36-37C ​were transforming daily life and tourism in some Italian towns.
People wait to receive items like hats, towels and water from a government mobile heat relief van in New Delhi on May 29.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 15, 2026
Laboring under Delhi’s harsh heat, workers must choose health or wages
By Anupreeta Das
Over the decades, summers in India have grown longer and hotter.
Scientists say a major source of global warming has been left out of official climate plans, with indirect greenhouse gases contributing roughly 0.3 C of warming to date.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 12, 2026
Scientists urge countries to look beyond CO2 to tackle warming
By Eric Roston
A major source of global warming has been left out of official climate plans, with indirect greenhouse gases contributing roughly 0.3 C of warming to date.

Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 

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