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Reporter: In EU Member States we are witnessing a debate on GMO and NGTs cultivation. Farmers would like to grow plants that give higher yields and are more resistant to climate change, frost and drought through genetic modification, while...

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Climate-driven migration is a major concern for governments around the world. The global climate crisis is no longer a distant future, but a present reality. Every year, millions of people are forced to flee their homes due to natural disasters...

Drones can do good things too, they are not just weapons of war. Authorities in the Indian capital, New Delhi, have tested a prototype of a sprinkler drone to combat the most resistant points of air pollution. The metropolis of 30 million...

The world's agri-food systems generate huge hidden costs, estimated at $12 trillion per year, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Modern diseases such as stroke, diabetes and...

The amount of CO2 emitted by private planes increased by 46% in 2023 compared to 2019, according to a study published in the journal Communications Earth&Environment, cited by the German publication Zeit. According to the cited source,...

The world is warming and almost everyone is feeling it. 2024 will almost certainly be the warmest year on record, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The data was released ahead of the UN climate...

The 2024 US presidential election is defined by two diametrically opposed visions, represented by Republican candidate Donald Trump and incumbent vice president, Democrat Kamala Harris. Each proposes contrasting solutions to the challenges facing...

In recent times, the United States has witnessed the transition from the Trump administration to the Biden-Harris administration, two distinct approaches to American leadership that have had a profound impact on domestic and foreign policy.

Hell, including that of pollution, is paved with good intentions. New Delhi was declared the world's most polluted city at the end of last week, following a new wave of pollution generated by the celebration of Diwali, one of the most...

In recent years, ecological trends and the fight against climate change have become a central topic on the global agenda, and some financial-banking institutions have decided to play an active role in influencing the lifestyle of their customers,...

In 2023, greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new records, a phenomenon that, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), will lead to inevitable increases in global temperatures in the coming years. The main...

Achieving a sustainable economy and reaching some targets of the Green Deal have the support of the banking system in our country, which in recent years has introduced several green credit products, even if the interest rates charged on some of...

Germany has fined Hyundai Motor Group subsidiaries 58.5 million euros for using devices to cheat emissions tests on diesel vehicles, but has yet to inform other European Union (EU) countries despite promises of better coordination following...

Water is one of the vital resources of life which is heavily affected by pollution.

French-Italian-American carmaker Stellantis NV confirmed late last week that CEO Carlos Tavares will retire at the end of his contract, i.e. at the beginning of 2026, while announcing significant management changes as a result of not having...

Any warming of the planet beyond the 1.5°C threshold, even temporarily, could cause "irreversible consequences" for the future of humanity, warns a large study published in the journal Nature. The research, carried out over three years by...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided last Friday to cancel one of the most controversial measures in the European Mobility Package: the obligation for transport vehicles to return to the company's operational center every...

The glaciers in Switzerland experienced an accelerated melting this year, exceeding the average of recent years, according to a report by the organization GLAMOS (Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland). This trend continues to draw the attention of...

The investments required for the full implementation of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) are estimated at approximately 190 billion euros, says Giorgio Travaini, the executive director of EU-Rail, in an interview for the...

The delegated act put out for public consultation by the European Commission on Friday, September 27, regarding the proposal of calculation methods for "low-carbon" hydrogen is harshly criticized by supporters of nuclear energy and those...

There is a considerable gap between what the European Union's climate and environmental targets want and what national plans for agriculture say, according to the special report published last night by the European Court of Auditors (ECA)....

Ştefăniţă Munteanu, godson of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, remains the president of the Transelectrica Directorate following the recruitment process that took place in recent months. In addition to Munteanu, the other members of the Directorate...

Climate change has doubled the risk of torrential rains like those that recently caused devastating floods in Central Europe, according to a report published Wednesday by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The report stresses the need for...

Climate change is sending shivers down the spines of governments around the world. Things are no different at the Victoria Palace either. Romania has set ambitious goals in the fight against climate change, aiming to achieve climate neutrality...

The modernization and development of the energy transport and distribution networks for which an estimated financing of between 9.2 and 11.5 billion euros is needed and the achievement of storage capacities of at least 1.2 Gigawatts (GW) by 2030,...

Money for the green transition allocated through the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RMR) has been misappropriated by EU member states because some measures, "green" on paper, are not so "green" in reality, while some projects...

Un proiect pe termen mediu şi lung al birocraţiei UE, care s-a derulat pas cu pas, pe ascuns, printre picături şi crize succesive ori suprapuse, este independenţa fiscală a UE faţă de statele membre.

The diesel markets in China and India, responsible for most of the Asian demand profile, are showing signs of slowing down, which could create new problems for crude oil prices, reports Bloomberg.

Despite many countries switching from fossil fuels to cleaner ones, global coal consumption will reach an all-time high of 164 Exajoules (EJ) in 2023, according to a Visual Capitalist analysis highlighting coal's role in the energy mix...

The National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest (UNSTPB) signed a contract worth over 29 million lei for an ambitious project to install photovoltaic systems on 56 buildings on its campuses. Financed through the...

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, raised the alarm about the major problems facing the planet. Antonio Guterres has issued a global climate "SOS". The Pacific Islands Summit organized by the United Nations...

Our country has faced a new wave of heat waves in recent days. This is the first red heat code (the tenth this summer) ever issued in August in Romania, the director of the National Meteorological Administration, Elena Mateescu, said. Entire...

Confirmation of the weather records set this hot summer is coming from several directions. Last month was the hottest July on record and marked the 14th consecutive monthly temperature record, according to a US agency. 2024 currently has a 77%...

The projects regarding the modernization of equipment and the implementation of energy management systems within several companies in our country will be started soon, after yesterday the Ministry of Energy signed 27 financing contracts in this...

Temperature records are no longer uncommon, but they must be marked. July 2024 was the hottest month ever recorded in China since the beginning of meteorological measurements, Chinese state media announced, as the heat wave affects several areas...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide Deutsche Bank with guarantees of 500 million euros to help the lender support Europe's wind energy industry, the two organizations and the European Commission announced yesterday, according to...

The days are getting longer, scientists say. Imperceptible to humans, but the change is not negligible. Climate change, which causes the melting of the polar ice caps, slows the Earth's rotation very slightly, which increases the length of...

Good news also comes from the "front" where the fight against pollution is taking place. The amount of dust in the atmosphere decreased slightly in 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced, warning that poor...