Environment

Poland will mobilise up to $6 billion, some of it from the European Union, to deal with the aftermath of severe flooding, Prime Minister Donald

The goal of tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030 and reducing fossil fuel use is within reach, the International Energy Agency said, but will

Hurricane John was downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall on the southern coast of Mexico, the US National Hurricane Centre said. The storm

Recent floods in the eastern Romanian county of Galati caused 62.2 million lei ($13.90 million) worth of damage according to a preliminary estimate, local council

Six British water companies under-declared wastewater discharges and overcharged millions of customers to the tune of 1.5 billion pounds as a result, said lawyers who

The Swedish government reduced the flight tax and the measure is expected to reduce airfares by SEK80 (£5.93) on European flights and by SEK325 (£24.09)

Voters in Switzerland rejected a proposal to force authorities to do more to protect natural habitats from pollution and development. The so-called ‘biodiversity initiative’ envisaged

Record rainfall in the central Japanese region of Noto, which is still recovering from a powerful earthquake on New Year’s Day, killed at least one

A California firefighter has been arrested and charged with setting five fires in the state’s wine country as firefighters battle blazes that have consumed nearly

Wroclaw, Poland’s third largest city, is preparing to cope with floodwaters, although early indications were that its defences were holding firm. The flood wave that