Kate Abnett
Analysis-Europe’s restless farmers are forcing policymakers to act
BRUSSELS – European policymakers have scaled back rules to protect nature, drawn up limits on the import of tariff-free Ukrainian grains and scrapped...
Europe’s pro-nuclear leaders seek atomic energy revival
BRUSSELS – Leaders from pro-nuclear European countries and energy experts called for a nuclear energy revival on Thursday at a summit in Brussels,...
EU countries split over nature law in latest blow to green agenda
BRUSSELS – The European Union’s flagship policy to restore damaged nature is hanging in the balance, with a vote to pass the law...
EU members call for revision of anti-deforestation law
BRUSSELS – A group of EU countries led by Austria is calling for urgent revisions to the bloc’s anti-deforestation law set to go...
Majority of EU countries ask bloc to scale back deforestation law
BRUSSELS – Some 20 members of the European Union asked Brussels to scale back and possibly suspend the bloc’s anti-deforestation law on Tuesday,...
COP29 host Azerbaijan plans to upgrade climate target
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Azerbaijan, host of this year’s U.N. climate change talks, hopes to upgrade its emissions reduction target in...
EU Parliament passes weakened pollution limits for livestock farms
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU Parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to new rules to cut pollution from livestock...
EU says more needed to prepare for climate change risks
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union must step up preparations for climate change risks, as a hotter planet threatens everything...
EU must prepare for ‘catastrophic’ climate change risks, agency says
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Countries across Europe should prepare for “catastrophic” risks, ranging from floods to deadly heatwaves, as worsening climate...
EU underprepared as climate change risks mount, draft report says
BRUSSELS – Europe is in urgent need of stronger measures to prepare healthcare systems, farming and critical infrastructure for increasingly severe climate change,...
