Environment

As the world has gone mad around us, the simpler things in life have become all the more important – like birdwatching

Communities whose lives have been shaped and scarred by mining are now shaken by the prospects of a green transition

The country buys nuclear energy from France and other European countries. Italians just don’t want the power plants in their backyard

The Mayor of London pushed ahead with an idea he truly believed in and it worked – Labour politicians might want to take note

The rapid speed at which the Adamello is melting shouldn’t come as a shock; the past two years have been unbearably hot in Italy

European nations need to be vigilant and forward-thinking to prevent further disaster

The European turtle dove became a symbol of man’s escalating war against nature. Then against the odds, something wonderful happened

Baku has been a spectacle of greed and entitlement. A binding agreement on phasing out fossil fuels would be better

The Spanish press are asking pointed questions about the lacklustre warning system and slow crisis response

Thames Water is on the verge of going bust, is borrowing money from hedge funds and has taken out an emergency loan to see it through to Christmas. How on earth did it come to this?

Feargal has shown what can be achieved when someone with a national voice shouts loud. We need someone to do the same in the fight against litter

First came a devastating flood.. then a city’s battle to save its cultural heritage

The floods north of Valencia have left a scene of almost unimaginable destruction

Humanity could not exist without water. So why are we destroying our rivers?

The roots of Britain’s water crisis, like so many now facing the country, lay in Thatcherite deregulation

If the capital runs out of water, what then?

Is a new €1bn infrastructure fund the answer to Europe’s flooding problems? Or is a more drastic plan needed?

You’re lucky to get a few seconds between spotting roadside refuse when driving in Britain. Tackling this is an easy win for the government

The food capital of Italy is becoming a victim of the apocalyptic rising levels of the Ravone River

Sewage discharges are a regular practice in Britain and they are a threat to people’s health. The public are outraged

Decades ago, holidaymakers in Bude knew that when you went in the sea, you kept your mouth shut. Today, that rule is back

How we treat our land is revealed in its freshwaters and the anglers are there to notice it first

In Brussels, rain has become all we talk about; we plan our social life around it

To the dismay of tourists and locals, monstrous medusas are thriving in the Mediterranean’s warming waters

Flooding from the River Danube has been a horrifying experience – and the clean-up has only just begun.

Legal battles are ongoing to protect the wild fish populations in the loughs of the west of Ireland from the threat of salmon farming

When the island’s agriculture sector suffers, its tourism industry soon feels the consequences

Valencia’s shores are paying the price of booming seasonal tourism

The superpower of seafood dominates more than just the high seas

Labour carries a heavy mantle of responsibility to this generation and those that will follow

French relationships with the environment are more practical compared with British attitudes, which tend to be more sentimental