environment
The world’s first 'fully recycled' road is made in France
French company Vinci has built the world’s first stretch of motorway made entirely from recycled road materials.
Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand auctions his friends for the planet
Time with luminaries is the newest commodity for sale at French auctions. Instead of Old Master paintings and Ming Dynasty porcelain, you can bid for private moments with…
Down To Earth
Can citizen action stop climate change?
When it comes to the environment, a growing number of citizens are taking matters into their own hands. Whether it's becoming a vegetarian, cycling to work or buying groceries in…
UN climate change report: 'Unprecedented action required to tackle global warming'
Professor Corinne Le Quéré of the University of East Anglia (UEA) discusses the implications of the latest gloomy report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
UN report urges swift action to avert climate disaster
Preventing a lone extra degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an…
Mystery seaweed threatens French Caribbean
During a trip to the French overseas territory Guadeloupe on Friday, President Emmanuel Macron pledged to keep a promise to clean up toxic Sargassum seaweed within 48 hours of it…
Melting ice opens shipping route through Russian Arctic
The “Venta”, a Danish container ship loaded with Russian fish and South Korean electronics, arrived Thursday in Saint Petersburg, becoming the first container ship to navigate…
Latin America road trip: Chile’s plastic bag ban
In episode six of our Latin America road trip, we head to Chile and its port city of Valparaiso, whose surrounding hills are covered in rubbish. In August, Chile became the first…
Down To Earth
Balkan dam boom: Saving the Blue Heart of Europe
Nearly 3,000 hydropower projects are planned across the Balkan Peninsula, threatening some of Europe’s most pristine ecosystems. This region is nicknamed the "Blue Heart of…
Mediawatch
Which way to the Brexit?
The UK's Labour Party Conference has failed to fully answer questions about the opposition's stance on the country's divorce from the EU. Emmanuel Macron has been named "Champion…
Perspective
Julien Brave NoiseCat: ‘Pipelines a real threat to First Nations’ way of life’
Canada's oil sands, or tar sands as they are often called represent one of the world’s leading reserves of crude oil. Extracting it is a dirty business heavy in CO2 emissions and…
Glyphosate, the issue poisoning Macron's government
French President Emmanuel Macron made a campaign promise: to ban glyphosate, the weedkiller sold under the Roundup brand. But last week, his party’s lawmakers rejected an…
Perspective