UK and France are back at the negotiating table trying to defuse the row over post-Brexit fishing licenses in UK waters.

This follows France's President Emmanuel Macron's decision to delay his threat to stop UK registered boats from landing their catches at French ports while talks continue.

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🌳♻️🌎 Citizens and correspondents around the world cut their waste – and find out how sustainable their cultures really are – in our #ZeroWasteChallenge.

Learn more: https://cgtn-europe-hubs-test.shorthandstories.com/zero-waste-challenge/index.html

📣 Join the discussion around #climatechange an...

The pandemic didn't stop inquisitive young scientists in a global competition to design eco food packaging ♻️

This story is part of our #TrashOrTreasure special - a look at the challenges, innovations and solutions around Europe's waste disposal.

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In the upcoming COP26 conference in Glasgow, delegates from all over the world are expected to come up with a plan to hit the ambitious climate targets which were decided six years ago in Paris.

Recent reports from the UN Environment Programme and the International Energy Agency warn that avoid...

African countries bear the brunt of climate change, despite contributing very little to it, and this will be one of the items topping the agenda at COP26.

Working to save Africa from the effects of climate change is Malawi's Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources, Nancy Tembo who joins The ...

More than 30,000 people representing around 200 countries from all over the world are traveling to the UK for COP26, with the aim of meeting ambitious climate targets set out in Paris six years ago.
The summit was due to take place last November, but the increasingly urgent need to protect the e...

Members of the European Parliament and the deaf community are calling on the European Commission to provide sign language interpreters for major events.

The long-running debate was reignited last month when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her annual State of the Union sp...

Olympic-bound athletes have less than 100 days left to train until the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. In Europe, many competitors are busy with their final weeks of preparations.

CGTN Europe visited one of Germany's luge and bobsled courses to catch up with three-time Olympic gold medalist Felix...

International musicians have ‘joined hands’ in a special concert to celebrate the 100-day countdown to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

The program features some of the best-loved repertoires in Chinese and Western history, as well as inspirational tunes that illustrate the vision of Beijing 20...

COSCO Shipping has successfully increased its holding in the Piraeus Port Authority 🚢

It aims to create 10,000 jobs in the next 5 years. 🎉

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https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-10-26/COSCO-increases-share-holding-in-Greece-s-Piraeus-port-to-67--14FWi8OJl2U/index.html

Chinese megacity Chengdu is boosting recycling rates with 'cash for trash' micropayments 💰

This story is part of the CGTN Europe Trash or Treasure special - a look at the challenges, innovations and solutions around Europe's waste disposal.

It has been on the cards for quite some time, but still this expansion of the Ultra Low emission Charge Zone (ULEZ), will be an initial shock for drivers.

London authorities say 10 million people have visited the ULEZ website, but some reports suggest that less than half of the capital's drivers...

🌱🌊 Once a popular tourist destination, Spain's largest saltwater lagoon, Mar Menor, has become an ecological disaster. Now activists are seeking to protect the area with an unprecedented change in legal status.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-10-23/Can-Spain-s-largest-lagoon-be-save...

Rolls Royce is not like other car brands.

When the company decided to go electric, as CEO Torsten Muller-Otvos told CGTN, the issue was not about how it might impact costs - "our clients can afford our cars. They have reached that level" - but what it meant for the Rolls experience and the compa...

Norway is leading the European drive to become carbon neutral. With over 75% of all car sales being electric thanks to government subsidies and a rapidly expanding infrastructure, many of its neighbors are watching with interest to see what lessons can be learnt.

Let’s go green! ♻️

Electric vehicles designed in China are becoming more popular in Europe.

Find out why some of Germany’s biggest auto brands are now facing competition from the likes of Aiways 🚗

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https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-10-21/Chinese-electric-vehicle-makers-aiming-to-f...

Norway has the world's highest proportion of electric car sales, with experts predicting the country's last combustion car to be sold as early as next April.

It's no surprise then that electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are keen to move in – including three of China's biggest EV brands; BYD, Ni...

Despite cases expected to reach 100,000 a day in the winter and calls from health authorities to reintroduce COVID-19 restrictions, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said now is not the time to trigger the UK's “Plan B.”

Andrew Wilson explains why the nation, which has one of the world’s highest ...

Oil company Shell has confirmed it will roll out 50,000 new electric vehicle charging points across the UK as the country races to meet ambitious climate targets. 🚗

The government wants to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030 but demand for electric vehicles remains sluggish. #...

Riversimple, a company in Wales, is aiming to offer customers hydrogen-powered cars on a subscription-only basis that will cover fuel and insurance for short journeys.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-10-20/The-hydrogen-powered-cars-vying-to-overtake-electric-rivals-140HoMnuRLa/index...

To make a battery for an electric vehicle, manufacturers need rare minerals including cobalt, carbon, lithium, manganese and vanadium.

Juliet Mann explains how these are sourced, transported and assembled to make the batteries inside the cars of the future.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/n...

“Developed countries with a couple of hundred years of industrialization behind them and historical environmental debts should take the lead in reducing emissions sustainably, and make bigger contributions to tackling pollution and protecting the environment instead of pinning the responsibilitie...

At the ceremony for the start of the #Sinopharm #vaccine factory’s construction, Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, praised the collaboration with China.

Read more: https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-10-20/Europe-s-first-Sinopharm-vaccine-factory-under-construction-in-Serbia-14uQuoHflC0/index....