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How to reduce Europe’s flood risk
European nations need to be vigilant and forward-thinking to prevent further disaster
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When doves cry
The European turtle dove became a symbol of man’s escalating war against nature. Then against the odds, something wonderful happened
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Will this fiasco be the last Cop?
Baku has been a spectacle of greed and entitlement. A binding agreement on phasing out fossil fuels would be better
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Who’s to blame for Spain’s floods?
The Spanish press are asking pointed questions about the lacklustre warning system and slow crisis response
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Water load of idiots
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?
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Cartoon: Will COP29 be a success?
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Letters: The UK’s litter problem needs its own Feargal Sharkey
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
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Florence’s angels of mud
First came a devastating flood.. then a city’s battle to save its cultural heritage
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A walk through Valencia’s catastrophe zone
The floods north of Valencia have left a scene of almost unimaginable destruction
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Why I had to pick this battle
Humanity could not exist without water. So why are we destroying our rivers?
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Thatcher started the water scandal
The roots of Britain’s water crisis, like so many now facing the country, lay in Thatcherite deregulation
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London’s running dry
If the capital runs out of water, what then?
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Fixing Europe’s water
Is a new €1bn infrastructure fund the answer to Europe’s flooding problems? Or is a more drastic plan needed?
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Why I'm obsessed with litter
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
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Bologna, the city that is slowly drowning
The food capital of Italy is becoming a victim of the apocalyptic rising levels of the Ravone River
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Why I’m taking a stand in Ilkley
Sewage discharges are a regular practice in Britain and they are a threat to people’s health. The public are outraged
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Just don’t eat the Bude mussels
Decades ago, holidaymakers in Bude knew that when you went in the sea, you kept your mouth shut. Today, that rule is back
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The anglers spotted the water crisis first
How we treat our land is revealed in its freshwaters and the anglers are there to notice it first
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Turning a colander into a sponge in Belgium
In Brussels, rain has become all we talk about; we plan our social life around it
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Spain’s invasion of the jellyfish
To the dismay of tourists and locals, monstrous medusas are thriving in the Mediterranean’s warming waters
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Europe under water
Flooding from the River Danube has been a horrifying experience – and the clean-up has only just begun.
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Ireland’s small catch
Legal battles are ongoing to protect the wild fish populations in the loughs of the west of Ireland from the threat of salmon farming
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Sicily is gasping for water
When the island’s agriculture sector suffers, its tourism industry soon feels the consequences
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Tourism can ill afford oil spills on the beach
Valencia’s shores are paying the price of booming seasonal tourism
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Taking over from the inside: China’s growing reach into local waters
The superpower of seafood dominates more than just the high seas
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Addressing this growing emergency must be a core national mission
Labour carries a heavy mantle of responsibility to this generation and those that will follow
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Dog poo and the nature of things
French relationships with the environment are more practical compared with British attitudes, which tend to be more sentimental
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The bumblebee conundrum
Why do some people believe bees shouldn’t be able to fly? For the same reason others believe in Nessie or that climate change is a hoax
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Britain’s first dirty water crisis
Something is rotten in our rivers and off our coasts, taking the country back to Victorian times
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Is it time to try a third way of water?
Thames Water is a national scandal, but in Wales a not-for-profit counterpart goes from strength to strength
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Germansplaining: Our long, colonial history with elephants
Germany should accept the gift of 20,000 elephants from Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, with both remorse and open arms
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Has the ECHR overreached on climate change?
A case brought by Swiss pensioners could be a turning point for the court