Polish geographer Dr Iwona Zwierzchowska is on a mission to develop green spaces in the city of Poznań with the help of EU funding and 30 partners across Europe and beyond.
German marine biologist Dr Tim Kiessling is on a mission to discover the true scale of plastic pollution in…
European cities of the future should be greener, smarter and more inclusive, according to young Poles who…
Lessons in resilience and adaptability for urban communities are filtering in from the edges of the city and beyond.
Climate adaptation requires communities to plan ahead for the unavoidable changes coming our way not just immediately but decades from now.
As supplies of fresh water shrink around the world, efforts are under way to extract more of it from the air and sea. European research projects and companies are at the forefront of this…
Ahead of this month's COP27 conference in Egypt, we speak to the co-chair of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report who tells us the destructive influence of climate change is coming more quickly and…
Urban smog is a major threat to human health. New sensors and data-collection techniques will help to improve air quality.
Scientists track birds with electronic tags and radar to solve flight mysteries. In answering ecological questions, the research findings may also improve infrastructure planning
Forests combat global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide but they are depleted by drought. Trees that adapt to climate change conditions could hold some answers.
Every day food is thrown away and squandered by the lorry-load. EU researchers are developing ways to cut waste – of both food and its packaging.
The grey whale is the focus of research projects anticipating its eventual return to European waters after an absence of half a millennium.
Recycling silicon from solar panels advances Europe’s green goals as well as creating jobs and harnessing scarce resources.