Global Briefing: EU greenhouse gas emissions down eight per cent in 2023

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Scientists say climate change made Spanish floods worse, philanthropists pledge $51.7m for protection of the high seas, and Microsoft builds a wooden data centre

The European Union's greenhouse gas emissions were down eight per cent in 2023, new data from the European Environment Agency (EEA) revealed this week. As it hailed one of the biggest year-on-year decreases...

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