Pact articles

For many of us, small climate actions like taking shorter showers, getting the train to work, and turning the tap off or the heating down have become part of everyday life. But we need to spread the word and scale up our action for greater impact – and the European Climate Pact is here to help.

In the last few years, we’ve seen a series of devastating extreme weather events, along with global temperature records being broken time after time, putting climate change in the headlines and on our minds.

Our towns and cities may be becoming friendlier to cyclists and pedestrians, but many of us still choose to take the car over the bus, the bicycle or our own two feet. Why?

With COP28 climate negotiations in Dubai ongoing, climate science and policy come under the spotlight. With this, enter disinformation.

While the festive season is a time for treats, it also generates huge amounts of waste in the form of non-recyclable wrapping paper, plastic decorations and uneaten food.

While gift-giving at this festive time of year is a tradition that dates back centuries, many of the products we give to each other contribute to the waste generated during the holiday period.

Two Climate Pact Ambassadors, Udo Engelhardt from Germany and Nicoleta Talpes from Romania, took to the stage at the recent European Climate Stocktake event that brought together around 400 people in Brussels, including 50 Pact Ambassadors, with many more following along online.

The European Union has committed to cutting carbon emissions by 55% by 2030 and becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.

As climate change continues to impact the world we live in, water issues are rising to the surface – and we are not talking just about rising sea levels.