DW Environment (website)

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• Vienna swaps parking for green space (2026/02/02 13:41)

  Conscious of reaching climate goals and strapped for space, some cities are reconsidering how much they dedicate to parking. Austria's capital, Vienna, is streets ahead.
• The hidden money behind deep-sea mining (2026/01/31 20:40)

  A DW investigation traces the hidden financial web behind deep-sea mining — an industry scientists say remains poorly understood, yet capable of causing irreversible harm to oceans worldwide.
• Heating with air conditioning saves on cost and cuts CO2 (2026/01/29 09:19)

  From Japan to China and the US to Scandinavia, heating with air conditioning has long been standard practice. But now warming homes with AC is catching on in other parts of the world.
• Environmental crises add to Iran's mounting troubles (2026/01/28 11:14)

  Widespread discontent in Iran has sent millions of protesters into the streets. Poor environmental planning embodies one of the government's most existential vulnerabilities.
• Plastic emissions could double health damage by 2040 (2026/01/27 12:54)

  Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, according to a new study that links rising risks directly to the manufacture of new plastics.
• Paris Agreement 10 years on: More wins than you may realize (2026/01/27 07:58)

  Major emitter the US has officially left the Paris Agreement and global emissions keep rising a decade on from the deal. Yet renewables' growth shows climate action can work. Here's what's been done and what's missing.
• UN backs boost in nature-saving business (2026/01/22 09:04)

  Global financing is heavily skewed to industries that harm rather than preserve nature, according to a new report that calls for an urgent scale-up of nature-positive spending.
• How bringing back a humble algae to Arctic waters makes all the difference (2026/01/20 10:31)

  For decades, researchers in northern Norway had tried to bring back vital kelp forests after overfishing damaged marine ecosystems. Now a simple solution is proving successful.