The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2026 puts Europe in the top 10 positions. The 2026 EPI ranks 177 countries on 47 environmental indicators across 12 issue categories representing critical sustainability challenges in environmental public health, ecosystem vitality, and climate change. The results for 2026 are as follows:
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China issues action plan for carbon peaking during 15th 5-year plan period
China's State Council has issued an action plan for carbon peaking during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), outlining key tasks and measures to achieve the goal. By 2030, China's carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will be reduced by 17% from the 2025 level, and the share of non-fossil energy consumption will reach 25%, according to the plan.
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Commission adopts revised ESRS; small companies get voluntary standard
The European Commission has adopted revised European sustainability reporting standards (ESRS) and a voluntary reporting standard for smaller companies. ESRS cover environmental, social, and governance issues, including climate change, biodiversity and human rights. They provide information for investors and other stakeholders to understand the sustainability-related risks to which companies are exposed and their impacts on people and the environment.
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Global electrification reaches tipping point as energy demand hits record highs
The Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy findings reveal a year in which energy demand continues to surge, low-carbon electricity reaches a historic milestone and transition pathways diverge sharply across regions - all against a backdrop of rising geopolitical risks. The Energy Institute, in partnership with Ember and in collaboration with Kearney and KPMG, has released the 75th edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy, offering the first complete look at global energy data for 2025.
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Copernicus Marine Service embarks on a new chapter of growth
MyOcean Health, a new public platform designed to make understanding the ocean as intuitive as checking the weather, has been launched. It combines Copernicus Marine data through interactive visualisations and six key indicators: sea surface temperature, ocean acidification, marine heatwaves, sea level, Arctic sea ice extent and Antarctic sea ice extent.
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£47m UK Government funding to protect and improve peatland
Thousands of hectares of vital peatland will be better protected and managed thanks to nearly £50m in new funding. This will help to reduce carbon emissions, better protect rural communities from the risks of wildfire and flooding and support local economies.
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TotalEnergies found liable for failing to fulfil climate vigilance obligations
In the climate lawsuit brought by Notre Affaire à Tous, Sherpa, France Nature Environnement and the City of Paris against TotalEnergies, the Paris Judicial Court has just ruled against the multinational for failing to meet its duty of climate vigilance. The court recognised that the company does indeed have a duty of climate vigilance that extends to its emissions from the combustion of oil and gas products (Scope 3), which account for nearly 90% of its carbon footprint.
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£219m boost for sustainable aviation fuel to cut emissions and back innovation
Innovative companies from across the UK are invited to bid for a share of £93m over the next two years to develop low carbon fuel, with applications opening in mid-July. The fund will focus support on the most promising projects meaning those closest to the actual production stage.
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United Nations: AI is threatening natural resources for billions
By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3bn people while its power use triples that of 650m, a UN University investigation warns. It finds that AI is driving a surge in land, water and climate consequences cascading from the technology’s intense and fast-rising energy consumption. Consequently, the UN University scientists call for urgent, multi-stakeholder action in a new UNU-INWEH report.
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Oil and gas: set to increase production; ignore climate commitments
Major oil and gas companies are planning to "increase their upstream oil and gas production" according to new research published by the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The report analyses 22 leading global companies in two sectors critical to the low-carbon transition: 16 in oil and gas and six in diversified mining.
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Middle East disruptions and high fuel prices halve airline profitability
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its latest financial outlook for the global airline industry showing a halving of profitability as a result of war-related Middle East disruptions and high fuel prices. The regional landscape, however, is highly differentiated. At the geographic centre of the Middle East war, airlines in the Middle East are expected to collectively fall into the red with weak demand and operational disruptions. All other regions are expected to deliver profits, but at reduced levels from previous projections.
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Middle East conflict sends global growth to lowest rate since COVID-19
The conflict in the Middle East is expected to slow global growth to the lowest rate since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic amid higher energy prices, steeper inflation, and increased borrowing costs, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Global Economic Prospects report. Global growth is forecast to slow to 2.5% in 2026, down from 2.9% in 2025. Forecasts for two-thirds of economies have been downgraded relative to January of this year.
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Commission presents first EU strategies for islands and coastal communities
The European Commission has adopted two dedicated strategies, one for EU islands and one for EU coastal communities, setting out for the first time a coordinated European approach to support both types of territories and unlock their long-term potential. The two initiatives introduce a targeted approach, dedicated to the specific needs and unique challenges of: 17m people living on more than 4,000 islands across 16 EU Member States; and 95m people living along the 70,000km of EU coastlines and in coastal areas across 22 EU Member States.
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EU deploys largest ever wildfire response for 2026 summer
With wildfire risks rising across Europe, the European Commission is helping finance and coordinate the deployment of a record number of firefighters, aircraft and emergency experts under the Civil Protection Mechanism. 777 firefighters from 14 European countries will be strategically pre-positioned in high-risk areas across Cyprus, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal.
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World Ocean Assessment: the most important book about the ocean written
The 1,600-page assessment is the result of more than five years of work by 550 experts from 86 countries, offering a detailed overview of the mounting pressures on the ocean and the action needed to safeguard it. The report provides a foundation for “understanding the profound changes that are underway, from climate-driven shifts to biodiversity loss, and for shaping effective action both at the local level, but also at the global level”. Despite decades of progress, vast areas of the ocean, particularly the deep sea, remain poorly understood.