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Environmental organizations take the EU to court: "Worrying"

The environmental organizations CAN Europe and the Global Legal Action Network, GLAN, say in a joint statement that they are taking the EU to court because the Union's climate goals are "inadequate", writes AFP.

Earlier this year, the organizations submitted a notification to an EU court and have now developed their criticism and arguments. CAN and GLAN believe that the EU's climate ambition is "alarmingly" far from meeting the Paris Agreement's goal of a maximum 1.5 degree increase in the global average temperature.

A court hearing is expected next year and a possible verdict could come in 2026, according to the organizations.
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Guterres announces SOS for the Pacific Islands: "Listen!"

Sea temperatures in the Pacific islands have risen three times as much as in the rest of the world - and islanders are particularly vulnerable to the effects of rising sea levels, says UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

- I am in Tonga to issue a global SOS - "Save our seas", he says and urges the rest of the world to "look at the Pacific Ocean and listen to science".

Rising sea temperatures lead to more severe and frequent storms and floods. The floods penetrate communities and destroy, among other things, fisheries, crops and pollute fresh water.

- All this puts the Silla Sea Islands in serious danger.