Parts of Wales have been affected by flooding on the 19th of December. A coal tip is at risk of slipping down the mountainside in the Rhondda valleys. Read more on www.walesonline.co.uk

The Climate Action Tracker has calculated that global warming by 2100 could be as low as 2.1°C if all national governments meet their 2050 net zero emissions targets. Read more on climateactiontracker.org Click here to read full report.

02/12/2020 In annual EU Climate Action Progress Repor the EU commission revealed that greenhouse gas emissions in the EU-27 decreased by 3.7 % year-on-year. Emissions have now been reduced by 24% compared to 1990 levels.  Read more on ec.europe.eu The full report…

The annual report on the functioning of the European carbon market has finded that emissions from installations covered by the EU Emissions Trading System decreased by 9.1% in 2019 compared to 2018. It is the equivalent of around 152 million…

The latest Copernicus Climate Change Service revealed that September 2020 is record-breaking month for the C3S dataset. Arctic sea ice extent for the month of September was also visible. to read full report Read more on climate.copernicus.eu

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is very active. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that the 2020 season has seen an exceptionally high number of named storms, reaching the letter V (Vicky) as of Monday 14 September, which…

The 3rd TEXMIN meeting was held on the 18th of September 2020. Due to the pandemic situation, the meeting was held  via the online platform of WebEx. The Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH) hosted the online meeting. General…

The European Commission presented its plan to reduce net EU greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. It will put the EU on a balanced pathway to reaching climate neutrality by 2050. Read more…

The paper entitled: “A Preliminary Assessment of Climate Change Impacts – Implications for Mining Activity in Polish Coal Regions” presents an overview of hazardous events in mining in Poland that were related to extreme weather phenomena. The presented analyses and…

Frans Timmermans said that the European Green Deal is Europe’s new growth strategy. A strategy where environmental, economic and social sustainability go hand-in-hand. Read more on ec.europe.eu

A study published in Earth’s Future analyzes how climate change could shape water stress across international borders. The full report can be downloaded here

A study published in Nature Climate Change presented that global warming would make persistent extreme weather, such as longer heatwaves, droughts and extended rainy periods, more likely to occure. This comes on top of the increase in average temperatures. Read…

The weather conditions in February caused severe flooding in communities across Rhondda Cynon Taf and other areas of Wales. Now, a spoil from a former coal tip in Tylorstown is being removed after a landslip during winter storms. Read more…

Carbon Brief estimates that 2020 is most likely to be either the warmest or second warmest year on record. It depends on the approach used during calculation. Read more on the www.carbonbrief.org

The article entitled: “Aktuální pedologická problematika rekultivovaných lokalit oblasti Severočeských dolů a.s.” deals with the methodology of the survey, with the localisation of different individual types of areas, characterization of differences between Bílina mine and Nástup Tušimice mine areas and…

The European Commission has published the first annual report on CO2 emissions from maritime transport related to the European Economic Area (EEA) in 2018. The whole report can be downloaded here

Nine tipping points are thresholds where a small change could push a system into a completely new state. Read more on the www.carbonbrief.org

Project coordinator Małgorzata Markowska said about TEXMIN current undertaken work to compare climate and weather trends and to provide an in-depth description of extreme weather phenomena occurring in coal basins, which allowed for the identification and parameterization of the base conditions…

The COP26 conference, scheduled to take place this November in Glasgow, is postponed untill 2021 as it cannot take place during pandemic. Read more on www.cleanenergywire.org

TEXMIN poster was prepared by Project Partners and is ready for non-technical dissemination among broader public. Texmin poster is available here

Ministry of Science and Higher Education has recognized the importance of problems that we have dealed with within TEXMIN project. Until now, the links between climate change and the mining industry have been considered only in terms of the industry’s environmental…

The 2nd TEXMIN partners meeting was held on the 18th/19th of February 2020 in Exeter, hosted by the University of Exeter. During the meeting project partners have the possibility to visit the Met Office in Exeter. The Met Office is…

WWF report warns that mining companies and commodities face significant water risks (see whole report). Read more on wwf.panda.org

The European Investment Bank has launched the second edition of the EIB climate survey. The survey reavels citizens’ perception of climate change and its impact.Read more on www.eib.org

European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira visited Poland, what has opened a new chapter in the country’s transformation into a sustainable economy. Read more on ec.europe.eu

The latest information shows that in 2019 temperatures were over 1.2 degrees Celsius above the 1981-2010 average. As regards the rest of the world, 2019 was the second warmest year on average. Read more on climate.copernicus.eu

The European Green Deal, presented by Commission on 11 December 2019, has revealed the ambition of becoming the first climate-neutral continent in the world by 2050. One of the pillars of a Just Transition Mechanism proposed by the European Commission…