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Nordics declare climate change and sustainability as key goals

Nordic prime ministers have set a goal to make their region the world’s most sustainable and integrated by 2030, following a meeting this week

• Climate,
• Energy

German ruling could open door to new wave of Dieselgate legal action

German car giant Volkswagen could face a slew of new legal complaints after a regional court ruled that software intended to fix a diesel car’s emissions ‘defeat device’ was itself illegal

• Transport

EU countries sending less to landfill, but no drop in waste production

Despite cutting the amount of waste sent to landfill, EU countries have not managed to reduce the overall waste produced per person, Eurostat said on Thursday

• Waste & Resources

Environmentalists demand world heritage status for Europe’s ‘green belt’

The Cold War-era border between western and eastern Europe should become a Unesco world heritage site for offering a green “lifeline” to rare and endangered species, according to campaigners

• Nature

Groundwater in Switzerland under pressure from agriculture

Switzerland’s reputation for pristine Alpine waters is under threat from illegally high levels of agricultural pollution in its groundwater supplies, the country's environmental regulator has said