The impending return of Donald Trump as US president has been met with dismay by climate campaigners, while European officials have promised to take a constructive approach.
The EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has written to the European Commission requesting information on how it carried out a targeted data collection on the impact of the wolf population in the EU last year.
In a stark warning ahead of the UN climate summit, the EU Earth observation programme has predicted that 2024 will be the first year with average temperatures 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.