EU Reached 10 Million Upskilled Workers Under Pact for Skills

Over 10 million workers across the EU, including 3.9 million in 2025 alone, have received new skills through the European Pact for Skills programme since its launch.

Over 10 million workers across the EU, including 3.9 million in 2025 alone, have received new skills through the European Pact for Skills programme since its launch.

Dutch evolutionary biologist Dr Toby Kiers won the 2026 Tyler Prize for her groundbreaking work revealing that mycorrhizal fungi absorb roughly a third of global fossil fuel emissions each year.

A study of more than 800 European cities found that access to urban green space is strongly linked to quality of life, prompting cities across the EU to accelerate urban greening programmes.

The High Seas Treaty entered into force in January 2026, establishing the first legal framework to protect marine biodiversity in international waters covering nearly two-thirds of Earth's oceans.

Molly the loggerhead turtle, who washed ashore in Ireland after a shark attack in 2004, is finally returning to the ocean after an extraordinary 22-year recovery.

Veronika, a cow in an Austrian mountain village, has astonished scientists by using sticks, rakes and brooms as multipurpose tools, a behaviour previously documented only in chimpanzees.

London's air quality has improved dramatically following a decade of policy changes including the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone and the phasing out of diesel buses.

Greece has been named Europe's top pick for a slower and more relaxing summer in 2026, as travellers increasingly seek landscapes, local culture and unhurried pace over crowded circuits.

New research surveying more than 100 rewilded sites across Scotland found bird species up 261 percent and pollinators more than doubled compared to non-rewilded areas.

Finland is pioneering the use of heated sand as a large-scale energy storage system, decarbonising industrial heat with one of Earth's most ordinary materials.