Data collected by European Space Agency satellites is used not only to study the impact of global warming on polar regions, but also to predict the consequences that melting ice and rising sea levels will have on our economies over the next hundred years.
Will the European Union muster the ambition necessary to tackle climate change, and can it provide itself with the means to do so?
The annual "Green Finance Mapping" report examines the financing granted by every large development bank in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or to adapt to climate change.
The new caps for CO2 emissions approved by the member states are ambitious, though not enough to counter the current trend in global warming.