Wildfires - Photo © European Union 2026

As catastrophic wildfires sweep across Southern Europe, WWF warns that the EU is sleepwalking into a permanent wildfire crisis while simultaneously weakening key environmental protections that help safeguard people, economies and nature from climate impacts.

Mobile phone repair - Photo by Kilian Seiler on Unsplash

The EU’s Directive on common rules promoting the repair of goods aims to promote more sustainable consumption by increasing repair both within and outside the legal guarantee.