Ajit Niranjan

Berlin, Germany

European Environment Correspondent at The Guardian

european environment correspondent @guardian, former climate reporter @dwnews (email me on [email protected])

Articles

Turtle doves to be shot for sport again across Europe as EU lifts hunting ban

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Helena Horton |Ajit Niranjan

Turtle doves will be allowed to be shot for sport again across Europe, as the EU lifts a ban on hunting that was credited with the species’ tentative recovery. The EU will allow hunters to shoot 132,000 birds across Spain, France and Italy after a population boom for the threatened bird in western Europe due to a hunting ban that came into effect in 2021.
Key European leaders say it is ‘not the time’ to start lifting sanctions against Russia - Europe live

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Jakub Krupa |Dan Sabbagh |Angela Giuffrida |Ajit Niranjan

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureConclusions of the Paris summit on Ukraine – summary Key European leaders stressed that it was “not the time” to start lifting sanctions against Russia, as they called out Moscow’s delaying tactics in responding to a US-led ceasefire proposal in Ukraine (, , ).
Pick for German agriculture minister withdraws after activists storm farm

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Ajit Niranjan

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Pick for German agriculture minister withdraws after activists storm farm

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Ajit Niranjan

The conservative pick for German agriculture minister has withdrawn his candidacy after animal rights activists stormed his farm, prompting cross-party condemnation. Günther Felßner, a farming lobbyist who had won the backing of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), said his wife was “in fear of life and limb” when activists climbed on to the cattle shed she was in to hang a banner and light smoke-emitting flares on Monday.
Former Baader-Meinhof militant goes on trial after decades on the run

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Ajit Niranjan

A former member of the Red Army Faction has gone on trial in Germany for robberies she allegedly committed during three decades hiding in broad daylight. Daniela Klette, the last female member of the far-left terror network still on the run before her arrest, appeared before a court in the north-central city of Celle on Tuesday charged with 14 criminal offences including armed robbery and attempted murder.
German parliament sits for first time with AfD as main opposition

1 month ago | msn.com | Ajit Niranjan

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German parliament sits for first time with AfD as main opposition

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Ajit Niranjan

Germany’s new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) the strongest opposition faction, as negotiators seek to iron out key differences on tax and migration that are likely to dominate a new coalition government under Friedrich Merz. The 630 members of the Bundestag, 230 of whom are newly elected, will sit in parliament at a unique time in postwar German history.
Farmer’s house in ‘concrete danger’ from climate change, court hears

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Ajit Niranjan

A Peruvian farmer’s home is in “concrete danger” from climate change a court has heard, in the resumption of a decade-long legal battle to get German coal giant RWE to contribute to flood defences in the Andes. Lawyers for Saúl Luciano Lliuya, who say his home is threatened by rapidly melting glaciers, told the Upper Regional Court in Hamm on Wednesday that the risk of extreme flooding represented a breach of civil law.
Destruction of Ukraine dam caused ‘toxic timebomb’ of heavy metals, study finds

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Ajit Niranjan

The destruction of a large Ukrainian dam in 2023 triggered a “toxic timebomb” of environmental harm, a study has found. Lakebed sediments holding 83,000 tonnes of heavy metals were exposed when the Kakhovka dam was blown up one year into Russia’s invasion, researchers found. Less than 1% of these “highly toxic” heavy metals – which include lead, cadmium and nickel – are likely to have been released when the reservoir drained, the scientists found.
Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study shows

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Ajit Niranjan

Nearly every country on Earth has dirtier air than doctors recommend breathing, a report has found. Only seven countries met the World Health Organization’s guidelines for tiny toxic particles known as PM2.5 last year, according to analysis from the Swiss air quality technology company IQAir. Australia, New Zealand and Estonia were among the handful of countries with a yearly average of no more than 5µg of PM2.5 per cubic metre, along with Greenland and some small island states.