Europe warned of 'heavy price' over climate change

Europeans are devouring the world’s natural resources at twice the global rate, a new environmental study revealed today.

Tue, 29 Nov, 2005 - 14:16

Europeans are devouring the world’s natural resources at twice the global rate, a new environmental study revealed today.

The European temperature is rising a third faster than the world average – and over a period of just 10 years, open space in Europe three times the size of Luxembourg has been built on.

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