http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/951/ en_GB_uk Europe http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83914 Cleaning up the skies over Europe has allowed more of the sun's rays to pierce the atmosphere, contributing to at least half the warming that has occurred. From: New Scientist http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83881 European governments are dodging the truth about the US practice of kidnapping and illegally sending terrorism suspects for interrogation in countries with a reputation for torture, a leading rights group says in a new report. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83859 The exploitative practices of European trawlers in west African waters are set to be locked in by trade agreements with the European Union, warns a new report. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160705/1/ Europe is not doing enough to ensure that health and development aid is delivered in ways that will help developing countries achieve the health Millennium Development Goals, says a new report. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83846 European leaders have been urged to do more to bring lasting peace in eastern Congo as EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels to review the EU's military and police reform missions there. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83817 The powerful car lobby, led by Germany's Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes, is pushing the EU to delay and weaken proposed legislation to limit car emissions. Giving into them could undermine the EU's ability to meet its 2020 climate targets. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83763 Britain and other European governments should break from the United States over the international embargo on Gaza, according to former US president Jimmy Carter. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160534/1/ European governments' aid efforts are continuing to fail the poor to the tune of $118 billion, a new report by NGOs campaigners across Europe reveals. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83717 Britain and the European Union have been criticised for not doing enough to prevent the commercialisation of 'Terminator' seeds in the developing world that would threaten the livelihoods of 1.4 billion people and wreak havoc on agricultural biodiversity. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83668 Public bicycle rental programs are quickly springing up across Europe; cities including Washington, DC, Beijing, Moscow, and Tel Aviv may also soon be launching similar services. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83496 Activists across Europe - many dressed as orang-utans to draw attention to Unilever's "monkey business" - have been demonstrating to protect Indonesian rainforests from the expansion of the palm oil industry. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83493 European Union trade deals are unfair to developing countries and can lead to increased poverty warns a new report, which says the benefits of free trade deals with the EU sit with European businesses rather than developing countries. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/159563/1/ The social exclusion and discrimination faced by Roma means they are not equal partners in the European Year of the Intercultural Dialogue, the European Roma Information Office said in a statement marking International Roma Day (8 April). http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83264 A growing number of companies around the world -- many responding to consumer demands in the United States and policy reforms in the EU -- are revising their "factory farming" conditions for animals. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83259 Britain should lead the way in Europe in delivering on overseas aid promises, a leading NGO said as it voiced "grave concerns" over lack of progress by EU member countries in meeting targets to increase the volume and quality of aid. + Concern Rises Over Aid Conference 'Flimflam'