Recently, the Luxembourg Ministry of the Environment published the provisional climate emissions balance for 2024. It clearly shows that greenhouse gas emissions in key sectors remain at a far too high level. In particular, in industry, where they have risen by 21% since 2005, and in the building sector, where reductions are far below the target.

All grasshoppers chirping? Then you’ve probably never heard the large marsh grasshopper: ‘Tick – tick – tick!’ is the sound that can be heard in midsummer from very specific places.

Mouvement Ecologique offices will be closed from 11 to 22 August inclusive.

The Oekofest will continue to be a ‘folk festival’ in 2025. It will take place across large parts of Pfaffenthal and offer an extremely varied programme.

According to Luxembourg’s climate law, the Ministry of the Environment should have published its 2024 interim report by yesterday, 31 July, at the latest, detailing the extent to which Luxembourg has met its CO₂ reduction targets for this year.

The Scenario Report 2040 by Creos aims to provide answers to these fundamental questions. It outlines how Luxembourg’s electricity grid could be expanded by 2040. But the planning is complex – and often difficult to understand.

The swift is called ‘Leeëndecker’ in Luxembourgish. It owes this name to its typical breeding behaviour: it seeks out crevices under eaves or between masonry and roof tiles as a breeding place – often high up on buildings.

An essential part of the government’s strategy ‘Méi a méi seier bauen’ is to draw up a national ‘règlement des bâtisses’ that will be binding for all municipalities.

The General Assembly on 11 July 2025 unanimously adopted the new statutes of the Mouvement Ecologique, with one abstention. Reform had become necessary not least because of the new law “loi du 07.08.2023 sur les associations et les fondations sans but lucratif” (law of 7 August 2023 on non-profit associations and foundations).