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.

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).

Like all bats, the call of the whiskered bat is inaudible to the human ear – you need a bat detector to make the calls audible in the ultrasonic range.

On Wednesday, 9 July, Luxembourg’s CSV MEPs Martine Kemp and Isabel Wiseler-Lima ultimately voted against consistent climate protection by de facto supporting the position of the extreme right – the “Patriots for Europe” – in the EU Parliament! The vote by the CSV MEPs is unacceptable for future generations, but also from a democratic point of view.

In an open letter to the government, environmental and development organisations are calling for a stop to the free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur countries.

Friends of the Earth International, the global alliance of which the Mouvement Ecologique is a member, is facing a very difficult financial situation following the cut of €1.2 million in public funding by the government of Geert Wilders.

Open letter from the Mouvement Ecologique to Agriculture and Consumer Protection Minister Martine Hansen and Health Minister Martine Deprez. An urgent appeal to Luxembourg’s MEPs!