Belgian-Kenyan solidarity project fights for decent work

The current low water levels underline a fundamental challenge for European transport policy: if Europe wants to shift more freight towards inland waterways, it must ensure that the sector can remain reliable, competitive and socially sustainable in a changing climate.

As part of the European continent undergoes its fourth heatwave of 2026, it has become abundantly clear that occupational heat exposure is no longer an exceptional or occasional summer hazard. It is an emergent occupational hazard only destined to escalate.

Summer may be synonymous with relaxation for holidaymakers and every summer seems to produce its share of eye-catching headlines. Just days ago, The Guardian reported on a drunk British holidaymaker who tried to kiss a flight attendant on a plane and was arrested on his way back through Palma airport.