UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in Lisbon today that the world "runs the risk of losing the race," in the face of accelerating climate change and that there is a "lack of sufficient ambition" to achieve international CO2 reduction goals."Climate change is the greatest collective threat on the planet and continues to move faster than we do," said António Guterres, speaking at the University of Lisbon and addressing Portugal's pro-oil Prime Minister, António Costa, sat in the audience.
Galp Energia is going ahead with its application for a licence to set up its first photovoltaic power plant in São Teotónio, Odemira.
The nation’s bikers have protested. Thousands of motorcyclists gathered outside parliament to witness the delivery of a manifesto in which it is claimed that dodgy road accidents statistics can not be used to create “unjustified measures.”
The forest maintenance row continues between the country’s mayors and the government. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Eduardo Cabrita, has assured municipalities that they will be reimbursed for ‘almost everything’ they spend cleaning forests on private land.
The ceremony took place in Odemira, at the Intermunicipal Assembly of the association which promotes local health policies in line with the World Health Organisation guidelines.
Michał Kwiatwkowski (Team Sky) took victory on the final stage of the Volta ao Algarve, sealing the general clas-sification at the same time. Portugal's Ruben Guerreiro (Trek-Segafredo) and the Belgian, Serge Pauwels (Team Dimension Data), completed the podium on the tough hilltop finish at Malhão, reports Cycling News.
The homeless man who died yards from the entrance to Parliament, as temperatures plunged in central London, had worked as a model, was Portuguese and has been deported twice from Britain to Portugal. 
Novo Banco’s losses could reach €1 billion in 2017 with the Resolution Fund on alert to inject more capital which it is unlikely to have.
