Together with Kilimanjaro and Everest, it's one of the world's seven summits and wildly popular with mountain climbers, as well as snowboarders and skiers, who can find snow there all year round. But it's also under siege - from the forces of nature and humanity.

Report: Mareike Aden

His organization has warned that last month's fires in Russia could prove to be devastating for bats, which are already facing tremendous pressures for survival there, as well as elsewhere in Europe. Andreas joined DW in the studio to talk about the creatures' plight.

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Their territory is shrinking and its driving more of them to seek food in populated areas. Some Slovaks want old rules prohibiting bear-shooting overturned, but others say the alternatives have not been exhausted. The inhabitants of the Tatra mountain region in Slovakia are used to living alongside bears, yet even they believe it is getting too dangerous.

Report: Laura Postma

Yet for most sailors, living on a boat is usually a distant dream. Unless you're former Dutch astronaut Wubbo Ockels, who's been sailing for 25 years. He traded in his home for his new boat. It not only handles well - it's designed to be as reliant as possible on renewable energy.

Report: Cintia Taylor