Tag: climate change
Analysis: How can one country thwart the attempts of others to save the world time after time? | Foreign countries
This fall, the UN environmental meetings have failed in their goals. One country has prevented both the withdrawal from fossil fuels and the plans to reduce plastic waste in the…
justice declares four “mega-basins” illegal, including that of Sainte-Soline
Stoppage for the “ basin » of Sainte-Soline: the contested irrigation reserve, in the west of France, is one of the four projects declared illegal this Wednesday, December 18 by…
Climate change is changing the taste of chili pepper | News in brief
Researchers have found that chili peppers have started to lose their hotness in the most important cultivation areas due to climate change. Chili peppers have started to lose their heat…
“A bug comes and destroys absolutely everything” – a Finnish forestry professional was shocked by the destruction of spruce trees in Germany | Foreign countries
THURINGEN/ HARZ When the head of the Oberhof Forestry Agency Jan Pietzko speaks, his message is unusually clear: the condition of the forests in the state of Thuringia has never…
Europe’s largest carbon dioxide storage facility starts in Denmark | News in brief
When fully operational, the Greensand facility can store the emissions of 700,000 Danes. Denmark-based energy company Ineos is launching a facility for storing captured carbon dioxide, which is to become…
The current year is the warmest in the history of measurements | News in brief
The 1.5 degree limit of the Paris climate agreement is about to be broken again. According to climate scientists, the possibility of staying below 1.5 degrees seems increasingly unlikely. The…
“inflammatory” laws called into question
In Bolivia, an unprecedented ecological disaster continues. This year, more than 10 million hectares of forests and agricultural land have been ravaged by flames. But these fires are not just…
This is how global warming changes precipitation in different areas – threatening pictures can also include a large positive change | Foreign countries
The story in a nutshell Global warming is changing rainfall in different regions, drying up the Amazon rainforest and increasing rainfall in the Sahel and the Arabian Peninsula. The Sahel…
Is a cup of coffee approaching 5 euros? ‘Already 7.50 euros in some places’
“Coffee prices are rising because of climate change,” says coffee expert Bregje Deben, affiliated with Utrecht University. “The extreme weather conditions (drought, extreme frost, floods) affect the development and processing…
Analysis: Western countries should pay poor countries as much climate finance as possible so that they can save themselves | Policy
The controversial issue of the Baku climate meeting, i.e. the amount of climate finance, depends on how quickly emissions decrease, writes environmental reporter Hanna Eskonen. Hanna Eskonen environmental reporter –…