Tag: climate change
Hunger worsens in West and Central Africa
This is the conclusion of the latest investigation carried out by around ten UN agencies and non-governmental organizations in seventeen countries. Eating will represent a real challenge for more than…
Carbon credits fail to deliver on deforestation, study finds
A long-term study has just been carried out concerning carbon credits and other financial instruments to protect the forest with more than 10 years of research synthesized by the International…
Changing food production can cut global emissions by a third, says World Bank
Changing the way food is produced on a global scale can reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by almost a third, while still feeding people, according to a World Bank report…
Heat records in Vietnam, many countries in Southeast Asia under heatwave
More than 100 temperature records fell in Vietnam in April 2024, according to official data from the local meteorological service, as a deadly heat wave hits South and Southeast Asia.…
France: are we ready to face a major climatic event?
Unprecedented heatwave, extraordinary floods… This is the first manifestation of climate change: exceptional episodes are multiplying across the world. Given the trajectory taken, France risks not escaping it. While the…
thousands of indigenous people demonstrate for the protection of their ancestral lands
Like every year for the past 20 years, thousands of representatives of indigenous peoples are gathered all this week in Brasilia as part of the Free Land Camp. The protection…
“Man-made” climate change behind deadly Sahel heatwave
From April 1 to 5, Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an exceptional heat wave, both in terms of its duration and its intensity, with temperatures above 45°C causing numerous deaths…
Record floods in several African countries, drowning in the need for assistance
East Africa has been experiencing torrential rains in recent weeks which caused the death of at least 58 people in Tanzania during the first half of April and 13 others…
Coral reef survival threatened by new mass bleaching
This is a new alert for the survival of corals. According to the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Observation Agency, the world is currently experiencing a massive episode of…
In Bolivia, deforestation reaches peaks with the blessing of the government
In the Andean country, deforestation of primary forests increased by 27% between 2022 and 2023, where countries like Colombia or Brazil saw their forest losses decrease drastically. A difference which…