Tag: climate change
Natural disasters in the southern hemisphere linked to global warming
This week, the Antarctic sea ice broke its melting record for the second consecutive year, and that even before the end of the summer. In addition, cyclone in New Zealand,…
2.5 million subsidy for sustainable initiatives, province calls on Utrecht residents with ideas
The subsidy is available from Kansen voor West 2, a collaboration between the provinces of Utrecht, North Holland, South Holland and Flevoland and the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague…
the Antarctic sea ice at its lowest
It’s a record that we would have done without. In Antarctica, at the South Pole, the extent of the sea ice is at an all-time low for the month of…
Chile’s specificity is its pine and eucalyptus crops
At least 24 dead, 2,180 injured and nearly 300,000 hectares burned. This is the still provisional assessment of the fires that continue to ravage central-southern Chile. This area alone already…
A hundred European elected officials call for a ban on new fossil projects
A hundred European elected representatives asked in a letter, Tuesday, February 7, to the European Commission, to prohibit the energy groups of the European Union from launching new fossil projects…
the necessary adaptation of forests
In France, the summer of 2022 marked the spirits: unprecedented heat waves added to a severe drought. More than 65,000 hectares have burned in the country according to the European…
“Coastal mobility will be accentuated by climate change”
The demolition of the Signal has begun. Trapped by the erosion of the coast, coupled with the rising waters caused by climate change, this building has become a symbol of…
70 years of flood disaster: Meteorologists in De Bilt warned of the storm with telex and telegrams
Today, the Netherlands reflects on the flood disaster of 1953. 1836 people died, tens of thousands of animals did not survive and large areas of Zeeland, North Brabant and South…
Visiting Somalia, the American ambassador to the UN warns of the famine
The Horn of Africa is one of the regions hardest hit by climate change From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya via Somalia, 22 million people are threatened by hunger, victims…
Cobalt, the electric dream in the West and the reverse in Africa?
From extraction to sale, the history of the cobalt industry – essential for running the batteries of smartphones and electric cars – is riddled with scandals. And 70% of world…