Tag: climate change
Faced with soaring insurance, a mayor “bans” natural disasters
The town of Breil-sur-Roya (Alpes-Maritimes) has just banned natural disasters. A way for the mayor LR, Sébastien Olharan, to attract the attention of the public authorities and to protest against…
In India, last year was the hottest in more than 120 years | News in brief
The Indian Meteorological Institute announced on Wednesday that 2024 was the hottest year in more than 120 years. The last time the average temperature was higher was in 1901. The…
Noirmoutier, an island against the sea
In Vendée, two thirds of the island of Noirmoutier are below sea level. With climate change, the coasts are eroding as the oceans rise and more and more frequent storms…
The most destructive hurricanes have clearly increased in recent years | News in brief
The numbers of hurricanes and cyclones have remained stable. The number of tropical cyclones has not increased due to climate change, but the power of the most severe storms has…
Canada Releases Its Emissions Reduction Targets – Organizations: A Weak Performance | News in brief
The government tightened the climate emissions reduction target only slightly. The Canadian government has published its new climate emission reduction targets. By 2035, emissions are expected to decrease by 45–50…
citizens create a site centralizing all practical information on site
In Mayotte, two weeks after the passage of Cyclone Chido, life remains very complicated. Residents lack water and food, fuel is scarce, as is the network. So, to try to…
In Denmark, Copenhagen misses its goal of being carbon neutral by 2025
In 2009, Copenhagen had the ambition of not releasing more CO2 than its natural sinks, such as trees, could capture, by 2025. An almost revolutionary bet at the time. A…
“The official results are gradually stabilizing”
Prime Minister François Bayrou estimated at the start of the week that the number of deaths after the passage of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte would amount to “ tens »…
the field hospital treated more than 500 patients in 36 hours
The situation in Mayotte, after the passage of Cyclone Chido. Evacuation operations continue. The latest provisional report from the Ministry of the Interior shows 39 dead and more than 4,000…
selective evacuations to Reunion Island
In Mayotte, evacuation operations continue for priority people to Reunion. Hundreds of people leave the archipelago every day on planes, in complicated and highly supervised evacuations. The gendarmerie is on…