Tag: climate change
Mayor Dijksma in New Year’s speech: ‘Utrecht is in a multi-crisis’
Looking to the future, Dijksma emphasized that, after the refugees and corona, the city still has other major challenges ahead. “Unfortunately, the difficult circumstances are not over yet. Because we…
Drought, a major challenge for Iraq in 2023
The great challenge of our time, global warming affects the countries of the planet unequally. For Iraq, for example, a new year of struggle is being prepared in the face…
last abnormally hot day to conclude a record year 2022
Heat records until the very last hours of the year. This Saturday, December 31 promises to be the mildest ever recorded by Météo France, like a year 2022 emblematic of…
Heat from sewage water: is the heating method of the future being worked on in Utrecht Overvecht?
Next to the large building where four heat pumps will be located, there is also a huge rust-colored barrel. “That’s the heat buffer,” says Koen, pointing to the red tub.…
Inflation and climate change, the heavy challenges facing oyster farming
/ Podcasts / Report France In the bay of Bourgneuf, near Nantes, the oyster producers of La Bernerie-en-Retz are very active during the holiday season, which is decisive for their…
Advertising for flying holidays and petrol banned in Amersfoort
Amersfoort – The Amersfoort city council approved a ban on fossil advertising last night. This means that advertising from companies such as Shell and KLM is no longer welcome in…
after the agreement, the difficult implementation of biodiversity protection
Some 190 countries adopted additional commitments on biodiversity at COP15 in Montreal on Monday, particularly around the sharing of economic benefits to be derived from genetic data from plants and…
a historic agreement on biodiversity adopted in Montreal
After long hours of negotiations, the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity in Montreal on Monday adopted the principle of a “global framework for biodiversity”, a roadmap of 23 objectives to…
in Montreal, the conference on biodiversity gets into trouble with the question of funding
Cop15, the UN conference on biodiversity, enters the tough negotiations this Thursday with the arrival of ministers from different countries. They will tackle the most sensitive points of the discussions…
Kenya drought sparks inter-community clashes
The number of drought-affected Kenyans is expected to reach six million by January, according to the latest projections from the National Drought Management Authority. The rains that have fallen in…