Tag: climate change
EU bets on new car battery regulations to better recycle them
Brussels is betting on the circular economy to boost battery production in Europe, in the context of growing competition for this key product of the energy transition with the United…
To the rescue of the wild vine, in danger in Île-de-France
An ancestor of the cultivated vine, the wild vine is the only one native to Europe and risks disappearing as man intervenes on the banks of the Seine and dries…
Bolivia and Chile end their dispute over the Silala River
After six years of proceedings, the International Court of Justice has delivered its verdict in the dispute, aggravated by climate change, which pitted Chile against Bolivia over the waters of…
The year 2022 is the hottest ever recorded in France
The year 2022 is already the hottest “never measured in France since the beginning of the surveys in 1900, announced Wednesday Météo-France, which estimates that it is the” symptom of…
How to rethink the city of tomorrow?
This is the punch announcement of recent days in France: President Emmanuel Macron wants to set up a network of urban trains in ten large cities like what is being…
Météo France extends its vigilance alerts in the face of the resurgence of dangerous phenomena
Faced with the proliferation of dangerous climatic phenomena (violent winds, storms, heavy rains, etc.) linked to climate change, Météo France is extending its vigilance alerts over two days to enable…
Faced with rising energy demand, France is restarting the Saint-Avold coal-fired power plant
The Saint-Avold coal-fired power plant in eastern France was restarted on Monday 28 November. Objective: to meet the demand for energy which increases with the onset of cold weather. President…
After COP27, Emmanuel Macron is trying to regain the initiative
Even if the creation of a “loss and damage” fund is a step forward, COP27 did not give new impetus to the fight against global warming. A few hours after…
Dijksma: ‘Despite disappointing climate summit, a step’
An agreement was reached early this morning during the UN climate summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt. There will be a compensation fund for poor countries and the target of limiting global…
final deal calls for ‘rapid’ cut in greenhouse gas emissions
At the end of the plenary and long debates, the delegations present at COP27 adopted, this Sunday, November 20, a final agreement calling for a “rapid” reduction in greenhouse gas…