Tag: climate change
UN member states sign pact to deliver ‘a better future’ for humanity
UN member states pledged on Sunday, September 22, to adopt a series of measures designed to provide ” a better future ” for humanity. The text promises in particular to…
Fascines, swales, hedges… these ancestral natural solutions to better deal with floods
After the storm Boris that shook Central Europe last weekend, it is time to take stock. Large areas will have to be rebuilt. While it is difficult to adapt to…
In northern Thailand, Typhoon Yagi wreaked havoc
In the middle of the rainy season, bad weather in Thailand continues, with authorities predicting increased rainfall from Thursday, September 19, through next Monday. And while strong winds, flash floods…
natural solutions to flooding
Storm Boris is running out of steam and it is time to take stock. While it is difficult to adapt to a weather event of this magnitude, it is possible…
Czech Republic licks wounds after deadly storm Boris
Central and Eastern Europe continues to suffer the consequences of Storm Boris and the torrential rains that have fallen in recent days. Several countries have already confirmed a heavy human…
NGO denounces the use of chemical deforestation in the Pantanal
In Brazil, since Lula’s return to power, deforestation has declined in the Amazon, but it continues strongly in other regions of the country, which are also ecologically important. This is…
In China, Shanghai faces the most violent typhoon since 1949
Shanghai, China’s economic capital, was hit Monday morning by Typhoon Bebinca, the strongest to make landfall there since 1949, with strong winds and torrential rains causing flights to be cancelled…
Zimbabwe plans to cull 200 elephants, meat to be distributed to population
Following Namibia at the end of August, Zimbabwe has also announced the culling of elephants to deal with an unprecedented drought that is causing food shortages. The country, which is…
complicated and increasingly worrying situation in Central Europe
Central Europe is still under threat from Cyclone Boris. Several countries in the region, including the Czech Republic, are on alert and rain continues to fall unabated. 1 min With…
Iceberg collapse triggers mega-earthquake that shook Earth for nine days
It is an enigma that has left seismologists around the world baffled for almost a year: an earthquake, detected in September 2023 by instruments all around the planet, which lasted…