Tag: climate
The UN climate meeting progressed chaotically towards the last hours | News in brief
Non-governmental organizations urged developing countries to leave the negotiations without an agreement rather than accept a bad agreement. The overlong UN climate meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, proceeded to the decisive…
Developing countries and island states walked out of the climate conference negotiations | News in brief
At the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, negotiators from small island states and developing countries have walked out of the negotiations. In the lengthy negotiations, the chairman’s proposal for…
Baku climate conference ending in disappointment – funding falling short of target | News in brief
Poor and climate change-prone countries are getting only a fraction of the support they had hoped for. The ongoing climate meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan is coming to an end. According…
Climate change has made hurricanes more powerful – increased by eight meters per second
The researchers have analyzed how the higher ocean temperatures may have affected Atlantic hurricanes. By comparing how powerful the hurricanes could theoretically become with how they became in reality, the…
At the climate meeting, a new solution company | News in brief
At the Baku climate meeting in Azerbaijan, the chairman has published a new presentation as the closing text of the meeting. In the new proposal agreed by the meeting, the…
The European Parliament renounces to reduce the law against deforestation but maintains the one-year postponement
A week after its weakening by the European Parliament, the law against imported deforestation is now supported by the member states of the European Union. The 27 agreed to maintain…
The EU rejects the draft decision presented at the Baku climate conference | News in brief
The European Union cannot accept the draft presented in Baku as the final document of the COP29 climate meeting, says the EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra. According to him, no…
Faced with climate change, Montpellier is betting on water at an eco-solidarity rate – L’Express
What if this was the solution? Since 2023, Montpellier has applied an eco-solidarity tariff on water to try to preserve this resource which is drying up. In the 14 municipalities…
children are most exposed to environmental damage, warns the Defender of Rights
How to protect children, the first victims of climate change? According to the UN, if the trend continues, eight times more children around the world will be exposed to extreme…
The conclusions of the G20 in Rio de Janeiro: from the climate to the taxation of the rich
(Finance) – Few results, but steady: the final declaration of G20 in Rio de Janeiro it is the classic glass half full or half empty, depending on the point of…