Tag: Environment
In Madagascar, residents forced to drink potentially polluted river water
The exploitation of ilmenite carried out by the company QMM, a subsidiary of the company Rio Tinto, would be at the origin of this risk, denounce organizations in a press…
rising cereal prices will weigh on an already inflationary environment
The war in Ukraine is driving up the prices of certain raw materials. Gas reached a new historic record on Friday in Europe, oil also soared. And the food is…
It’s 6 a.m. in Paris, the cattle at the Salon de l’Agriculture are waking up…
For nine days, the breeders who exhibit their animals at the International Agricultural Show in Paris are on deck long before daybreak and until late at night. Behind-the-scenes report from…
an agreement for the compensation of the victims of the oil spill
An agreement was reached between Lima and the Spanish oil company Repsol after the oil spill caused on January 15 during the unloading of a tanker off the La Pampilla…
The UN adopts the principle of a treaty against plastic pollution
In Nairobi, the UN adopted this Wednesday, March 2, the principle of an international treaty ” legally binding campaign against plastic pollution, a breakthrough described as historic in the fight…
torrential rains and floods now on Sydney’s doorstep
The east coast of Australia continues to be swept by torrential rains, having caused major flooding earlier this week in Queensland, but also in northern New South Wales. The human…
The contours of a future international treaty against plastic pollution are emerging
Will a consensus be found in Nairobi on the outlines of a future international treaty against plastic pollution which is reaching world records? This is the objective of the United…
Severe effects of warming in Africa require rapid adaptation, says IPCC
Biodiversity, food, health, economy… Beyond 1.5 degrees of global warming, the damage in Africa will be very heavy, estimates the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in the second…
the shortcomings of public policies to adapt to global warming
The IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, publishes this Monday, February 28, the second part of its climate change assessment report devoted to the impact of climate change and…
Environment: “responsible” finance, the new frontier for investors
Sustainable, green, solidarity or even ethical finance, ESG funds and extra-financial rating, SRI funds… For the uninitiated or the saver, this little lexicon of so-called “responsible” finance can be like…