Tag: Environment
More work environment violations prosecuted | SVT News
The number of companies prosecuted for work environment violations is increasing. Between 2019 and 2021, the number has nearly doubled. figures from the Work Environment Agency, the police and the…
the cost of living there deters the presence of civil society activists
One of the characteristics of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh is its high cost for visitors. From accommodation in this Egyptian seaside resort to food on the conference grounds, everything…
Spain commemorates the 20th anniversary of the sinking of the Prestige
Spain commemorates 20 years of its worst environmental tragedy. The sinking of the Prestige tanker off the coast of Galicia, in the north-west of the peninsula, had soiled 170 kilometers…
“What characterizes youth today is spontaneity”
She was born from a burning bush. 21 years ago – ahead of his time – Sene Alouka co-founded Young Volunteers for the Environment in Togo. Since then, the NGO…
mobilization of environmental defenders for the protection of wetlands
In Argentina, environmental activists mobilized on Thursday to demand a law to protect wetlands. They want to take advantage of COP27 in Egypt to force the hand of deputies, and…
COP27: the latest figures on France’s carbon footprint
News Published on 11/09/2022 at 10:02 p.m. Updated 11/09/2022 at 10:02 p.m. Reading 2 mins. In the midst of COP27, the Ministry for Ecological Transition has just released a report…
Car cleaning company Woerden turns out to be a drug lab: ‘Environment seriously endangered by tampering with chemicals’
Mayor Victor Molkenboer: “The criminals behind this have seriously endangered the environment. The chemicals they use in the production of synthetic drugs are highly flammable and explosive. You don’t have…
on losses and damage, “the agenda is conditioned”, regrets the negotiator Alpha Kaloga
A connoisseur of the mysteries of climate finance, the Guinean Alpha Oumar Kaloga is regional adviser to the Green Fund for Africa and negotiator for the Africa Group, of which…
a fund to support start-ups with social and environmental impacts
Ten start-ups with positive social and environmental impacts have just been selected out of more than 80 applications, to participate in a program co-financed by USAID – the American Agency…
“The climate crisis is not just about carbon”
Engaged for nearly twenty years in climate justice movements, the Briton Asad Rehman is a figure in the galaxy of Anglo-Saxon environmental movements. He heads the NGO War on Want…