Tag: Environment
Claire Hédon, Rights Defender: “There is an urgent need to act to protect the fundamental rights of children”
Global warming, environmental risks, consequences on the most exposed populations, problem of access to resources… A report published this week in France warns of the particular exposure of children to…
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…
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…
This is how asbestos companies get around the Swedish Work Environment Authority’s rules
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screenCompanies that demolished asbestos in such dangerous ways that they were banned from handling the substance can still continue. Archive image. Photo: Tomas Oneborg/Svd/TT The Work…
the challenges of the agricultural sector in the face of climate change
This Tuesday, November 19, is a day dedicated to agriculture at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Farmers are on the front lines of the climate crisis, with disasters occurring all over…
“The more eco-anxious people there are, the better it will be for the future of the planet”
COP29 begins its second week in Azerbaijan with, for only the second year, a day dedicated to health in the era of climate change. Physical integrity is at stake for…
In the news: France is preparing for a winter of strikes
Winter is coming. Winter is coming in Franceand we head “ towards a lively Christmas “, title La Tribune Sunday. The specter of a strike resurfaces among farmers against the…
large retailers oppose the installation of solar panels in car parks
In France, large outdoor car parks must be equipped with solar-powered shade structures by July 2026, the government confirmed in a decree which was published on Friday November 15. These…
Vale, BHP and Samarco acquitted in Fundao mining dam failure trial
A Brazilian court acquitted mining giants Vale and BHP as well as the Samarco company on Thursday, November 14, in a judgment on the failure of a dam which left…
More than a century after the outbreak of the Great War, French soil still marked by conflict
Near Verdun, the Spincourt forest is home to a 1,000 m2 clearing where nothing has grown for a century. Often overlooked, the environmental consequences of armed conflicts remain colossal. And…