Tag: global
UN chief warns of global food crisis: “Act quickly and decisively”
Guterres visits Stockholm on the occasion of the UN Environment Conference Stockholm +50. On Wednesday, he had a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson (S). On the agenda was,…
Monkey pox: is there a risk of a global pandemic?
The monkeypox virus was until now only present sporadically in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests. In recent weeks, several hundred cases have been described in urban areas and…
UN Engaged to Solve the Global Food Crisis
United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news conference that senior UN officials had constructive talks with First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov in Moscow on the resumption…
In Senegal, the “Global Mercy”, the largest civilian hospital ship in the world, inaugurated in Dakar
It was inaugurated on Monday May 30 by Senegalese President Macky Sall and his counterparts from Guinea-Bissau and the Comoros. The boat of the Christian NGO Mercy Ships will provide…
Wheat, sugar, oil, chicken… In Asia, embargoes shake up global food security
The global food crisis is “imminent” according to the world trade organization. According to David Beasley, the head of the World Food Program (WFP), “today the conditions are worse” than…
Global Food Crisis: The Threat
normal The war in Ukraine has heightened concerns for global food security. Russia and Ukraine are leading agricultural powers: their wheat, corn and sunflowers supply the world market. Ukraine, a…
“Ghost” fossils to understand global warming
The probability of finding a vertebrate fossil is low, so imagine what the probability of discovering the tiny imprints of microalgae witnessing the warming and acidification of the oceans in…
Ukraine / Africa: the new global balances
Soaring gasoline and food prices, new global balances, games of influence: the Russian offensive launched by President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022 in Ukraine is upsetting everything. The European…
Floods in South Africa: it would not have been such a disaster without global warming
Climate change has doubled the risk of heavy rains and floods in South Africa, according to a research organization that compares the risk of floods with and without climate change,…
Global warming has doubled South Africa’s flood risk
Climate change has doubled the risk of heavy rains and floods in South Africa, according to a research organization that compares the risk of floods with and without climate change,…