The challenge of climate change is facing countries around the world. In the face of the urgency, everything would suggest that the scientific community is mobilized... this is in fact only very partially true. Scientific institutions are, like States and most social and economic actors, more concerned with the
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This report was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It originally appeared in Rolling Stone. It is republished here as part of UP' Magazine's partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 selected media outlets to strengthen journalistic coverage of change.
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Global warming is shaping up to be more serious than expected, with the worst-case scenario predicting +7°C in 2100, French scientists warned Tuesday, presenting new and very alarming climate models that will serve as a basis for the IPCC. The UN climate experts will unveil in 2021 their new assessment report on
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Le monde n’est pas suffisamment préparé à la crise climatique qui s’annonce. C’est le constat que dresse une cinquantaine de personnalités réunies sous l’égide des Nations Unies. Si nous ne nous préparons pas plus à l’urgence climatique, nous subirons de plein fouet les effets du dérèglement climatiques parmi lesquels pauvreté,
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The horizon of the debt mountain prevents our leaders from properly posing the problems. Despite the alarm cries of the scientific community on the issue of climate change and the unprecedented risks to which the vast majority of humanity is exposed, the economic paradigm remains marbled. Preservation of resources and
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Jakarta, capital of Indonesia. A teeming megalopolis of ten million people. The city could partially disappear, drowned by rising waters. Already today, it's sinking by 25 cm a year and the northern half of the city is now at or just below sea level.
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Emmanuel Macron calls on the G7 to "talk" about the fires in the Amazon and to adopt three positions in this regard. Can a G7, disarmed by its divisions, demonetized by its broken promises and delegitimized by its record, save the Amazon? No, it cannot. By promising to save the
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Comment réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre d’au moins 40% d’ici 2030 (par rapport à 1990), dans un esprit de justice sociale ? Ce lundi 26 août, 300 000 appels téléphoniques sont lancés dans toute la France pour recruter 150 citoyens censés représenter quasi parfaitement la société
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Le réchauffement dont nous constatons les effets brûlants aujourd’hui est inédit. Au cours des 2 000 dernières années, aucun événement n’est comparable. Jamais les températures mondiales n’avaient augmenté aussi rapidement que maintenant, selon des données publiées mercredi 24 juillet. Un constat alarmant à l’échelle planétaire qui, selon les experts, devrait
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Les solutions fondées sur la nature (SFN) bénéficient d’une attention politique croissante. Elles feront l’objet d’un axe de travail lors du sommet pour l’action climatique organisé par le secrétaire général des Nations unies (SGNU) de septembre 2019, et sont au cœur de l’Agenda de l’action pour la biodiversité, lancé en
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A few weeks ago, a conference was held at the Collège de France organized by the Institut Louis Bachelier, bringing together a group of top economists. The first surprise, which is not a surprise at all, was a magnificent graph showing the close link between growth in world gross domestic product and growth in energy consumption since 1990.
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Après l’épisode caniculaire qui a frappé ces dernières semaines l’Europe en général et la France en particulier, doit-on s’attendre à un retour des grandes sécheresses ? Les météorologues nous prédisent une saison estivale des plus chaudes ; les hydrogéologues, qui mesurent l’état des nappes phréatiques et des réserves d’eau françaises, sont
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According to a report published by the United Nations, the world is increasingly threatened by "climate apartheid". A world where the rich pay to escape the heat and hunger caused by the escalating climate crisis while the rest of humanity suffers. In a
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The heat wave that hit France and parts of Europe last week was, meteorologists say, caused by hot air masses from North Africa. In this region, as in the Middle East, global warming is burning the air to the point of making it unbearable. In a relatively
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Heat records are falling one after the other. It would almost have become a national sport if the consequences were not so severe. According to Météo France, the heat wave that is setting in is "unprecedented" in its precocity and intensity. Dozens of departments have already placed
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Dans la lutte contre les dérèglements climatiques, la France est dans le rouge. Elle ne tient pas ses engagements, elle est en retard sur ses objectifs et en plus, elle donne des leçons aux autres. En attendant, les français suffoquent sous la canicule dont on nous annonce que ce n’est
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Paris is under experiment. The question of urban cooling in the light of the climatic challenges of today and tomorrow is on everyone's mind. And particularly in those of the accelerator of innovative urban projects FAIRE, which is launching three innovative experiments in the capital. Presentations. Since 2017, FAIRE, accelerator
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Those who still have doubts about the reality of climate change will be served: this week, France will reach scorching temperatures above 40°C. This is an extremely rare situation at this time of year, which is set to recur more and more frequently. This heatwave comes on top of
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50°C in Paris. This is what the IPCC scientists predict between now and 2050. Violent, long and repeated heat waves that will inevitably cause extensive human damage. Faced with this risk, which presents itself as an emergency, what can be done? Implement mitigation strategies today
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Last summer, it was very hot all over the world. We remember the heat waves in France, the giant fires in California, the suffocation of the Australians. But that's nothing compared to what's ahead of us. A study published this week warns us: the waves
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