There are many ways to participate in the fight to save the planet. The climate emergency, the collapse of biodiversity, food risks, overpopulation, so many dangers that push us to act. Some, through small everyday gestures, others through spectacular actions in the streets of large cities. However,
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Les dérèglements liés à la crise climatique —sécheresse, hausse des températures — ont une conséquence dramatique pour une grande partie de l’humanité : l’effondrement des ressources alimentaires. L’agriculture doit se réinventer mais ce n’est pas chose facile dans les régions où les modes de production industriels ont marqué des générations entières
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Il y a quelques semaines à peine, Israël déclarait que l’épidémie était sous contrôle grâce à une couverture vaccinale record. Aujourd’hui, face à la hausse des contaminations liées à l’arrivée du variant Delta sur son territoire, Israël remet en place des mesures de restrictions. Serait-ce le signe d’un échec de
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Le plus grand désert du monde s’étend. Au cours du siècle dernier, le Sahara s’est agrandi de plus de 10 %, couvrant désormais une superficie de plus de 8,6 millions de kilomètres carrés et s’étendant sur 11 pays du nord de l’Afrique. La région du Sahel, une ceinture semi-aride qui fait
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Le 14 décembre 2020, la procureure de la Cour pénale internationale a déclaré inadmissible ou insuffisante la demande d’enquête déposée par des organisations de la minorité musulmane des Ouïghours. Celles-ci accusent le pouvoir chinois de génocide et crimes contre l’humanité. Leurs avocats espèrent encore que l’exemple des Rohingyas de Birmanie,
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Joseph R. Biden vient de prêter serment sur les marches du Capitole. Il devient le quarante-sixième président des États-Unis. Le monde entier l’attend, particulièrement sur la question de la lutte contre les dérèglements climatiques. Son action consistera d’abord à remettre en question toutes les initiatives délétères prises par son prédécesseur
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La semaine dernière, une foule violente a envahi le Capitole des États Unis. Ces émeutiers étaient dans un déni absolu de la réalité, celle du vote du 20 Novembre. Leur action était de toutes façons vaine : à l’évidence, ils n’avaient pas le début de la moindre chance de modifier
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L’assaut mené dans la soirée de mercredi 6 janvier contre le Capitole à Washington par les partisans de Donald Trump a créé un véritable choc aux Etats-Unis et dans le monde. Le processus de certification des élections a été suspendu avant de reprendre dans la nuit, alors que Donald Trump
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Many artistic efforts have failed to create the breeding ground for true reconciliation in post-war Lebanon because they continue to rely on the construction of exclusive narratives, says political scientist Ruth Artiles Valero for Justiceinfo.net. Lebanon is an excellent example of how art can be used as a tool for reconciliation.
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As the European Union prepares to reopen its external borders from 1 July, it is considering banning Americans from its territory because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is still very active in the United States, according to the New York Times of 23 June. It must be said that the United States has the
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Spread over 7 million square kilometres, an area twelve times the size of France, straddling nine countries, the Indians of the Amazon basin have been recording their coronavirus contaminations for just over a month. From one region to another, cases are multiplying and could take a long time to resolve.
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The coronavirus pandemic has led half of humanity to change their way of life. People in every country adopted the protective measures they considered most appropriate or within their reach in the face of unexpected risk. Each of us looks at the coronavirus through the lens of
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Faced with the coronavirus and the containment it causes, Gallimard publishes one or two "Crisis leaflets" every day, free of charge, signed by the House's leading figures such as Erik Orsenna, Sylvain Tesson, Cynthia Fleury, Régis Debray and Danièle Sallenave, in order to reflect on the questions raised by the coronavirus and the containment it causes.
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Until now, official figures seemed to indicate that sub-Saharan Africa, with a population of more than 1 billion, had been lucky. The interactive map of reported cases of COVID-19, managed by Johns Hopkins University, shows large red spots almost everywhere - except in sub-Saharan Africa. But today, the first
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The pandemic is hitting the world. Everybody. Like a scourge of fate. In reality, this crisis is a product of our way of living the world. By extending the limits of our human habitats into the wilderness, we have not only destroyed biodiversity, but have also entered into a new era.
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What if we had found "the cheapest and most ingenious way to combat the global warming that is impacting forests today"? It is in any case the bet of a young American engineer, Topher White, who, with the help of his startup RainForest Connection (RFCx) located in
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The whole world is stunned by the images of the giant fires ravaging Australia. Their scale would almost make the fires in California, Russia and even the Amazon almost insignificant compared to the "Monster", the mega fire that is currently raging. The damage caused locally is considerable and still far from being quantified, in particular to
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"The cheetah no longer dances for Europe" appeared in Temps-marranes in autumn 2013: we were shocked by a serious shipwreck of migrants near Lampedusa. And, like the prince's novel of the same name, it sounded like a fatal announcement. Since the tragedies
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Preliminary results of a large study with contributions from 80 heart-breaking scientists. The Mediterranean, cradle of our cultures, landscape of the founding myths of our civilizations, crossroads of three continents, living basin of 500 million human beings, the Mediterranean of Giono, Pagnol, like that of Averroes or of
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At the UN climate summit in New York last September, the prize for the environmental photographer of the year was awarded. The laureates whose works we present here have shown, throughout 2019, a planet that suffers, that suffers, that resists
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