Today threatened, damaged, looted or destroyed, four major sites, some of which are classified as UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Palmyra and Aleppo (Syria), Mosul (Iraq) and Leptis Magna (Libya) - are unveiled and reborn in a spectacular immersive production at the Arab World Institute from 10 October.
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Sea level rise, shoreline erosion, rapid urbanization : Bangkok, which is hosting the preparatory meeting for COP-24, the next UN climate conference, from 4 to 9 September, is sinking inexorably and could be partly submerged by 2030. A foretaste of what
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The links between global warming and geopolitical risks and migration are no longer to be demonstrated. The UN Security Council has just published an alarming study: if nothing is done quickly to mitigate the extreme climate risks in Iraq, the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) may find itself back in a "climate crisis".
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President Trump has announced his intention to create a new force: the United States Space Force. At a time when the conquest of space is in full swing and rockets are rushing through the gates of space, when our society is vitally dependent on satellite networks and when precious resources are being lost.
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Over the past 20 years, the Arctic has lost 1.6 million square kilometres of ice. The summer ice pack could completely disappear by 2030, which would have a decisive impact on the climate. This Tuesday, June 19, marked the beginning of The Way to the Pole, a human adventure and a scientific expedition led by the explorer Sébastien
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The king of the African savannah, the tree of life, the pharmacist tree, the magic tree, the millennium baobab tree, is disappearing. Silently and mysteriously. An international team of researchers is making this tragic observation: the oldest baobabs in Africa are dying. We do not know the causes of
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It is a visit like no other that will take place in Paris from May 17 to 23, that of the international representatives of the Maori, Massai, Ashaninka, Tolinou, Kanak, Huni Kui and Papuan peoples, united and on the march to defend the rights of nature. Coming from all over the world at the invitation of
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South Africa, and particularly Cape Town, is suffering from an unprecedented drought. The municipality has even announced that the taps could be closed during August. To solve this serious crisis, a sea rescue specialist has come up with a crazy idea: towing an iceberg from Antarctica and
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May 1st is Labour Day! On this occasion, we make the bridge, we take a rest or we parade. You grumble a little or a lot against your employer, but compared to what happens in China, you can consider yourself very happy. You probably have
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They had been lost, or worse, presumed dead, for weeks, months or years. For the thousands of children who have gone missing from the streets, alleys and slums of India, there is a glimmer of hope: thanks to a new experimental facial recognition trial by the police in New Delhi, India.
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By 2018, 75% of African households will be connected to the Internet via mobile technologies. This is according to Deloitte's latest study, dedicated to the evolution of uses, consumption and markets in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector in Africa in 2018. Gabon announces
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A new April 2018 report by Rainforest Action reveals one of the most serious cases of illegal destruction of tropical forests in Borneo in recent years. Approximately 10,000 hectares of peatland have been illegally destroyed to make way for oil palm plantations,
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Food security for refugee populations and uncertainties about future UN food aid budgets can only be reconciled through well-targeted, accurate and effective food aid. INRA researchers and their colleagues propose to simultaneously take into account individual data and data relating to the food security of refugee populations.
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In the midst of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the young founder of Facebook was subjected for more than four hours to a barrage of questions from some 40 US senators. What came out of it? A mea culpa but a lot of blurry and evasive answers. We are far from concrete and precise commitments on solutions.
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Economic researchers have found a systematic link between periods of drought and the outbreak of riots in sub-Saharan Africa. The scientific community has been hypothesizing for several years that there is a link between droughts and the outbreak of riots. In order to formally verify this hypothesis
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Studio Tamani, Fondation Hirondelle's information programme in Mali, is launching new production formats as part of a project to promote the rights and place of women in Malian society. Objectives: to produce 10 motion design, 10 video documentaries, 20 audio magazines and 20
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According to experts from the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea, short-distance journeys on French roads will increase by 29% by 2050, leading to an increase in traffic jams and air pollution. The French government is beginning to realise the environmental impact that this increase in traffic will have on the environment.
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For Professor Ange Nzihou, garbage is wealth. This researcher has been working for more than ten years to develop them into an economic resource. However, it is not in the laboratories of ITM Mines Albi that his greatest scientific achievements are to be found. During his career,
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Ten years ago to the day, on February 26, 2008, the giant attic of the planet was inaugurated. Situated in Svalbard, in northern Norway, in an icy landscape, the building seems to have come straight from a distant planet. A freezer of extraordinary proportions, capable of storing all the food in the freezer.
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China has an air pollution problem. Very serious. The Chinese people are suffocating under pollution and serious illnesses can be counted in the millions. A veritable hecatomb against which the government wants to use all the means at its disposal. Among them, the use of the army to plant trees to improve the quality of the air...
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