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In the climate crisis, there is a strange phenomenon: pusillanimity, if not the defection of States. While all the world's seers are in bright red and public opinion around the world is aware of the gravity of the situation, while at the

Faced with the desertion of States, trapped between their economic constraints, the pressure of industrial lobbies, their lack of ambition in the medium term and their temptation to authoritarian climate denial, the citizens' response is getting into battle order. On a global scale, over the past two or three years, we have seen

A court of appeal in The Hague confirmed on 9 October last year the injunction for the Dutch state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels. In the name of the right to life and the right to have an

This COP24, which ended on 15 December, demonstrated the inertia, if not the carelessness, and even sabotage of States in the face of climate change. A COP has minimized the stakes while the stakes turn to urgency. Faced with this defection, many initiatives led by citizens, elected representatives or

A Youtubeur at COP24: five videos to tell the story of the climate negotiations - Episode 3 The 24th climate conference (COP24) opened on Sunday 2 December with the hope that the States will be able to find an ambitious agreement capable of keeping warming below the

Des gouvernements, des compagnies pétrolières, des industries puisant dans les énergies fossiles… Les procès se multiplient contre eux, partout dans le monde. De simples citoyens, des ONG ou des stars de cinéma comme Arnold Schwarzenegger conjuguent leurs efforts pour faire plier, devant les tribunaux, ceux qui menacent le climat. En

Ce vendredi 3 novembre, les citoyens du monde s’unissent pour contraindre les Etats à protéger le climat. Aujourd’hui, les gaz à effet de serre continuent de proliférer dans l’atmosphère sans que nul n’en soit tenu responsable. Partout autour de la planète, des associations, des enfants, des grands-mères, des vulnérables, des

Plusieurs dizaines de personnalités internationales de premier rang s’unissent aujourd’hui autour d’un appel pour « en finir avec les crimes climatiques ». En finir avec les discussions interminables, dilatoires et incertaines et passer à l’action. Enfin.   Les signataires sont de toutes origines et de toutes nationalités (voir la liste des cent

The next Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) will be held in France at the end of 2015, with the aim of reaching an international agreement to limit global warming to 2°C by the end of the century (compared to