Uniquement les Articles de la décennie 2020
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La Chilienne Michelle Bachelet, l'Équatorienne Maria Fernanda Espinosa, l'Argentin Rafael Grossi, la Costaricaine Rebeca Grynspan, la Guyanienne Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett et le Sénégalais Macky Sall, tous candidats à la succession d'Antonio Guterres à la tête de l'ONU, ont débattu jeudi soir pendant deux heures, sans jamais s'interpeller directement.
L’augmentation des niveaux de CO2 atmosphérique actuelle est 10 fois plus rapides qu’à tout moment au cours des 50 000 dernières années.
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Unprecedented levels of damage from storms this year is upending US towns and the insurance industry
(09/08) - MICHELLE CHAPMANWaves of severe thunderstorms in the U.S. during the first half of this year led to $34 billion in insured losses, an unprecedented level of financial damage in such a short time as climate change contributes to the frequency and severity of violent meteorological events. The reinsurer Swiss Re Group said Wednesday that damages from convective storms in the U.S., which can come with hail, lightning, heavy rain and high winds, accounted for nearly 70% of the $50 billion in global catastrophic damages so far this year. The storms in the U.S. were so severe, there were 10 that resulted in damages of $1 billion or more, almost double the average over the last decade.
The State of Climate Action 2022 report analyzed progress across 40 indicators of action needed by 2030 and 2050 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C, everything from increasing renewable energy uptake to halting deforestation to shifting to more sustainable diets. We found that none of the 40 indicators assessed are on track to achieve 2030 targets.
Ces deux pays ont eu des élections démocratiques, c’est important à noter. Dans le même temps, ils ont une multitude de menaces à gérer : l’insécurité, mais aussi les problèmes de développement comme l’accès à l’éducation ou à la santé, et le changement climatique qui les affecte durement.
On the first day of summer, I woke up to the acrid smell of hot tar. Even before my sleepy brain could name the source, my body tensed with anxiety: wildfire season was underway. Given the deepening drought and record-setting heat across most of the American west, this year’s fire season is widely predicted to be among the worst in recent memory – which is saying something, because last year’s was grotesque.
