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Developing countries urge biggest polluters to act as Trump’s return to the White House heightens geopolitical turmoil

President formally files new plans under Paris agreement and hails ‘boldest climate agenda in American history’. Joe Biden has announced tougher targets on the US’s carbon dioxide emissions for the next decade, in a defiant final gesture intended as a “capstone” on his legacy on the climate. With just weeks to go before Donald Trump enters the White House, the Biden administration is formally filing new plans under the Paris agreement – the global climate treaty from which Trump has vowed to withdraw.

Le déclin brutal de l’environnement n’était pas censé être le fruit de la politique agricole commune. Et pourtant, c’est le cas, assène cette journaliste du quotidien britannique “The Guardian”.

Nulle part les réseaux électriques n’ont été conçus pour résister aux effets du réchauffement climatique. Les rendre plus résilients coûtera l’équivalent de centaines de milliards de dollars, prévient “Bloomberg”. En attendant, les pannes recensées cet été, de l’Inde à l’Équateur, en passant par le Texas, donnent un avant-goût des perturbations à venir.

UN says a global ‘backlash’ against climate action is being stoked by fossil fuel companies

Techniques such as solar radiation management may have unintended consequences, scientists say

Study highlights conflict between Washington’s claims of climate leadership and its fossil fuel growth plans

Countries in debt distress thrown financial lifeline but critics say measures fall short of what is needed

Taxing world’s wealthiest people could help poorer countries shift economies to low-carbon and recover from climate damage

Fourth year in a row in which number of people facing food crises increased substantially

Un rapport de référence appelle à une révision de la gestion mondiale des ressources en eau et de son gaspillage. Source : The Guardian, Fiona HarveyTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises Le m…

Campaigners say Rosebank, with a potential yield of 500m barrels, would seriously undermine legal commitment to net zero

IPCC report says only swift and drastic action can avert irrevocable damage to world

People in developing countries are feeling increasingly angry and “victimised” by the climate crisis, the US climate envoy John Kerry has warned, and rich countries must respond urgently. “I’ve been chronicling the increased frustration and anger of island states and vulnerable countries and small African nations and others around the world that feel victimised by the fact that they are a minuscule component of emissions,” he said. “And yet [they are] paying a very high price. Seventeen of the 20 most affected countries in the world, by the climate crisis, are in Africa, and yet 48 sub-Saharan countries total 0.55% of all emissions.”

Carbon credits and offsets do not have a great record but the funds they raise are a vital part in fight against deforestation

Carbon offsets can help achieve emissions goals, some experts argue, while others say they are actively dangerous

Group says forcing polluters to store carbon dioxide underground is needed to help world reach net zero

Energy watchdog’s Fatih Birol says shift away from coal in key regions needs to be made a global priority

Governments must close gap between net zero rhetoric and reality, says International Energy Agency head

More than two decades on from the protocol, country shows enthusiasm for nuclear restarts over renewables