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World is approaching point where no one can shut down a rogue AI, says director of body behind research

Exclusive: Commission says alert would trigger coordinated international response that could help avoid millions dying. The climate crisis should be declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization, or millions more people will die unnecessarily, leading international experts have said. The independent pan-European commission on climate and health, which was convened by the WHO, concluded the climate crisis was such a worldwide threat to health that the WHO should declare it “a public health emergency of international concern” (Pheic).

Norway’s energy minister says country has a ‘responsibility’ to address shortfalls caused by wars in Ukraine and Middle East

The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis, a stark new study has concluded. Ongoing sea-level rise and the rampant erosion of wetlands in southern Louisiana will swallow up the New Orleans area within a few generations, with the new paper estimating the city “may well be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before the end of this century”.

The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought after new research found that climate models predicting the biggest slowdown are the most realistic. Scientists called the new finding “very concerning” as a collapse would have catastrophic consequences for Europe, Africa and the Americas.

Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people

The world has become well versed in the importance of the strait of Hormuz to the world’s energy flows, but attention is increasingly turning to its vital role in another market – the fertiliser on which harvests depend. A third of the global trade in raw materials for fertiliser passes through the maritime choke point, which is also the route for 20% of shipments of natural gas, which is required to make it.

Lorsque James Prescott Joule a donné son nom à une unité d’énergie, il n’aurait pas pu prévoir les calculs alarmants d’aujourd’hui. L’unité principale de l’effondrement climatique est le zettajoule…

When James Prescott Joule lent his name to a unit of energy, he could not have foreseen today’s alarming calculations

Anti-authoritarian rallies, taking place in all 50 states plus 16 countries, are expected to be biggest in US history

Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face

Wael Sawan warns of pressure on diesel and petrol if strait of Hormuz does not reopen to oil and gas shipping

Nous laissons les grandes entreprises jouer avec nos vies. Agissez maintenant, sinon la nourriture pourrait venir à manquerLa fragilité du système alimentaire mondial m’emplit d’effroi – et la guerre avec l’Iran a révélé à quel point il est proche de l’effondrement.

The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is

Trump a lancé une attaque sans précédent contre l’environnement. Où est la riposte ? Les climatosceptiques s’attendaient à plus de résistance face à l’offensive en faveur des énergies fossiles. Mais les démocrates, les milliardaires et les militants sont restés silencieux. ...

Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the environment. Where’s the pushback?

Le réchauffement climatique continu pourrait engager une trajectoire irréversible en déclenchant des points de bascule climatiques, mais la plupart des gens n’en ont pas conscience. Le monde est plus proche qu’on ne le pensait d’un « point de non-retour » au-delà duquel un emballement du réchauffement climatique ne pourrait plus être arrêté, ont averti des scientifiques.

The US was an oligarchy well before Trump’s first term. Recognizing this reality is essential to building a true democracy

L’économie mondiale doit cesser de céder aux « désirs frivoles des ultra-riches », affirme un expert de l’ONU Olivier De Schutter estime qu’un nouvel agenda économique est nécessaire pour faire face aux crises de l’inégalité croissante et de l’effondrement écologique.

Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse