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Exclusive: Medics more sleep deprived now than during Covid crisis amid staff shortages and surging demand

Une jeune doctorante de l’UMons, Sarah Descamps, a remporté un prix prestigieux de l’Unesco pour son guide pédagogique destiné à sensibiliser les jeunes à l’impact environnemental des technologies numériques. La doctorante, qui a conçu ce guide dans le cadre de sa thèse de doctorat, propose différentes ressources pour aider les enseignants à parler de ce sujet avec leurs élèves.

Door de grillen van de klimaatverandering kan de biodiversiteit van graslanden in Vlaanderen tot 75 procent afnemen. Vooral kruiden en hooisoorten zouden in de klappen delen. Dat blijkt uit nieuw doctoraatsonderzoek aan de universiteit van Antwerpen.

Dr Sarah Benn has long been concerned about the climate crisis, diligently recycling until she was “blue in the face”. But the rise of the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion in 2019 inspired her and her husband to go further. “We thought: well, if we don’t do it then who else is going to?”

Christopher Lockyear, secretary general of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), called today on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to demand an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza. Addressing the Council at its monthly meeting on Gaza, Lockyear also called for the unequivocal protection of medical facilities, staff, and patients. “Meeting after meeting, resolution after resolution, this body has failed to effectively address this conflict,” Lockyear said. “We have watched members of this Council deliberate and delay while civilians die. This death, destruction, and forced displacement are the result of military and political choices that blatantly disregard civilian lives. These choices could have been—and still can be—made very differently.” After more than four months of war, nearly 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza amid Israel’s constant bombing and attacks. Approximately 1.7 million people—nearly 75 percent of the population—are estimated to be forcibly displace

As part of a major reform of the EU’s anti-pollution legislation, the European Commission said it planned to tighten air quality standards, including on one of the most dangerous pollutants, fine particulate matter. Water standards are also going to be stricter, with 25 substances added to a control list, such as the category of PFAS (also known as “forever chemicals”), the substance Bisphenol A, pesticides including glyphosate, and antibiotics.

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J'habite un petit village du Gard (600 habitants). Je prévois d'y faire cette conférence sur le thème de l'Effondrement. D'abord en présence des élus et des acteurs locaux uniquement. J'espère qu'il y aura un retour positif parmi eux pour que je me risque à faire la conférence devant les villageois.

J'habite un petit village du Gard (600 habitants). Je prévois d'y faire cette conférence sur le thème de l'Effondrement. D'abord en présence des élus et des acteurs locaux uniquement. J'espère qu'il y aura un retour positif parmi eux pour que je me risque à faire la conférence devant les villageois.