Jean Jouzel

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« L’urgence est là, nous regardons ailleurs »

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déforestation

2025

Suspension of Soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destruction
Au Mexique, les flammes ont dévoré des milliers d’hectares de végétation, laissant derrière elles des paysages calcinés et stériles. Mais dans certaines régions, la régénération a déjà commencé. L’espoir, cette fois, vient du ciel.
Selon des documents internes consultés par «Libé», l’agrandissement du site de Weda Bay, cogéré par le Français Eramet, met en péril la biodiversité et un peuple autochtone de l’île reculée d’Halmahera.
L'an dernier, 209 hectares de bois ont été abattus en Flandre, ce qui correspond à près de 300 terrains de football, rapporte mardi le journal De Morgen sur base de chiffres du ministre flamand de l'Environnement, Jo Brouns (CD&V).
Forests have historically acted as a reliable planetary thermostat. They regulate Earth’s temperature by removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and locking it in trees, roots and soil — carbon that is emitted if trees are cut down. In a typical year, forests and other vegetation absorb roughly 30% of the carbon that humans emit from burning fossil fuels — a vital climate service performed at virtually no cost by trees around the world, from tropical rainforests to temperate and boreal forests.
Alors que 1,5 milliard d’euros de bouleau a été importé en Europe depuis 2022 malgré les sanctions, des Etats veulent détricoter un texte clé du Pacte vert pour favoriser la contrebande, alerte l’ONG Earthsight. La France s’y oppose.
En Afrique, la déforestation engendre une dynamique qui menace l'avenir du cacao comme les équilibres écologiques globaux. D'où la nécessité de faire respecter par tous le Règlement sur la Déforestation Importée (RDUE), menacé par des exceptions.
Brazil records 62% jump in area burned by forest fires: monitor
For more than three decades, Brazilian climate scientist Carlos Nobre has warned that deforestation of the Amazon could push this globally important ecosystem past the point of no return. Working first at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research and more recently at the University of São Paulo, he is a global authority on tropical forests and how they could be restored.
Identifying the socio-economic drivers behind greenhouse gas emissions is crucial to design mitigation policies. Existing studies predominantly analyze short-term CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, neglecting long-term trends and other GHGs. We examine the drivers of all greenhouse gas emissions between 1820–2050 globally and regionally. The Industrial Revolution triggered sustained emission growth worldwide—initially through fossil fuel use in industrialized economies but also as a result of agricultural expansion and deforestation. Globally, technological innovation and energy mix changes prevented 31 (17–42) Gt CO2e emissions over two centuries. Yet these gains were dwarfed by 81 (64–97) Gt CO2e resulting from economic expansion, with regional drivers diverging sharply: population growth dominated in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, while rising affluence was the main driver of emissions elsewhere. Meeting climate targets now requires the carbon intensity of GDP to decline 3 times faster than the global