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Het straatarme Malawi wordt al maandenlang geteisterd door droogtes en overstromingen die gelinkt zijn aan het klimaatfenomeen El Niño. Naar schatting 9 miljoen mensen hebben door mislukte oogsten te maken met honger en ontbering.

Pluies insuffisantes, inondations, sécheresse : 44,3 % des cultures du maïs du pays ont été « endommagées », menaçant de famine près de 2 millions de familles.

Le débat sur les nouveaux OGM est biaisé par les lobbies qui défendent toute une série d’intérêts économiques. A la faveur de sa présidence européenne, la Belgique doit se positionner dans ce dossier en facilitant l’élaboration d’une politique européenne qui donne la priorité à l’équité, à l’autonomie des agriculteur.e.s, à la santé publique et à l’environnement.

In the UK and around the world, those who challenge rich corporations are being hounded and crushed with ever-more inventive penalties, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

As we mark 100 days until the COP28 UN climate summit, the urgency of addressing the climate crisis has never been more palpable. Global failures to mitigate emissions and adapt to the impacts continue to wreak havoc on the planet, and we’re seeing this in a range of ways. Unprecedented extreme weather events have occurred with frightening regularity in 2023. In March, over 500 people lost their lives when Cyclone Freddy struck Malawi. Last month, flooding in the Philippines caused by Typhoons Doksuri and Khanun displaced more than 300,000 people, and the recent wildfires that ravaged Hawaii – in part exacerbated by climate change – continue to make for distressing headlines. This list is likely to become even longer by the end of the year, when COP28 gets underway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Several climate court cases have been stuck in legal limbo for years. Now they're about to get a lot more interesting.

Kwetsbare landen zoals Malawi hebben vandaag een actieplan nodig om zich te weren tegen de gevolgen van de klimaatverandering. Ze kunnen niet wachten tot er over compenserende maatregelen voor hun verliezen wordt onderhandeld op een volgende klimaattop.

Tiny plastic particles can travel worldwide, ending up in urban, rural, and remote areas. They take an even faster transport pathway than oceanic currents: the atmosphere.

I cannot support laws that defend those who destroy the planet, and criminalise those who try to protect it, says Jolyon Maugham KC

Six KCs among more than 120 mostly English lawyers to sign pledge not to act for fossil fuel interests