Transition énergétique ?

The world has entered an era of “global water bankruptcy” that is harming billions of people, a UN report has declared. The overuse and pollution of water must be tackled urgently, the report’s lead author said, because no one knew when the whole system could collapse, with implications for peace and social cohesion. All life depends on water but the report found many societies had long been using water faster than it could be replenished annually in rivers and soils, as well as over-exploiting or destroying long-term stores of water in aquifers and wetlands.

Like living beyond your financial means, using more water than nature can replenish can have catastrophic results.

Flagship report calls for fundamental reset of global water agenda as irreversible damage pushes many basins beyond recovery

“Water crisis” has become the default label for almost any episode of water stress, from short-lived droughts to decades-long overuse of rivers and aquifers. Yet in many regions of the world, water problems no longer resemble a crisis in the conventional sense. They represent a post-crisis failure state in which human–water systems have exceeded their hydrological carrying capacities, and societies have spent beyond their sustainable hydrological budgets for so long that critical water assets are depleted, some ecosystem damages are irreversible on human time scales, and a return to “normal” is infeasible even with prohibitive economic, social, and environmental costs.

De Vlaamse regelgeving omtrent pesticiden is in strijd met het Europees recht. Dat heeft de Brusselse rechtbank van eerste aanleg maandag beslist. ‘Vlaanderen moet nu haar landbouwbeleid fundamenteel hertekenen.’

Robin Verachtert is beleidsmedewerker Water bij Natuurpunt. Hij schrijft deze opinie in naam van de Watercoalitie, een samenwerkingsverband van Bond Beter Leefmilieu, BOS+, Breekijzer, Coördinatie Zenne, Dokano, GoodPlanet, Join For Water, Limburgse Milieukoepel, Natuurpunt, Natuur.koepel, Valk, Velt, Waterland en West-Vlaamse Milieufederatie.

Le directeur général de Softbank, Masayoshi Son, a affirmé vendredi que la superintelligence artificielle pourrait remporter le prix Nobel de littérature et dépasser les humains au point d’en faire des "poissons rouges".

Le titre perdait plus de 10% à la fermeture de la Bourse de Tokyo.

Er zijn momenten waarop de politieke waan van de dag obscene proporties aanneemt. Terwijl regeringen zich verliezen in tabellen, belastingkredieten en begrotingsspelletjes, voltrekt zich elders het echte tekort: een moreel en ecologisch bankroet. De aarde is aan het kantelen. Wij doen alsof dat een begrotingsprobleem is.

The latest Lancet Countdown report warns that health impacts of climate change are worsening, with millions dying needlessly each year due to fossil fuel dependence, growing greenhouse gas emissions, and failure to adequately adapt. As some countries and companies rollback on climate commitments, local and grassroots leadership is building momentum for a healthier future.​ The report represents the work of 128 experts from 71 institutions, monitoring progress across 57 indicators – from heat-related deaths to bank lending to fossil fuels – providing the most comprehensive assessment yet of the links between climate change and health.