Veille 2.1

Editorial: Top experts believe global temperatures will rise by at least 2.5C above pre-industrial levels by 2100. That frightening prediction must spur us to action

Unesco joint research dating back 15 years found violence and intimidation against about 750 reporters and 44 murders

Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a satellite image investigation has revealed. Energy companies operating in countries such as the US, UK, Germany and Norway appear to have installed technology that could stop researchers from identifying methane, carbon dioxide emissions and pollutants at industrial facilities involved in the disposal of unprofitable natural gas, known in the industry as flaring.

Marcus Decker dared to protest the climate crisis and was punished. Now he could be deported, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Cost of environmental damage will be six times higher than price of limiting global heating to 2C, study finds

The law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030

If the anomaly does not stabilise by August, ‘the world will be in uncharted territory’, says climate expert

Weak government climate policies violate fundamental human rights, the European court of human rights has ruled

Environmental pledges are being shredded to please agribusiness and appease extremists. It’s a terrible mistake, says environmental writer Arthur Neslen

World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds

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?”

Activist accuses Sweden of being ‘very good at greenwashing’ as group sits outside building’s main entrance. Greta Thunberg has accused Sweden of being “very good at greenwashing” as she staged a protest along with about 50 other activists outside her home country’s parliament.

Dangers of wildfires, extreme weather and other factors outgrowing preparedness, European Environment Agency says

Scientists express concern over health impacts, with another study finding particles in arteries

In Munich I heard both Ukrainians and Alexei Navalny’s widow tell us why Putin must be defeated, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

Rapid ocean warming and unusually hot winter days recorded as human-made global heating combines with El Niño

Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds

Collapse in system of currents that helps regulate global climate would be at such speed that adaptation would be impossible

Exclusive: Meeting took place days after BP reported record profits while households were squeezed by high energy bills

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

Existing production destroys more value than it creates due to medical and environmental costs, researchers say

Grâce à leur prix modique, les nouilles instantanées ont conquis les rues et les troquets africains. Mais ce plat lyophilisé est un produit ultratransformé qui présente des risques pour la santé, avertit “The Guardian”.

Total is 20% higher than thought and may have implications for collapse of globally important north Atlantic ocean currents The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought. Some scientists are concerned that this additional source of freshwater pouring into the north Atlantic might mean a collapse of the ocean currents called the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is closer to being triggered, with severe consequences for humanity.

New paper claims unless demand for resources is reduced, many other innovations are just a sticking plaster Record heat, record emissions, record fossil fuel consumption. One month out from Cop28, the world is further than ever from reaching its collective climate goals. At the root of all these problems, according to recent research, is the human “behavioural crisis”, a term coined by an interdisciplinary team of scientists.

Exclusive: First months of conflict produced more planet-warming gases than 20 climate-vulnerable nations do in a year, study shows

James Hansen says limit will be passed ‘for all practical purposes’ by May though other experts predict that will happen in 2030s

Ce sigle effrayant, pour “Wounded child, no surviving family”, utilisé par les travailleurs humanitaires reflète la réalité d’un conflit dans lequel 40 % des victimes seraient des mineurs, rappelle “The Guardian”. Et la situation ne peut qu’empirer.

Avec la disparition de son patrimoine matériel, de ses universitaires, de ses artistes et même de ses cimetières, c’est toute une nation, avec sa population, sa culture et son identité propres, qui est en train d’être effacée dans l’enclave palestinienne, écrit la chroniqueuse Nesrine Malik dans ce texte émouvant.

Oil cartel warns ‘pressure may reach a tipping point’ and that ‘politically motivated campaigns put our prosperity’ at risk

Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms