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Compromis, mesures volontaires et absence de mention des combustibles fossiles : points clés de l’accord de la COP30 […] Le sommet des Nations unies sur le climat COP30 a fait avancer la lutte contre la crise climatique et les dommages qu’elle cause déjà aux vies et aux moyens de subsistance. Mais les mesures convenues constituent des pas en avant, plutôt que les bonds en avant nécessaires.

A deal is welcome after talks nearly collapsed but the final agreement contains small steps rather than leaps

Delegates made minimal headway on timetable for replacing oil and gas or on firm commitments to reducing carbon emissions

Une analyse magistrale de 5 000 ans de civilisation soutient qu’un effondrement mondial est imminent si les inégalités ne sont pas éliminées. […] Nous ne pouvons pas fixer une date pour la fin du monde, mais en examinant les 5.000 ans de [civilisation], nous pouvons comprendre les trajectoires auxquelles nous sommes confrontés aujourd’hui et l’autodestruction est la plus probable », déclare le Dr Luke Kemp du Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (Centre d’étude des risques existentiels) de l’université de Cambridge (*).

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Research in Chile suggests climate crisis makes eruptions more likely and explosive, and warns of Antarctica risk

False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised

Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering

Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

Het internationaal afgesproken klimaatdoel van maximaal 2° C opwarming is "dood". Dat zegt de gerenommeerde klimaatwetenschapper James Hansen. Volgens hem is de snelheid waarmee de Aarde opwarmt zwaar onderschat en dreigen we versneld af te stevenen op extreme weerfenomenen en klimaatrampen.

Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree

The world’s addiction to fossil fuels is a “Frankenstein’s monster sparing nothing and no one”, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, told leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. “Our fossil fuel addiction is a Frankenstein’s monster, sparing nothing and no one. All around us, we see clear signs that the monster has become master,”