The recent publication of the 5th Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO5) in September confirmed, with high confidence, that Aichi Target 10 — which concerns reducing pressures on coral reefs and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification — has not been achieved. What's more, coral reefs have “shown the most rapid increase in […]

Global gross domestic product (GDP) has quadrupled since 1970, enabling immense progress, and lifting billions of people out of poverty. However, material productivity, defined as GDP relative to material and energy inputs, has stagnated since the turn of the century, tying any increase in economic growth to an equivalent increase in resource extraction. A global economy fuelled […]

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While France has banned certain single-use plastic products since January 1, 2020, the Netherlands is also getting up to speed. From July 3, 2021, products of this type will be banned, announces Dutch radio NOS and Dutchreview magazine on June 26. Although the list of products in question is not yet known, new measures are […]

No more birdsong heard in the French capital, pollution has returned. According to data published on Wednesday by the Energy and Air Quality Research Center (Crea), an international organization based in Finland, Paris is the European metropolis where nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations are highest. more exploded with deconfinement: + 118% compared to the average of […]

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The analysis, published recently in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, comes at a time when the planet is still in shock from the coronavirus pandemic. It takes root in the destruction of the environment, and the new infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans is having devastating consequences. Analysis of […]

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Tropical forests could lose their role as a major carbon store if the daytime temperature exceeds 32 ° C, a situation that would affect nearly three-quarters of these forests if global warming reaches 2 ° C, according to a study published in Science. “Tropical forests currently store the equivalent of a quarter of a century […]