The team from the RTS program Mise au Point hid geolocation systems in clothes and shoes, which were then deposited in recycling skips. They then recorded their location every day for 250 days. Some of them travel over 17,000 kilometers to be sold on markets in Moldavia or Afghanistan, or end up in open-air dumps.
Switzerland pays poorer countries to reduce emissions on its behalf. If other countries follow suit, this could delay climate action in the world’s richest regions, while shifting the burden of emissions reduction to poorer countries. What’s more, Switzerland would benefit from projects in poor countries that would have been implemented anyway, with or without foreign funding.
Qatar will host the Men’s Football World Cup from November 20 to December 18. It’s one of the world’s biggest sporting events, and unfortunately it’s a little late to be generating controversy: from its cooperation with the International Labor Organization to the false allegations about its carbon neutrality, from the many dead workers to the repression of LGBTQIA+ communities.
With the climate, energy, food and biodiversity crises all intertwined, the stakes have never been higher. COP27 is an attempt to renew solidarity between countries in order to comply with the Paris Agreement, which is not yet the case for the vast majority. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions, financing “loss and damage”, biodiversity and agriculture are at the heart of the negotiations.
On a knife-edge, Brazilian voters decided to re-elect former president Lula, who made the climate the cornerstone of his campaign by eliminating incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro, whose presidency was marked by a very sharp increase in deforestation. Lula declared in his victory speech: “Brazil is ready to resume its leading role in the fight against the climate crisis”.
The architecture journalist believes that there is a lot of unsustainable building going on in the Alpine region. In his opinion, while there are some exemplary projects in the Alpine arc – houses built or renovated in a sustainable, energy-efficient way – there are still too few of them. The “Constructive Alps” project aims to raise their profile through prizes, publications and a touring exhibition across the Alps.
The Federal Ethics Commission for Non-Human Biotechnology (CENH) presented its report on Monday in Berne. It concludes that reducing the number of livestock and meat consumption are the surest ways of achieving the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by at least 40% by 2050.
According to new estimates calculated by Greenpeace France and published a few days before COP27 in a report entitled “TotalEnergies’ carbon footprint: the accounts are not good”, TotalEnergies’ carbon emissions could be almost four times higher than the company claims. This report calls into question the company’s entire climate strategy and its ambitions for carbon neutrality by 2050.
Stand.earth’s 2022 report reveals that the fashion industry is tending to increase its CO2 emissions, contrary to the commitments made by brands when they signed the United Nations Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. The organization stresses the urgent need to decarbonize supply chains, where the majority of harmful emissions originate.
The young environmental activist continues to denounce the injustice of the climate crisis and the inaction of governments. To mark the release of the book she supervised, “Le Grand Livre du climat”, Greta Thunberg gave an exceptional interview to La Terre au carré, the daily environmental program on France Inter. It also announced that it would not be taking part in COP27.
