There have been mothers, sons, wives. Friends, sisters, lovers. Survivors, wounded, hostages, who all came to tell the bar their November 13th. For five weeks, the court in charge of the attacks of November 13, 2015 has heard the civil parties. An unprecedented sequence in French judicial history which ends this week.
“It’s a page that turns” says Gaële Joly, journalist at the police / justice service of franceinfo, which covers the trial from day one. “A fundamental page for the civil parties. It was all very hard at the beginning, we were all flabbergasted, and then something extraraditional happened: the eruption of humanity into the courtroom. The parties civilians needed to be together, there were very strong moments of exchange. “
Now it is the turn of the witnesses, the emergency services and the police to come to the stand. Next week, it will be the defendants who will be called upon to express themselves, to also contribute their contribution to this immense mosaic of the attacks of November 13.
Head to Australia now, for this new episode of our series #AQuartdHeureBeforeLaCOP.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has just announced a grand plan to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050, a commitment the country has always refused to make until today. However, Australia will not give up either coal – of which it is the world’s largest exporter – or gas, arousing skepticism from environmental organizations.entals.
But the climate emergency is here, with drought, deforestation, fires that have devastated part of the country in recent years and growing concern about the future of the Great Barrier Reef.
For 10 years, nearly 15% of corals have disappeared across the world, due to overfishing, pollution and above all climate change. When the water is too hot, the corals turn white and eventually die. With them, an entire ecosystem is threatened.
Hence the idea of Sam Teicher, a young American engineer living in the Bahamas. He co-created Coral Vita, the world’s first land-based coral farm. He tells us how, thanks to scientific and technological prowess, he grows corals that will be more resistant to warming waters. “I wouldn’t be doing all of this – healing and growing dying corals – if I wasn’t confident in our ability to protect ecosystems.” He tells us a few days before his departure for Glasgow, where he will present his project at COP26. “Failure is not an option. Leaders must live up to expectations.”
Guests: Gaële Joly, journalist in the police / justice service, and Sam Teicher, protector of corals
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