Etiket: Climate
Marveling, a key to climate action
This text is part of the special Research section: climate issues For ecofeminist Laurie Gagnon-Bouchard, the sense of wonder and vulnerability are two crucial pieces of the puzzle that represents…
Mobilizing communities through climate action research
This text is part of the special Research section: climate issues In terms of climate action, work has shown that emotions such as anxiety or shame, blame and denial help…
Australia’s climate dilemma
In Australia, coal is king. But this reign is controversial and threatened, as the country realizes the importance of reducing its carbon footprint to stem climate change. The island continent…
Canada showed up at the Climate Ambition Summit with pale promises
Everything was in the tone, both polite and implacable, of the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Melissa Fleming, who chaired the Climate Ambition Summit assembly on Wednesday; in her raised…
A nuanced assessment for Legault at the Climate Ambition Summit
Prime Minister François Legault was treated to a bulletin full of contrasts this week during the Climate Ambition Summit of the United Nations (UN). While former American President Al Gore…
Rimouski, where the housing crisis collides with the climate crisis
A real estate development in Rimouski becomes the arena in which two crises collide: that of housing and that of the climate. In a municipality with a starving vacancy rate…
Awareness (or not) at the Climate Ambition Summit
The Climate Ambition Summit brought together around forty countries on Wednesday in New York. This summit aimed in particular to do more to fight the climate crisis, especially after this…
The state visit of Charles III to France under the sign of the climate
King Charles III pleaded Thursday for a reinforced Franco-British commitment on the climate on the second day of his state visit to France, on the eve of a final stop…
The United Kingdom puts the brakes on several climate commitments
A “realistic” brake: the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, announced on Wednesday the postponement of several key measures of the United Kingdom’s climate policy, a decision denounced as electoralist and…
Addressed at the UN, Trudeau defends his climate action
(New York) There was more than just pats on the back on Wednesday at the first Climate Ambition Summit organized by the UN, where Canada and Quebec were represented by…
Ambition Climate Summit | Canada should surpass its methane reduction targets, says Trudeau
(Washington) Ukraine and the climate crisis shared attention Wednesday at the UN General Assembly, where Canada struggled to reconcile its reputation as an oil and gas supplier with the global…
Climate change | Quebec rejects the flagship proposal of its advisory committee
The Legault government rejects the idea of imposing a kilometric contribution to the trucking sector to promote the decarbonization of heavy goods transport, whose greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are increasing…
Climate change | Quebec must curb truck transport, pleads an advisory committee
Make the trucking industry pay for kilometers traveled on the roads, develop rail and maritime transport of goods; Quebec must change its approach to successfully decarbonize the heavy transport sector,…
Al Gore ranks Legault among the “heroes” of the climate fight
(New York) Under the delighted gaze of François Legault, Al Gore ranked the Prime Minister of Quebec among the “heroes” of the fight against global warming on Tuesday in New…
UK considers backtracking on climate targets
(London) The United Kingdom is preparing to review its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggested on Tuesday, a reversal likely to create divisions…
UN Climate Ambition Summit | China and United States absent
(United Nations) China and the United States, the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, will be absent from the summit on climate ambition organized Wednesday by the secretary general of…
Justin Trudeau to speak at UN summit on climate ambition
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, was invited to speak at the Climate Ambition Summit which is being held this Wednesday in New York, at the invitation of the…
Disabled sports, esports, climate, inclusiveness: Paris 2024, a golden opportunity?
Welcome Sports Tomorrow Sport Published on 09/19/2023 11:30 Update on 09/19/2023 3:06 p.m. On the occasion of Demain le Sport, the franceinfo Talk returns to the issues and challenges of…
Floods in Libya | Climate change has likely worsened rainfall intensity
Sorry, your browser does not support videos (Paris) Climate change has increased the likelihood, potentially “up to 50 times”, of rains as intense as those that caused two poorly maintained…
Disabled sports, esports, climate, inclusiveness: Paris 2024, a golden opportunity?
Welcome Sports Tomorrow Sport Published on 09/19/2023 11:30 Update on 09/19/2023 3:06 p.m. On the occasion of Demain le Sport, the franceinfo Talk returns to the issues and challenges of…