Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg conquered the American continent on shaky legs and visibly exhausted – shortly afterwards she gave her first press conference. She first apologized – her brain wasn’t working properly yet, she said. Your message to US President Donald Trump: “Please listen to the scientists.” However, you will concentrate on making the … Read more
The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new record in 2019 and, despite the corona crisis, continued to rise in 2020, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports Monday. Many scientists had expected a big drop in greenhouse gas emissions this year, as airplanes are largely grounded and people are massively working from … Read more
She is tired of being told how badly Flanders is doing in terms of the environment and climate. Yes, it must be much better, but it is also simply much more difficult for Flanders than for a green region such as Wallonia. Soon N-VA’ster Zuhal Demir will have to sit down with three green ministers … Read more
Dresden / Leipzig (dpa / sn) – Protest for climate protection despite Corona – with posters, chalk pictures and online. Supporters of the climate protection movement Fridays for Future took part in the global “net strike” with small campaigns in Dresden and Leipzig on Friday. Because no people were able to demonstrate on the street … Read more
Coronavirus and influenza infections have similar symptoms, but at the same time, those infected with covid also have a loss of smell and taste, and an increased temperature (over 38 degrees). Other differences were reported in more detail by WHO representatives. © shutterstock.com According to experts, covid is related to the flu by the presence … Read more
The number of climate-related natural disasters in the world is increasing. Currently, four out of five natural disasters are related to climate change. That’s an increase of 35 percent compared to the 1990s. In 2020, the counter will stand at 132 so far. This is the conclusion of the Red Cross in the World Disasters … Read more
Climate Minister Zakia Khattabi (Ecolo) is immediately in the eye of the storm. In her policy letter, she hints at a carbon tax, an additional tax on polluting fuels, and the opposition parties immediately jump on it. Even within the own majority, she gets the wind from the front. Open VLD chairman Egbert Lachaert whistled … Read more
It should have been floating at sea for years, but a time capsule that predicts the melting of the ice sheets was soon found. – For a moment they feared that the tube was a bomb. But there was an inscription on the thing Sophie Curran and Conor McClory found at Bloody Foreland, a surfing … Read more
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wants to work on an American re-entry into the Paris climate agreement during the first day of his presidency. He announced this via Twitter. The US is officially no longer part of that climate agreement since Wednesday. – Today, the Trump administration has officially left the Paris climate agreement. In … Read more
The Jan Wolkers Prize 2020, the prize for the best Dutch-language nature book, goes this year to ‘What trees tell us’ by Valerie Trouet. In that book, our compatriot explains how we can study the history and climate change on the basis of tree rings. – A sum of 5,000 is attached to the prize. … Read more