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The world “Beat plastic pollution”. World Environment Day 2023

This June 5th marks the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, with the theme “Beat plastic pollution” and promoting the search for solutions to this problem. The General Assembly of the United Nations in 1972 established the date, directed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), being celebrated from June 5 since 1973. This year [...]

Read to believe

Two headlines published this year, which speak for themselves: “2023-2027 will probably be the hottest five-year period on record”. “Exxon posts record $56bn profit for 2022 in historic high for western oil industry”. The first refers, as published on its website France24 (05.17.2023), to “It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period [...]

From agreement to action: build back biodiversity. International Day for Biological Diversity 2023

This May 22, International Day for Biological Diversity, is dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity. In this way, the historic agreement “Kumming-Montreal Global Framework for Biological Diversity” is promoted, reached by the representatives of the 188 participating governments, and signed on December 19, 2022, the last day of the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity Biological [...]

Six weeks ago winter ended, and it already seems like summer

When we open our eyes this morning (May 07, 2023) we find ourselves with two news items in full swing. “Canada evacuates 25,000 people due to forest fires”. “Some 25,000 people in Canada were forced to flee their homes by 103 wildfires that broke out in the western province of Alberta, where the local government [...]

Mother Earth Day 2023

Every year, on April 22, International Mother Earth Day is celebrated. A motto is chosen for the occasion. For this year 2023, has been chosen: “Invest in our planet”. It is a message to work for a green and sustainable planet that offers the opportunity to live on a healthy planet, through a green economy that [...]

Brief history of the COPs – UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

©First published November 2015 – Updated March 2023 From COP1 to COP28 The Brief History of the COP, Conference of the Parties, is a short summary or timeline of what has happened at the major annual climate conferences. The Brief History of the COP and the Brief History of the COP are original creations of [...]

Summary and conclusions of COP27 Sharm El-Sheikh 2022

Contents Introduction to COP27 / The COP27 agenda / Where and when it took place / Who is who at COP27 / The great absentees / Those who did appear / The vision of the COP27 presidency / Mitigation and adaptation / Minimum advances in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions / Extension for the [...]

Preliminary information on COP27 Sharm El-Sheikh 2022

The theme of the 2022 meeting is "Together for Implementation", with the aim of fulfilling the mandates of the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Glasgow Pact signed at COP26 in 2021 without any delays. The financial aspect will have a central treatment, addressing the issue of "damages and reparations" for the effects [...]

The Paris Agreement and the difficulty of the “ambition” concept

Updated June 20, 2022 The war in Ukraine is showing setbacks in some fossil energy cancellation programs, as in the case of Germany, which yesterday announced the resumption of the use of coal as fuel, despite having celebrated two years ago the closure of its last underground coal mine. Similarly, the war is an important [...]

Planet Water without water

Updated June 2022 From today's headline (22-6-2022), World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2022. “Drought in Chile: the effects of climate change and the overexploitation of reserves. Since 2007, Chile has suffered an extreme drought. In many regions, the flow of streams and rivers has been reduced by between 50 and more than 90 [...]

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