COP 30 will be held in 2025 in Belém, Brazil, from November 10 to 21. Three decades have passed since COP 1 in Berlin, 1995, until COP 30. This period marks an important milestone in our planet's climate. Thirty is a round number, ideal for taking stock of the achievements and failures of the COPs [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that 2024 was the warmest year on record. Current projections predict that 2025 will be even warmer. Among the consequences of the unstoppable rise in temperature are extreme heat and cold waves, devastating floods, massive forest fires, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes, and other catastrophic events. What are we [...]
Every year, March 22nd is World Water Day. This year's theme is the title at the top of this article. These three simple words, “save our glaciers”, already indicate the relationship between glaciers and freshwater. What is a glacier? Glaciers are large masses of ice and snow formed on the Earth's surface by the accumulation, [...]
On the occasion of the celebration of World Water Day and 2025 being the “International Year for the Preservation of Glaciers”, the United Nations Assembly (UN) agreed to designate March 21 as World Glacier Day starting in 2025. The United Nations sets the objective for celebrating World Glacier Day: Raise global awareness of the critical [...]
On June 8, 2024, within the framework of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences, we celebrate World Oceans Day, with the theme “Awaken new depths”. The oceans are considered the lungs of the Earth. They provide about 50% of the planet's oxygen and are responsible for a large part of the Earth's biodiversity. Their waters [...]
Water for Peace To celebrate World Water Day 2024 , the United Nations has chosen “Water for Peace” as its motto. Water is a fundamental human right, without water life on our planet Earth is impossible. For this reason, unequal access for populations causes tensions, confrontations and conflicts between the communities and countries most affected [...]
Includes recommendations to minimize in advance the effects of the El Niño phenomenon Scientists estimate that the 2023-2024 El Niño, exacerbated by the climate crisis, will likely raise global temperatures to new records in 2024. The most recent of these events was El Niño 2015-2016. After seven years of pause, it is among us again, [...]
At the midpoint since the creation of the Agenda 2030 was approved, in 2015, and its implementation date in 2030, the 2023 SDG Summit is held in New York, headquarters of the United Nations, preceded by the report United in Science 2023 of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The report, which is annual and with [...]
Desertification and drought are issues that affect the entire planet and consequently the populations of all regions, so their interest is worldwide. This June 17th is the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. For 2023 the theme is “Her land. Her rights”. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) does so through an [...]
Our planet, Earth, is a planet of water and for this reason it is the essential source of life, without it nothing exists. The theme for World Oceans Day 2023 is “Ocean planet: tides are changing” as part of the activities of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences 2021-2030. Our oceans represent close to 70% [...]
