“If our planet were a patient, it would be admitted to intensive care”warned this Thursday the general director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in Nairobi before the VI Assembly of the UN for the Environment (UNEA-6). “His vital signs are alarming”said Tedros at the opening of the high-level segment of UNEA-6, […]
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Glacial retreat in West Antarctica began in the 1940s
The glaciers Thwaites and Pine Island, two of the most important in the Antarctica Western countries, they would have begun their significant decline as early as the 1940s, thus sharing a common history of weight loss. A team led by the University of Houston (USA) that publishes the journal PNAS studies the history of the […]
Pesticides increasingly used in global agriculture
The use of pesticides Agriculture has doubled worldwide since 1990, with strong disparities from one continent to another. Pesticides protect cropsby destroying organisms considered harmful to floors, but they have harmful effects on the environment and health. A growing use on the planet Farmers consumed 3.54 million tons of active substances in 2021, an increase […]
France lends 65 million euros to Argentine province to care for the environment
The Argentine province of Santa Fe (center) obtained this Tuesday a loan of 65 million euros (about US$ 70 million) for environmental works by signing an agreement with the French Agency for Development (AFD) within the framework of the visit of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs , Stéphane Séjourné, to the South American country. […]
Sales of electric vehicles reach a record, but incentives are urgently needed
During 2023, the sale of electrified vehicles reached a growth of 67.3% compared to 2022, after a total of 4,484 units were sold, reported from the Automotive Association of Peru (AAP). According to Alberto Morisaki, manager of Economic Studies and Statistics of the AAP, It is the highest record they have to date and gives […]
A hydrocarbon spill affects a beach in northern Venezuela, according to activists
A hydrocarbon spill is contaminating a beach in the state of Carabobo, in the north of Venezuelaas denounced this Wednesday by activists of oil organizations and environmentalists, a fact about which the state-owned PDVSA has not provided information. The organization Oil Peoplewhich brings together former workers from the national energy industry, assured EFE that the […]
Bolivia closes the year with 3.5 million hectares of forests and grasslands burned
Bolivia closes 2023 with a total of 3,508,033 hectares of burned forests and grasslandsreported this Thursday the Ministry of Environment and Waterin a final management balance. “We have more than 3,500,000 as of this date in December, of which between 30 and 40% are forestthe rest is grasslandsproduction areas for livestock and for soybeans, wheat […]
The United States and six other countries join the alliance to abandon coal
USACzech Republic, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Iceland, Kosovo and Norway announced this Saturday at COP28 their accession to the global alliance to abandon generation with coala “signal to the global market” that analysts hope can encourage disinvestment in this fossil fuel. The special climate envoy of USA., John Kerry, defended at the climate summit of the […]
42% of virgin forests in the Amazon have no protection and may disappear
42% of forests of the Amazon that have not suffered human intervention since 1985 are in danger of disappearance, according to a study published this Tuesday by the Amazon Network of Socio-Environmental Information (RAISG), because they do not have a special territorial management regime. The other half of the calls ‘stable forests’, those that have […]
Kenyans enjoy a national holiday to plant 100 million trees
This Monday, Kenyans enjoy a declared national holiday to plant trees by the country’s Government, which has encouraged each citizen to plant at least two to reach a total of 100 million throughout its territory. “Natural resources, particularly forests, play a crucial role in maintaining the balance of ecosystems, improving biodiversity and maintaining the livelihoods […]