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The European Union's climate chief expresses disappointment over a proposed deal at the COP28 summit in Dubai that fell short of calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels. "There are a couple of good things in there, but overall it is clearly insufficient and not adequate to addressing the problem we are here to address," EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra tells reporters. The United States, European Union and low-lying island nations have pressed for the final deal to include language on winding down the use of fossil fuels. SOUNDBITE
Climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a protest for the first time since her arrest for a public order offence in London, for which she is currently on bail. The 20-year-old Swede took part in a demonstration outside JP Morgan's London office in the Canary Wharf business district, calling on the company to stop financing fossil fuel extraction. Climate activist groups have made a series of protests actions on the sidelines of the Energy Intelligence Forum taking place in London from October 17 to October 19. Thunberg is due back in court on November 15 2023. IMAGES
Dozens of people undertake a "funeral march" up a steep Swiss mountainside to mark the disappearance of an Alpine glacier amid growing global alarm over climate change. The move comes after Iceland made global headlines last month with a large ceremony and the laying of a bronze plaque to commemorate Okjokull, the island's first glacier lost to climate change. IMAGES
Amazon chief Jezz Bezos pledges the retail giant will meet its emissions targets taken under the Paris climate accord 10 years ahead of schedule. We want to use our scope and our scale to lead the way," Bezos told a news conference in the US capital, announcing the firm would acquire 100,000 electric delivery vans to help cut its carbon fooptprint. The world's richest man, Bezos said Amazon would be the first signatory to the 2015 Paris deal to commit to meet its targets, a decade early, with other companies to follow suit. SOUNDBITE
Un rare phénomène météo s'est produit au Portugal, créant un nuage rouleau géant. La vague de chaleur actuelle pourrait être la cause de ce phénomène. Certains vacanciers ont eu peur, pensant à un tsunami, mais il s'agissait d'un événement météo rare lié au climat.
Le jeu Future Guessr créé en partenariat avec Réseau Action Climat France permet d’explorer une planète Terre marquée par le changement climatique en 2100. Voici par exemple le château de Chenonceau asséché ou encore Miami et Shanghaï inondés dans un monde à +2,7°C. Pour chaque réponse donnée, FutureGuessr nous explique aussi quelles seraient les conséquences de notre inaction climatique. Prenez le Grand Canyon aux États-Unis par exemple : si on laisse le climat se réchauffer, les précipitations reculeront et le manteau neigeux disparaîtra. Le fleuve Colorado s’assèchera peu à peu et des espèces emblématiques comme le condor de Californie ou l’écureuil de Kaibab seront en péril. Le but ici n’est pas tant de jouer que de réaliser quelle planète nous sommes en train de laisser aux futures générations… et à nous-même ! En 2100, il y a de fortes chances que certains représentants de la Gen Z soient encore en vie.