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Natural disasters caused 310 billion in economic losses worldwide in 2024, estimates Swiss Re
Hurricanes, floods, fires… The economic losses caused by natural disasters are increasingly heavy. According to an initial estimate...
With Green Party Support, Pressure Builds to Free Captain Paul Watson
International pressure is mounting for the release of Captain Paul Watson, the renowned environmental activist and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation...
With Green Party Support, Pressure Builds to Free Captain Paul Watson
International pressure is mounting for the release of Captain Paul Watson, the renowned environmental activist and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation...
Natural disasters caused 310 billion in economic losses worldwide in 2024, estimates Swiss Re
Hurricanes, floods, fires… The economic losses caused by natural disasters are increasingly heavy. According to an initial estimate...
39th European Greens Congress begins this Friday 6th December 2024 in Dublin, Ireland
The conference kicks off this Friday 6th December 2024 in the cosmopolitan city of Dublin, Ireland. Participants will gather for three days...
With Green Party Support, Pressure Builds to Free Captain Paul Watson
International pressure is mounting for the release of Captain Paul Watson, the renowned environmental activist and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation...
Green Party Leaders Hunter and Tyrrell to Lead Anti-Nuclear Campaign
In a decisive stand against nuclear energy, Alex Tyrrell, leader of the Green Party of Quebec, and Naomi Hunter, leader of the...
Mike Morrice Amplifies Jewish Protesters’ Call to End Canada’s Complicity in Gaza Genocide
Mike Morrice Leads Parliamentary Call to Action Against Gaza Genocide Amid Growing Grassroots Support
Ottawa, Canada — In a...
COP29: the double-edged challenge of carbon credits for Africa
Africa could earn six billion dollars over the next six years thanks to carbon credits, according to a study. But we still...
Climate: how to measure and reduce your carbon footprint?
The carbon footprint represents the quantity of greenhouse gases generated by human activities. For the year 2023, it amounts to an average...
COP29 in Azerbaijan: oil company Exxon calls on Donald Trump not to withdraw from...
For decades, oil and gas multinationals have acted behind the scenes to delay environmental policies and minimize the driving role of their...
Air pollution in Pakistan: Schools in major Punjab cities closed for another week
Punjab, home to more than half of Pakistan's 240 million people, has been suffocated for two weeks by record air pollution, and...
Air pollution: Indian authorities decide to close all primary schools in New Delhi
The Indian capital New Delhi decided on Thursday, November 14, to close all primary schools until further notice due to air pollution...
DRC: Feeling insecure, human rights defenders call for a review of the law on...
Promulgated on June 15, 2023, the law relating to the protection and responsibility of the human rights defender in the Democratic Republic...
The Ecological Green Party of Mexico wants to guarantee respect for indigenous languages during...
To guarantee the respect and promotion of indigenous languages in the legislative field, the Greens deputy, Ciria Yamile Salomón Durán, proposed that...
Illegal mineral exploitation in eastern DRC is one of the main drivers of the...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, during the presentation of his report to the UN Human Rights Council, denounced the...
Mexico’s green party celebrates passage of animal welfare bill
The Green Ecologist Party of Mexico welcomed the agreement reached by the Political Coordination Council in the Congress...
Green Party of Ontario’s Nuclear Sellout: A Betrayal of Principles Under Mike Schreiner’s Leadership
The Green Party of Ontario has committed an egregious act of political backpedaling under the leadership of Mike Schreiner, abandoning decades of...
DRC: Alert on the illegal export of sawn timber to Uganda
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), environmental civil society organizations denounce the fraudulent export of sawn timber...
Colombian Green Party MP Rosita Jiménez Victim of Intimidation and harassment due to her...
Alianza Verde, the name of the Colombian Green Party, is protesting a new threat against the head of...
Ecolo makes traditional parties eager for “multiple mandates” give in
For the ecologists, the PS's attempt to modify the anti-multiple mandates rules was a bad signal. Ecolo will continue to mobilize for...
COP29: Greenhouse gas emissions reach new peaks in 2024
Who are the good and bad students in the fight against global warming? Where is humanity in this immense challenge? In the...
DRC: President Tshisekedi and his family involved in mining in Lualaba province
Several mining companies operating in the Lualaba province in the DRC have been negatively cited in a Civil Society report that accused...
Climate: after the election of Trump, a most difficult COP29
Four years after failing to be re-elected against Joe Biden, Donald Trump will finally run for a second term as president of...
COP29: a week after the US elections, world leaders meet in Baku
COP29, which opens this Monday, November 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan, will last until November 22. It is chaired by Mukhtar Babayev, the...
Africa is witnessing a huge electrical and electronic waste problem
With its intense black smoke, the Agbogbloshie landfill in Ghana is one of the largest and best known in Africa. But its...
Water in Europe is of poor quality, warns European Environment Agency report
This is the largest study devoted to the quality of European waters. 120,000 bodies of surface water, lakes, rivers, coastal waters and...
In Colombia, a dissident FARC faction threatens COP16 on biodiversity
"We invite delegates from the national and international community to refrain from attending COP16." This is what the Central General Staff (EMC)...
10 million children deprived of school after massive floods in Africa, according to the...
The floods are worsening the education crisis, according to the NGO. The 10 million students currently stuck at home or displaced are...
Southern Africa: Five countries in state of disaster, WFP warns of “worst food crisis...
The origin of this crisis is the El Niño climate phenomenon, which lasted until the beginning of the...
Environmentalist and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson requests political asylum in France
This request was made in a letter to the French head of state "a few days ago", declared Lamya Essemlali, president of...
Three Africans receive Animal Action Award for their work to protect animals
What they have in common is a love of animals and a fierce fight for years to protect them.
More than half of electricity will be low-carbon by 2030, says International Energy Agency
The world is indeed in an energy shift. "With nuclear energy, which is the subject of renewed interest...
Climate crisis: where is the energy transition in the world, less than a month...
"We have witnessed the age of coal and the age of oil, and we are now moving at...
Intrusion at Le Bourget Airport: Trial of 13 Environmental Activists Postponed to May 23
The trial of 13 activists from Attac and Extinction Rebellion, who entered the tarmac of Le Bourget Airport (Seine-Saint-Denis) in September 2023,...
Environment: according to WWF, animal populations have declined by three-quarters in 50 years
The major international conference on the preservation of biodiversity, COP16, opens in ten days in Cali, Colombia. Objective: to consolidate the agreement...
Norway announces new restrictions on wild salmon fishing
Norway has announced new restrictions on wild salmon fishing, at least at the start of the season. The population of these migratory...
Brazil: an NGO denounces the use of chemical deforestation in the Pantanal
In Brazil, since Lula's return to power, deforestation has decreased in the Amazon, but it continues vigorously in other regions of the...
California sues ExxonMobil for lying about plastic recycling
ExxonMobil is one of the world's leading producers of polymers used in plastics. Since the 1970s, the oil company has known that...
DRC: President Félix Tshisekedi must be held accountable for human rights violations
At the start of his first term in 2019, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi promised to protect human...
United States: start-up Amogy sails the first boat powered by ammonia
In the quest for a carbon-free world, can ammonia be an asset? On the weekend of September 21, Amogy, an American start-up,...
Colombia: Amazon River bed reduced by 90% due to drought
The Amazon River, which flows in the southeast of Colombia, on the border with Peru and Brazil, has seen its level drop...
Floods in Nepal leave at least 170 dead, 42 missing
Nepal is under water. Heavy rains have caused floods and landslides in the Asian country, killing at least 170 people, according to...
Marie Lecocq: against insecurity, let’s strengthen the community police!
Marie Lecocq was Martin Buxant's guest on RTL TVI. The co-president of Ecolo notably addressed the topic of security.
Marine Tondelier shows her support for the “Vert Ardent” list in Liège
Marine Tondelier, leader of “Europe Ecologie Les Verts”, a real star of politics since the last elections in France, came to support...
Fight against deforestation: Germany asks the EU to postpone its law
Germany joins the criticism of the new European anti-deforestation regulation. The Minister of Agriculture, Cem Ozdemir, asked the European Commission to postpone...
China: Shanghai hit by second typhoon in less than a week
After Bebinca, here comes Pulasan. The Chinese megacity of Shanghai was hit on Friday, September 20 by a second typhoon in less...
US presidential election: climate absent from Kamala Harris’ campaign for fear of “scaring away...
Fires still out of control in California, scorching temperatures in part of the American West and a storm which raises fears of...
Climate crisis: Brazil fights monster fires fueled by drought
In Brazil, tens of thousands of fires continue to threaten major cities, such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Fueled by...
In the Netherlands, environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion closed the highway to The Hague...
A massive mobilization. Activists from the environmental organization Extinction Rebellion spectacularly blocked a major highway crossing The Hague...
Climate crisis: Summer 2024 was the hottest ever recorded globally, according to the Copernicus...
The year is not over, but the temperatures recorded across the globe this summer make it "increasingly likely that 2024 will be...
Global warming: a “global SOS” launched by the UN
A “global SOS” was launched at the Pacific Islands Forum Summit on Tuesday, August 27. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is relying on...
Michel Barnier appointed Prime Minister: environmental NGOs concerned about his ecological ambitions
In the wake of many politicians, several environmental associations reacted to the appointment of Michel Barnier to Matignon,...
Switzerland: Large majority of Greens against BVG reform
At their meeting in Basel, the Greens clearly said No to the BVG reform, because for many women...
Global warming poses ‘unique threat’ to children’s health, UNICEF warns
Global warming is worsening the living conditions of hundreds of millions of children around the world, warns a UNICEF report published Wednesday,...
Amy Haysom’s Fight for Justice—Are the BC Greens in Trouble?
Community Rallies Behind Amy Haysom as Petition to Recall Saanich North and the Islands Nomination Vote Gains Momentum
In...
Forest fires in Greece: Experts explain why extreme weather is battering the Mediterranean country
In southern Albania, firefighters are currently battling fires in and around the village of Mesopotam. In Algeria, the Civil Protection announced this...
Global warming: July was the second hottest month on record, just behind July 2023
Since June 2023, each month has broken its global temperature record since records began. With a global average temperature of 16.91°C, the...
Brazil: deforestation in the Amazon increases for the first time in fifteen months
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased in July, for the first time in more than a year, according to official data published...
Climate crisis: the NGO Letzte Generation, known for its highway blockades, ends its actions...
After having acknowledged the "failure of society" to do without fossil fuels, the group of climate activists Letzte Generation (Last Generation) declared...
Western Sahara: the Greens believe that Emmanuel Macron betrayed France’s historic position
It was in a letter addressed on July 29, 2024, to the King of Morocco, on the occasion of his 25 years...
Green Party of Ireland presents strong Water Action Plan to Cabinet
The Greens presented a revamped Water Action Plan (WAP, formerly known as the River Basin Management Plan) to Cabinet last week, the...
France: the Greens file an appeal before the Council of State on the incompatibility...
The law organizes political life "when deputies become ministers, but not when ministers become deputies", believes the ecologist deputy Léa Balage. Several...
United Kingdom: two activists found guilty of defacing Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”
Two environmental activists from the group Just Stop Oil were found guilty of vandalism on Thursday, last week, after throwing tomato soup...
Climate change: on the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, WWF reminds us...
WWF, the World Wide Fund for Nature, is launching a new awareness campaign on the climate emergency on the occasion of the...
The Green Party of Colombia advocates for the political participation of the black, Afro-Colombian...
As part of the International Day of Afro-Latin, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women, Alianza Verde worked to consolidate the anti-racist protocol to eliminate...
England: Green Party calls Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a fiery and combative speech to US senators and the House of Representatives last week. The...
A member of the Green Party of Colombia was elected president of the House...
The third legislature of the Congress of the Republic of Colombia began with the election of the new members of the Board...
The French Greens will hold their traditional Summer Days this year in the ecological...
This 40th edition of the traditional Summer Days will be an opportunity for the Green Party of France to discover concretely how...
On the sidelines of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Airparif launches a new forecasting...
Developed by Airparif and the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency, this new air quality measurement and forecast tool makes it possible to know...
UN commits to fight sand and dust storms, dangerous to health
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the amount of dust suspended in the atmosphere decreased slightly in 2023 compared to the...
Ontario Greens believe Bradford bypass project will intensify climate pollution
The Ontario government begins construction of a new interchange at the intersection of Highway 400 and Simcoe County Road 88, as well...
In the European Parliament, Ecolo is preparing to lead a mandate of resistance against...
Ursula von der Leyen, 65, was comfortably reappointed on Thursday for a second five-year term at the head of the European Commission....
Increase in fatal road accidents in New Brunswick, the Green Party calls on the...
In a recent study released, New Brunswick (8.2) and Manitoba (7.1) had the highest rate of motor vehicle deaths per 100,000 population....
In France, two NGOs ask the State to condition public aid on the real...
The Climate Action Network and France Nature Environnement are calling on the State to condition public aid granted to French industry on...
Climate change: Oxfam denounces the lack of adaptation measures to deal with global warming...
The NGO Oxfam France denounces in a report the lack of adaptation measures to global warming in France. In this report entitled...
Meran mobility center and supervision: the two Green proposals accepted in the state parliament
The state parliament approved two motions from Green MPs Madeleine Rohrer, Zeno Oberkofler and Brigitte Foppa.
“We are very...
Four migrants die in English Channel crossing attempt, Greens call for reinstatement of Dubs...
Last week, off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer, a rescue ship came to the aid of around sixty migrants who were trying to...
The UK’s new Labour government relaunches wind power stopped by the Conservatives
Less than a week after the elections which brought Labor back to power in the United Kingdom, the new government is lifting...
Marie Lecocq and Samuel Cogolati win the co-presidency of Ecolo
More than 800 members of Ecolo gathered at a General Assembly in Louvain-la-Neuve to elect a new duo of co-presidents. Samuel Cogolati...
Six deaths after bad weather in Switzerland: the Greens express their solidarity and sympathy...
At least six people died in Switzerland during violent storms and torrential rains that swept the country last week, local authorities announced....
Sarah Schlitz appointed head of the Ecolo – Groen group in the Chamber
While the swearing-in of federal deputies took place last week in the Chamber, the different political groups must also appoint their respective...
The Green Alliance of Colombia condemns the attack against the mayor of Tibú Richard...
The Green Alliance Party of Colombia expressed dismay at the violent attack perpetrated against the mayor of Tibú, Richar Claro, and his...
The Scottish Greens are determined to oppose any new nuclear power, including the expansion...
Nuclear power "will leave a legacy of debt and radioactive waste for generations to come. Every vote for the Scottish Greens is...
England: With its four newly elected MPs, the Green Party pledges to push the...
Britain's Green Party, which quadrupled its seats in the general election and now has four MPs, including the party's two co-leaders, has...
Legislative results 2024: for Marine Tondelier (EELV), “social and environmental justice” and “the people...
The New Popular Front came first in the second round of the legislative elections in France with 182 deputies, according to experts'...
Ireland: Greens succeed in passing bill to protect victims of coercive control
Greens welcome the adoption by the Senate of the bill initiated by Senator Vincent P. Martin to protect victims of coercive control....
The Green Party of Mexico presents an initiative to prohibit the exhibition of wild...
The Mexican Greens are protesting against anyone who exposes wild animals for commercial purposes and in unauthorized places, they are demanding severe...
Europe Ecology – The Greens: after the results of the first round of the...
The national secretary of Ecologists Marine Tondelier estimated that after the results of the first round of the legislative elections, the page...
The Green Party of Mexico denounces electoral fraud and calls for the cancellation of...
During a press conference, in the presence of legislators from the Morena Coalition, the Green Party and the Labor Party, Claudia Delgadillo...
Belgium: after the resignation of Jean-Marc Nollet and Rajae Maouane, Ecolo votes on its...
Ecolo has decided to definitively turn the page after the mediocre results obtained during the European elections of June 9 when more...
Legislative elections 2024: Marine Tondelier of the Ecologists denounces the “cowardly behavior” of Bruno...
“They have chosen dishonor, they will have dishonor and defeat,” responded Marine Tondelier to Bruno Le Maire’s call not to vote for...
The Green Alliance of Colombia files legal complaint against engineering company for alleged links...
The Green Alliance of Colombia, through its deputy Carolina Giraldo, decides to file a complaint with the Attorney General's Office regarding the...
Finland: Kontula and Diarra contest a government proposal that would block asylum seekers at...
The Constitutional Law Commission has approved the government's proposal to block asylum seekers at the Finnish border. A decision that Anna Liisa...
Volt’s five MEPs will join the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament
Since the European elections at the beginning of the month, the parties have started to form groups in the hemicycle. Forming the...
After the bitter failure of the Greens in the European elections, LIVRE calls for...
The last European elections were a setback for the Green parties in Europe, which recorded the heaviest defeats, often to the benefit...
Czech Green Party: Michal Berg resigns as co-president of the Greens after failure in...
Michal Berg chose to announce his resignation from the position of co-president during a meeting of the Greens presidency. The latter recognized...
Low snow on the Himalayas threatens water security
The snow and ice of the Himalayas provide an essential source of water for the 240 million people living in mountainous regions...
In France, scientists and NGOs fear the arrival of the National Rally in power...
Climate activists, renewable energy players and scientists are concerned about the possible arrival of the National Rally (RN) to power. They denounce...
In two years, the war in Ukraine released 175 million tonnes of CO2
In Ukraine and, more broadly, in all areas where artillery fire, bombings and all the damage caused by war activity have the...
France: to finance green industry, the “future climate savings plan” will be launched on...
The government is setting up a “Avenir Climat” savings plan to finance industrial decarbonization, accessible from July 1. Part of French savings...
The States of the European Union agree on a text aimed at combating “greenwashing”
False assertions, fanciful labels, dubious climate reports… The legislative project on which the Twenty-Seven voted aims to eliminate all environmental assertions which...
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