Not without us !
Here we are, all of us on the shores of the Red Sea, in Sharm el-Sheikh, for the 27th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change.The 27th COP, already... (The first one was held in Berlin in 1995.) Despite the disasters that are multiplying, despite the fires, the floods, the droughts, the summers in winter, the confusion of wet and dry seasons, despite the scientific reports that are piling up, we remain paralyzed like a rabbit caught in the headlights of a car running full speed at him…
The profound disturbances of our ecosphere, the global warming of our planet that began with the industrial era, remains the greatest challenge facing humanity. A question of collective survival. A major threat on a quantifiable horizon, not so far away, let's say the end of the century. A tiny second, regarding the history of Earth, which is counted in billions of years. Chaos for our children and grandchildren...
The minimal objective set at the dead of night at the COP 21 (Paris, 2015), a warming of less than 1.5 °C by the end of the century, is already irrelevant. We are looking at a dreadful perspective of 2 °C, probably 2.5...
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Global agriculture is at a crossroads. The planet is home to 8 billion people, a total which the UN predicts will rise to 10 billion by 2050. At the same time global food insecurity is rising due to the unprecedented rate of soil degradation and the increased frequency and severity of climate shocks, the pandemic, and regional conflicts. To keep humanity fed, farmers will have to nearly double their output. And it is possible to do just this while at the same time making a significant contribution to combatting climate change by rewarding farmers for increasing the amount of carbon stored in the soil they cultivate.
The national airline now serves over 127 destinations in more than 80 countries across four continents, while being profitable. Despite successive crises, Ethiopian Airlines is a unique African success story.
Officially, it is the richest country on the continent, just ahead of South Africa, boosted by its oil economy. It is also the most populated, with 210 million inhabitants including two-thirds living in "multidimensional" poverty. An ethnically complex giant, weakened by terrorist violence. A nation in permanent crisis, which is about to elect a new president, a "miracle" personality...