Last Sunday, more than 5.2 million people in Ecuador voted to stop crude oil drilling in ITT Block 43 of the Yasuní National Park in the Amazon region. The referendum was held in parallel with the presidential elections and has far-reaching implications. Its result is binding, regardless of who heads the country’s government. However, it […]
The head of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, has called on politicians to take Europe’s leadership role in combating climate change seriously. This was reported by the Reuters news agency. The statement is a reaction to the uncertain funding of an ESA climate satellite program: The UK has been discussing with the EU […]
The head of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, has urged politicians to take Europe’s leadership role in combating climate change seriously. This was reported by Reuters. The statement is a reaction to the uncertain funding of an ESA climate satellite program: For example, the UK has been debating for months with the EU […]
Forest fires in Greece, floods in Slovenia and Austria: Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, and the increasing heat and drought favor the spread of fires. Surprisingly, many European fire departments have cut staff. Slovakia (-30 percent), Bulgaria (-22 percent), Portugal (-21 percent) and Belgium (-19 percent) have seen the […]
Resistance by the local population against large industrial corporations in Latin America often resembles David against Goliath. This is also the case in the Sawré Muybu indigenous area in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil. It is home to the indigenous Munduruku people, who have been fighting legal and illegal mining in the region since […]