US President Donald Trump is poised to pull the country out of the Paris climate accord, US media report, quoting senior officials.
The 2015 accord for the first time united most of the world in a single agreement to mitigate climate change.
It was signed by 195 countries out of 197 in a UN group on climate change, with Syria and Continuer la lecture de Trump ‘poised to quit Paris climate deal’
Published in LUXEMBURGER WORT, 21 April, 2017
by Steve Hoscheit
Most people know of Luxembourg as a financial powerhouse. Some know it for its international profile and as the seat of many European institutions. For others, it is one of the countries taking the lead on space-mining initiatives.
But few people are aware that Luxembourg has actually developed into quite an important player in the logistics sector. The small country is ranked second on the World Bank’s international benchmark for logistics performance (LPI), with a score of 4.22, just behind industrial heavyweight Germany (4.23).
Luxembourg’s government is pushing logistics as one of five prioritised areas, covering ICT, space technologies, health science and technologies, and eco-technologies.
The digital natives
The continued success of Luxembourg’s logistics sector will be assured by the so-called « digital natives », according to Mathias Weinmann. Weinmann and his colleague Johannes Continuer la lecture de Logistics sector in Luxembourg raising its profile
Published in THE NEW-YORK TIMES, by ADAM NOSSITER MARCH 7, 2017
ALBI, France — La peinture est défraîchie, mais le mot est encore lisible : ALIMENTATION. On dirait un décor de théâtre pendu au-dessus de la vitrine de ce vieil établissement vacant. En face, un salon de tatouage. Personne n’y entre ni en sort. La rue est déserte.
Continuez votre chemin et vous découvrirez d’autres devantures closes, çà et là dans le
centre historique de cette ville dominée par l’imposante cathédrale en briques du XIIIe siècle, l’un des joyaux de France. Les boutiques pour touristes et les grandes chaînes de l’habillement sont ouvertes, mais les épiceries, les cafés et les boucheries, tous ces établissements qui au cours des siècles animaient le cœur des villes comme celle-ci, ont disparu.
Dans un pays comme la France, qui foisonne de beauté et dont les traditions semblent immuables, il n’est pas aisé de prendre la mesure des changements, voire de la décomposition en cours. Elle saute pourtant aux yeux, à Albi comme dans des centaines d’autres communes. La France perd, une à une, ses villes de Continuer la lecture de En France, le déclin des villes de province est celui d’un marqueur de son identité (l’exemple d’Albi)
Powering the Future We Want
New York, 14 December 2016 – A partnership working to promote solar-powered electric vessels in Tunisia and in the Middle East and North Africa was awarded the $1 million 2016 Energy Grant from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affair (UN-DESA), it was announced today.
The project « Solar Fuelled Electric Maritime Mobility » by SINTEF, an independent non-profit research institute based in Norway, seeks to demonstrate the feasibility and the social, economic and environmental benefits of solar-fuelled electric boat transport in Tunisia and the wider region. It is implementing this demonstration project with the National Agency for Energy Conservation of Tunisia.
« We are extremely honoured to receive this grant from the United Nations, rewarding SINTEF for leadership and Continuer la lecture de Project for solar-powered electric boat transport in the Middle East and North Africa receives USD1 million UN Energy Grant
THE WASHINGTON POST By Juliet EILPERIN 2016/12/11
President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that “nobody really knows” whether climate change is real and that he is “studying” whether the United States should withdraw from the global warming agreement struck in Paris a year ago.
In an interview with “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace, Trump said he’s “very open-minded” on whether climate change is underway but has serious concerns about how President Obama’s efforts to cut carbon emissions have undercut America’s global competitiveness.
trump-says-nobody-really-knows-if-climate-change-is-real-the-washington-post“I’m still open-minded. Nobody really knows,” Trump said. “Look, I’m somebody that gets it, and nobody really knows. It’s not something that’s so hard and fast. I do know this: Other countries are eating our lunch.” Continuer la lecture de Trump says ‘nobody really knows’ if climate change is real
Article de François Delétraz dans LE FIGARO du 28/09/16
INFOGRAPHIE – Les bouchons sont le lot commun des grandes métropoles. Pour remédier à la congestion qui est le corollaire de notre besoin de mobilité, Londres et Paris n’ont pas les mêmes recettes. Etat des lieux.
Sur les quais de la Seine, Anne Hidalgo a amplifié la politique de Bertrand Delanoë en s’employant à «réduire la taille des tuyaux». En clair: tenter de contenir l’ensemble du trafic urbain en dissuadant les conducteurs d’emprunter leur voiture. D’où les modifications incessantes de la voirie, l’utilisation forcenée des sens interdits, la multiplication des voies plus étroites ou des limitations de vitesse… L’inconvénient du système, c’est qu’il loge tout le monde à la même enseigne: taxis, livreurs, bus – et même les véhicules propres, que l’on prétend encourager! Continuer la lecture de Circulation: les choix opposés de Paris et Londres
EQUAL TIMES Fanny MALINEN 29/12/15
“We cannot understand how you can end up in prison just for selling things on the streets. Surviving is not a crime,” says Khalifa Clandestino, a worker, organiser and artist in Barcelona.
Originally from Senegal, Khalifa works with Tras La Manta(‘Behind the cloth’ in English, which refers to the fabric on which they lay their merchandise), a collective of workers and activists that helps migrant street vendors to fight for their right to work.
However, it is not considered an official trade union because most of its members do not have the legal right to live or work in Spain.
Street vending without an allocated pitch is illegal in the country, yet in Barcelona, a few hundred manteros have no Continuer la lecture de “SURVIVING IS NOT A CRIME” : BARCELONA’S MIGRANT STREET VENDORS ORGANISE