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In Bangladesh, a country that has hundreds of increasingly polluted rivers, an unprecedented legal decision was taken at the beginning of July. The Supreme Court granted rights to all the country’s rivers as living beings, and gave them a legal character to better protect them. An essential step for the rights of nature The Court […]

Although many countries have recognised the problem of water shortages due to climate change, the issue of water quality is still not treated as a priority. However, it also participates in the value of the resource. According to the World Bank, an invisible water crisis is looming, with major impacts on the economy, in addition […]

The Verde River, which joins the Salt River at Phoenix, is a unique and important resource in Arizona (USA). In this State affected by drought, the Verde, which flows throughout the year, is precious, whether for biodiversity (it feeds one of the last of the country’s willow and poplar forests), leisure or the health of […]

From 8 million km² in August at the beginning of the 1980s, the surface area of the Arctic ice sheet* fell to 5 million km² in 2019, in the same month. Melting of the ice sheet has been especially intense and fast this summer, opening the Arctic Ocean to navigation and thus strengthening the interest […]

77% of  large cities will be subject to a very different climate by 2050   Imagine London with a climate similar to that of Madrid today, Paris with the temperatures of Canberra and San Diego with those of Tripoli. This will become reality in the near future according to a scientific study by the University ETH […]

Many cities around the world are rediscovering their rivers. Vancouver, Hamburg and Chicago are emblematic examples where urban planning is being revitalised around rivers, lakes and ports. A place at which 4 large rivers converge (Arakawa, Sumidagawa, Edogawa and Tamagawa), meshed by more than 100 rivers and canals under its asphalt and neon lights, Tokyo […]