News from IFGR and the rivers

From 17 to 21 May: 15th Festival of the Camargue at Port Saint-Louis: “5 days to discover the Camargue and the Rhone delta” around round tables, conference-concert, event stands, photo exhibitions, etc.! For more information     22 May: International biological biodiversity day: Everywhere around the world, associations, companies, and local authorities will organise events, […]

This is the number of measures foreseen by the French government to combat water shortages in the framework of the Water Plan presented at the end of March. You can find the following here: Press kit – 30 March 2023, Action plan for resilient and concerted water management (ecologie.gouv.fr)  

“The Flood” a disaster-based miniseries inspired by dramatic climatic events that occurred in 1997 and which led to the death of more than 30 people in Poland, has arrived on Netflix.   The pitch: Jasmina Tremer is a hydrologist. She analyses the level of the groundwater that surrounds the city of Wroclaw and its 500,000 […]

This is the reduction of greenhouse gases that must be reached from now to 2030 to have a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C in comparison to the industrial era. The 27th UN World Conference on the Climate was held at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt to attempt to breathe new life into the combat against […]

Contrary to many communications that point to a lack of water in Africa, a report issued by the British NGO WaterAid estimates that the region has enough water to satisfy different needs, provided that the resources are managed better.       The assertion is strong: the groundwater resources of sub-Saharan Africa are sufficient to […]

On the occasion of the COP15 against desertification held in May in Ivory Coast, the UN published a new report that estimated that the duration of drought episodes has increased by 29% in barely twenty years. The impacts of the availability of water resources are very severe: this year, more than 2.3 billion people, i.e. […]