News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

  A strategic plan for freshwater published by the UNEP Since it was founded in 1972, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been the world’s authority responsible for determining the environmental agenda, promoting the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development at the United Nations, and acting as a refence in the […]

Intergovernmental negotiations on the international treaty against plastic pollution   Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (unep.org) The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) gathered for the first time to adopt the formulation of a legally binding international treaty set to come into force from […]

Crédit photo © Reuters Three Buddhist statues thought to be 600 years old emerged from the waters of the Yangtze river in southwest China, while the region was being hit by a heatwave and drought. Tucked in alcoves of rock on the high ground of Foyeliang island, the central statue of the edifice represents a costumed […]

From droughts … In recent months we witnessed a catastrophic drought episode that had considerable impacts everywhere in the world. Here are a few of the most striking: United States   ©Jason Houston The Colorado river, 2 320 kilometres long, supplies water and hydroelectricity to 40 million people in seven states. Exceptional measures have been taken since August […]

  The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)  is an international meeting that gathers governments from all over the world. The conference is held from 7 to 19 December 2022, in Montreal,  Quebec, the headquarters of the secretariat of the UN CDB. The COP 15 was focused on the protection of […]

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 […]