News from IFGR and the rivers of the world

IFGR invites you to discover the project of two young journalists, who set off to discover the Nile. Arthur and Bastien want to change how Africa is often portrayed by showing that on the banks of the Nile, the inhabitants act to preserve and celebrate the river. Their project? To travel the 3000 km that […]

The Ninã, which normally has the effect of cooling temperatures, will not have been enough. The past year is one of the three hottest years on record, comparable to the record year 2016. The information has made little noise, so busy are our eyes and minds with the Covid-19. However, in its provisional report on […]

That is the estimation of the weight of the buildings, transport infrastructures and other manufactured products reached in 2020. This “anthropic mass” is henceforth greater than the biomass of natural origin (plants, fauna, forests, wetlands, etc.).   The weight of the products made by humanity doubles every 20 years. According to a study  carried out […]

  Long delays and the complexity of international climate diplomacy is increasingly pushing civil society to act on its own. Citizens everywhere in the world are opting to make progress in combating climate change by resorting to an arm, the law. A movement gaining momentum   In January, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published […]

In Zimbabwe, the end of 2020 was marked by new water shortages. Between ageing or non-existent infrastructures and political and economic problems, the country is struggling to find solutions. A challenge that nonetheless has to be overcome.   Water shortage in the country’s second largest At the end of 2020, the inhabitants of Bulawayo, the […]