It had been touted as the "last chance" to save the environment. But hopes to reach a new deal on climate change at the Durban conference looked dead in the water from day one. Now, with the Kyoto protocol reaching its end, and participating nations unsure to renew their commitments, the only thing that looks set to change is the climate itself.
With world leaders still struggling to find an answer to climate change, two documentaries screened at the Pariscience film festival highlight the crucial – and costly – role played by the planet’s greatest natural assets against carbon emissions.
The world's coral reefs could be extinct by 2050 if environmental stresses such as overfishing, climate change and pollution aren't curbed, a new report said Wednesday.
From food packaging to furniture, clothing to computers, plastic is everywhere. Millions of tons of plastics are processed every year and huge swills of it are building up in our oceans: A threat to the environment and the marine ecosystem but also for our health.
Around 2,000 tonnes of crude oil poured into the Singapore Strait after two vessels collided on Tuesday. Four patrol vessels and three private craft sporting oil-spill equipment rushed to the area in an effort to contain and clean up the spill.
BP put the bill for the clean-up of an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico at $625 million on Tuesday, but said the siphon tube deployed on the leaking well is now collecting 40 percent of the estimated 5,000 barrels of oil flowing daily into the ocean.
In this edition, we start with the Aladdin Project. A project aimed at keeping the memories of the Holocaust. Then, our film critic Lisa Nesselson talks about two French films: a documentary about marine life, Jacques Perrin's 'Oceans' and a film about French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg directed by Johann Sfar.
ENVIRONMENT takes to the high seas on board the TARA, a boat that is sailing across the world’s oceans and seas to examine the effect climate change is having on them and their biodiversity.
Ifremer, the French institute of sea exploitation research, turns 25 this year. To celebrate, a succession of 15 short programmes will be broadcast on FRANCE 24 to raise awareness about the organisation's work.
Ifremer, the French institute of sea exploitation research, turns 25 this year. To celebrate, a succession of 15 short programmes will be broadcast on FRANCE 24 to raise awareness about the organisation's work.
