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Watch our latest Down to Earth episode to see what’s at stake📺🌍
#DownToEarth #Lacanau #ClimateCrisis #CoastalErosion #TourismVsNature #BeachTown #SeaLevelRise #SurfLife #SustainableTourism #FranceTravel #EcoChallenge #ClimateAdaptation #GreenChoices
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🧵 WARNING: This is NOT an April Fools' joke.
Can #jeans go green? 🌍👖
They're everywhere:
📈 2 BILLION+ pairs made every year
⏳ 73 sold every second
But behind the trend:
❌ Polluted rivers
❌ Harmful chemicals
❌ A heavy carbon footprint
👖 Time for a detox🌱
(THREAD) – at Sèvres, France
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📺 Protecting marine life without sinking the fishing industry is a tough balance. Find out more in our next episode of Down to Earth ⬇️
f24.my/B0UQ
@France24_en #F24 #DolphinCrisis #MarineLife #Environment #sustainablefishing
#Dolphins #beacons #TechNews – at Sèvres, France
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🥑 By 2030, avocados are set to become the second most traded tropical fruit.
💧 But their production comes at a high cost, driving water scarcity, deforestation and even criminal activities.
@aurorecloe breaks it down in @DownToEarth 👇
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Imagine a world where we could make paper, carboard or packaging without cutting down a single tree.
Well, that's now possible.
The start-up Releaf Paper turns fallen leaves into value. Find out how tomorrow in @DownToEarth #f24 #sustainability #PaperInnovation #leaves – at Sèvres, France
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Hunting down #methane leaks from oil and gas facilities in Romania, CATF’s Théophile Humann-Guilleminot and Mihai Stoica from @2Celsius show @France24_en’s @DownToEarth team these hidden emissions with their optical gas imaging camera.
#REPORTERS - Despite a 160-country pledge to cut #methane emissions, leaks from fossil fuel sites persist.
Emissions may be 70% higher than reported.
@DownToEarth's team @VDekimpe and @AlexRenardF24 investigate methane leaks in #Romania, Europe's largest oil reserve ⤵️
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🐢 #FOCUS - Six of seven living species of turtles in the world are threatened.
They usually live in tropical waters, but since the late 2000s, one species has been coming to lay its eggs in the south of France.
@DownToEarth's @VDekimpe and @AlexRenardF24 explain ⤵️
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🇺🇳 🌡️ The #UnitedNations warned on Monday that countries' current pledges for reducing #carbon #emissions fall "miles short", as #greenhouse gas levels reached record highs in 2023.
FRANCE 24's Environment Editor @VDekimpe has the details ⤵️
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💦🇫🇷 Dry rivers, thirsty villages and depleted groundwater reserves: as water supply grows ever more uncertain, #France is gearing up for another #dry summer.
But the country has a game plan for survival.
@DownToEarth team takes a closer look 👇
go.france24.com/97J
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🇫🇷 #France is launching a public consultation to help define the government's climate change roadmap.
🌡️ One of the aims is to start adapting the country for temperatures of four degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
@VDekimpe from @DownToEarth breaks it down ⤵️
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🌊The #OneOceanSummit is opening in #France🇫🇷
Oceans produce 50% of the world's oxygen, absorb 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere, and help regulate weather patterns.
The summit is set to look at the main issues currently facing these bodies of water, says @VDekimpe⤵️
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🌱What are the three most important things to know before the beginning of the #COP26?
@DownToEarth reporter @VDekimpe has the key facts to understanding what is at stake in this year's #ClimateTalks, the first to take place in two years⤵️
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Visiting #Rhone #Glacier yesterday for some @VAW_glaciology station maintenance and media outreach with @NBCNews @KeirSimmons and @FRANCE24 @MaireadDundas etc.
Always impressive to witness the rapid changes of this glacier!
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Ahead of #EarthDay🌍 OECD Angel Gurría will deliver his 5⃣th & final #Climate Lecture in conversation with Laurence Tubiana & Nicholas Stern.
🗓️On 21 Apr we'll focus on #ClimateAction as our single most important intergenerational responsibility!
Join us👉oe.cd/climate-lectures
ALT OECD Secretary-General Climate Lecture: A conversation on our single most important intergenerational responsibility
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Join us now as @MaireadDundas talks oceans and climate change with @CelineCousteau, @ChefMarcMurphy, @FionaHarvey, @Manu_FAO & @MsuyaFlower. pscp.tv/w/cuv1ajFEWktvR09BRG…
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Absolute privilege to participate as a judge this year. A reminder that science reporting is exhilarating, informative, thought-provoking, engaging, humorous and so much more. Bravo to all the winners! @AAASKavli
Congratulations to the 2020 winners of the international AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards! sjawards.aaas.org/news/2020-… @KavliFoundation
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🌳🌎 The planet has lost almost 70% of its wildlife populations since 1970, with Central and Latin America seeing a decline of 94%.
That's according to the #LivingPlanetReport by @WWF, which points the finger at land conversion for farming and the wildlife trade
#LPR2020