Flash and Facts

10 January 2020

Some essential highlights from the Climate Risk Index 2020

The Climate Risk Index (CRI) analyzes to what extent countries across the world have been affected by impacts of extreme weather effects such as storms, floods and heat waves. The five countries ...

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13 December 2019

The spread of Fake News on social media is a real Threat to our Democracies

There is increasing evidence that organized social media manipulation campaigns have targeted 70 countries across the globe in 2019, up from 48 countries in 2018 and 28 countries in 2017. And ...

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13 December 2019

The Work-Life Balance: a topic for everyday discussion

We know that some International Organizations produce bulky reports that are seldom read. There are also numerous studies which are of limited value. We wish to call into question, for example, the ...

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27 November 2019

There are some Good Signs and some Bad in the Battle against Climate Change

The unwillingness of many governments to fight climate change but at the same time the commitment of many other governments to protect our planet send conflicting signals to populations across the ...

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27 November 2019

Europeans are faced with an aging population and ultimately with Demographic Decline

In 2018, nearly one fifth of the EU population was aged 65 and more. And the share of people aged 80 years or more should double by 2100 to reach almost 15% of the whole population (Re.Eurostat). ...

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12 November 2019

The Irresponsible Exploitation of the Sea's Resources

Almost one third of the 600 fish stocks which have been evaluated scientifically are either overfished or depleted (Re.UN-Food). This is all the more unacceptable considering that each year 35% of ...

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12 November 2019

Despite Brexit, UK and France should remain the Strong Arm of Europe

The Uk-France alliance on defence is crucial to Europe's security. Today, this alliance can be described as solid and strong. But for how much longer? The military agreements on defence between ...

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29 October 2019

EU-US Trade relations: Europeans should prepare for the Worst

Relations between Europe and the United States have considerably deteriorated since the Pt Trump took office in 2017. And far from receding, the fever which has for a couple of years driven the ...

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29 October 2019

When Major Cities decide to address the Challenge of Climate Change

The C40 Association -94 major cities around the world- including Boston, Durban, London, Los-Angeles, Mexico-City, New-York city and Paris is leading the way in the combat against climate change. ...

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11 October 2019

The issue of Overpopulation seems to be still Taboo

Roughly 83 million people are added to the world’s population each year (Re.UN). At the same time, we can see that a great many people are already affected by climate change. And global ...

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