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Der Nahrungsmittelkonzern Nestlé hat in Mexico eine neue Fabrik zur Herstellung von Nescafé eröffnet. Mit der dafür nötigen Investition von insgesamt 340 Millionen US-Dollar will Nestlé im mexikanischen Veracruz 1200 neue Arbeitsplätze schaffen.

Kathrin Lehmann spielte jahrelang gleichzeitig in der Schweizer Fussball- und Eishockey-Nati. Jetzt ist der Tausendsassa als EM-Expertin beim ZDF gelandet.

NCZI: Július 25-én az elvégzett 2.615 laboratóriumi PCR-tesztből 1.185 (45,32 %) zárult pozitív eredménnyel. A járvány hazai halálos áldozatainak a száma hétfőn 3-mal 20.201-re emelkedett.

Coastal view from the Kalinago Territory in Dominica. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS

By Alison Kentish
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 2022 (IPS)

The highest deforestation rates since 2009. The third most active hurricane season on record. Extreme rainfall, floods, and landslides displaced tens of thousands of people. Rising sea levels. Glaciers in Peru lost more than half their size. Add the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to the mix, and 2021 was a challenging year for Latin America and the Caribbean.

That’s according to the World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021 report, published on July 22. It is the United Nations weather agency’s second annual report.

It states that “sea levels in the region continued to rise in 2021 at a faster rate than globally, notably along the Atlantic coast of South America south of the equator, and the subtropical North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico,” a worrying development for the small island states of the Caribbean and large populations concentrated in coastal communities.

The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season brought 21 named storms that included seven hurricanes and was the sixth consecutive above-average season.

It adds that extreme rainfall led to tens of thousands of homes being destroyed or damaged and hundreds of thousands of people displaced

The record-setting drought in Chile continued in 2021, marking the 13th consecutive year of the “Central Chile Mega-drought,” which placed the country at the center of the region’s water crisis.

“Increasing sea-level rise and ocean warming are expected to continue to affect coastal livelihoods, tourism, health, food, energy, and water security, particularly in small islands and Central American countries,” said Professor Petteri Taalas, Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization.

Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Mami Mizutori said as the second most disaster-prone region in the world, Latin America and the Caribbean are proof of how complex risks can be, adding that shocks that affect one sector can create damaging consequences in another, impacting the most at-risk communities.

“The COVID-19 pandemic offers a quintessential example of how interconnected risks can create severe upheaval, particularly when intersecting with climate change impacts. Last year, the fallout from hurricanes Eta and Iota collided with lingering COVID-19 impacts. The result was that 7.7 million people in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua faced high levels of food insecurity,” she said.

While the report outlines the dire impacts of extreme weather and climate change on the region, it is also prescriptive in its calls for long-term regional and national solutions.

One of these is a ‘risk to resilience’ goal.

The UNDRR head says the Bali Agenda for Resilience is a critical instrument in understanding the nature of risks and promoting mitigation and adaptation measures. The document promotes policies to shield communities from climate and other disasters and thwart a predicted global rate of 1.5 disasters a day by 2030.

“First and foremost is the need for risk management to become a shared responsibility across sectors. Getting on track to achieve the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals requires decision makers to adopt comprehensive climate and disaster risk management that puts people first, using current data and timely information.”

The report also recommends the expansion of access to multi-hazard early warning systems (EWS). Investment in these systems has been touted as one of the most powerful tools to adapt to climate change, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has challenged the WMO to present an action plan that ensures all people everywhere are covered by an early warning system in the next 5 years. The WMO is expected to present that plan to the 2022 UN Climate Conference in Egypt in November.

“Altogether, there is a need for a 1.5 billion US dollar investment in the next 5 years to get 100 percent coverage of early warning services and improve basic observing systems. We have major gaps in island states, Africa, and some parts of Latin America, and that needs to be improved,” the WMO Secretary-General said.

The report’s launch coincides with the impending peak of the annual Atlantic hurricane season. According to officials of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC), there is no question that countries in the region, particularly the small states of the Caribbean and Central America, remain highly vulnerable to the impacts of a changing climate

“2021 was yet another very active season. Many countries experienced major flooding and landslides that were compounded by a volcanic eruption in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, causing major dislocation, damage, and loss, and there was heavy rainfall and floods across Guyana, Suriname, and regions of Central America, affecting housing, fresh water sources and increasing food insecurity,” said ECLAC’s Subregional Office Chief Diane Quarless.

Quarless added that for small states in the region, the post-disaster need to continually source or reassign already scarce resources has eroded the ability of countries to build back better. ECLAC is supporting the call to strengthen and expand early warning systems to improve forecasting and planning for multi-hazards.

The State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean report provides science-based, timely information for policymakers on the realities of climate change and weather-related events and the best course of action.

The representatives of the UN agencies involved in sourcing and compiling the report says that the region has the needed data. It is now time to act.

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According to the 2021 World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean report, extreme events have worsened the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Region, especially for the small island states of the Caribbean.

La Commission européenne laisse aux États membres le soin de prendre des décisions difficiles. C’est ce qu’a affirmé le ministre allemand de l’Agriculture, Cem Özdemir, après que l’exécutif européen a décidé d’assouplir les règles relatives à l’agriculture durable jusqu’en 2023.

Ein Gas-Notfallplan für die EU für diesen Winter ist in greifbare Nähe gerückt. Vor einem Sondertreffen der EU-Energieminister in Brüssel rechnet man mit einer politischen Einigung.

Der britische Billigflieger Easyjet ist wegen der zahlreichen Flugausfälle im abgelaufenen Quartal in den roten Zahlen geblieben. Das Ergebnis wird zudem von ungünstigen Währungskursen belastet.

2021 haben die Försterinnen und Förster in der Schweiz mit knapp 5 Millionen Kubikmetern vier Prozent mehr Holz geschlagen als im Vorjahr. Das ist die zweite Ertragssteigerung in Folge. Über zwei Drittel des Holzes stammten von Nadelbäumen.

Mit der Corona-Taskforce hat sich der Bund in der Corona-Pandemie Unterstützung von der Wissenschaft geholt. Dieser Dialog sei auch in der aktuellen Energiekrise nötig, findet FDP-Ständerat Damian Müller.

Erkenntnisse aus einer neuen Studie aus Österreich zeigt: Menschen mit schwächerem Händerdruck haben ein höheres Sterblichkeits-Risiko. Die Ergebnisse waren schon bei Werten knapp unter dem Durchschnitt signifikant.

Nous sommes nombreux à avoir déclaré la guerre à ces insectes. Des scientifiques nous expliquent tout ce qu’ils apportent à l’environnement.

Feuer-Alarm in Deutschland: Ein Waldbrand, der zunächst in Tschechien ausgebrochen ist, hat nun die Landesgrenzen überschritten. Die Einsatzkräfte kämpfen gegen die Flammen. Doch die Situation spitzt sich zu.

Euronews: Hatalmas lángokkal égnek a több százéves tölgyfák Kalifornia egyik legrégebbi természetvédelmi övezetében, a Yosemite Nemzeti Parkban. A lángok pénteken csaptak fel először és azóta már 17 ezer hektárnyi kiszáradt erdőt felperzseltek. Az erős szél miatt a tűz nagyon gyorsan terjedt, de hétfőre javult az időjárás és a tűzoltóknak sikerült eloltaniuk a tűz 10 százalékát.

VIENNA, 26 July 2022 - OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid will visit Andorra on 27 July to meet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maria Ubach Font and other high-level officials and host the youth event “Debating Perspectives 20-30 Roadshow in Andorra”. She will also hold a press conference together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, at 15:40.

The Secretary General is travelling to Andorra to engage in policy discussions with Andorran youth representatives attending the “OSCE Debating Perspectives 20-30 Roadshow”. The event is part of a series of national and regional consultations aimed at giving young women and men a voice in decision-making processes and in the promotion of international security. In 2020-2021, consultations were held with youth from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Liechtenstein and Central Asia, reaching more than 200 young women and men. Key recommendations will be published in a policy paper that will provide decision-makers with a youth perspective on how to address challenges to security in areas such as human rights, energy and the environment, rule of law, education, and new technologies.  

As part of the event, the Secretary General will give a public lecture on European security challenges and the role of the OSCE. The session will be moderated by H.E. Mr. Jaume Serra, Ambassador of Andorra to the OSCE. 

As part of the visit, Schmid will also meet the Head of Government of the Principality of Andorra, Xavier Espot Zamora; Minister of Social Affairs, Youth and Equality, Judith Pallarés Cortés; and Minister of Education and Higher Education, Ester Vilarrubla Escales, as well as the Andorran Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

For media inquiries, please contact perspectives2030@osce.org.

Trauer um Paul Sorvino: der «GoodFellas»-Schauspieler, der unter anderem Polizisten und Mafiagangster mimte, ist mit 83 Jahren gestorben.

Die Menge an Antibiotika zur Behandlung von Tieren ist im letzten Jahr gesunken. Über zehn Jahre gesehen sank sie um mehr als die Hälfte von 60'000 Kilogramm auf 28'000 Kilogramm Antibiotika im 2021, wie der Bund mitteilte.

Moskau könnte versuchen, die bevorstehenden italienischen Parlamentswahlen zu beeinflussen, indem es in den sozialen Medien Fake News verbreitet, um pro-russische Parteien zu begünstigen, sagte Enrico Letta, am Montag (25. Juli).

ÄNDERUNGSANTRÄGE 1 – 445 - Entwurf eines Berichts Empfehlung an den Rat, die Kommission und den EAD zu der neuen Strategie der EU für die Erweiterung
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Tonino Picula

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2022 - EP

Die Vereinigten Staaten sind auf dem besten Weg, Bidens Zusage vom März über zusätzliche 15 Milliarden Kubikmeter Flüssigerdgas (LNG) für Europa dieses Jahr zu übertreffen und die Zusage zu verdreifachen.

Vonzó célpont lett a turisták számára a tokaji borút mentén fekvő Borsi (Borša/Tőketerebesi járás), ahol nemrégiben vízi és kerékpáros pihenőpontot nyitottak.