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Trois hommes âgés de 44, 51 et 72 ans, une femme de 41 ans et un garçon de 6 ans sont morts lors de la chute d’un planeur et d’un avion à moteur samedi à Bivio.

Les coûts des tempêtes en Suisse se sont élevés à 40 millions de francs l’année dernière.

Die Airbus-Boeing-Einigung könnte den Weg für eine stärkere Zusammenarbeit zwischen der EU und den USA ebnen - auch angesichts der wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen durch China.

The European Parliament still hopes to reach an agreement on the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform during Portugal's presidency of the Council of the EU, the chair of the assembly's agriculture committee announced on Tuesday (15 June).

L’Office national de la météorologie a annoncé mercredi dans un bulletin météorologique qu’une vague de chaleur affecte plusieurs wilayas du pays. Avec un niveau de vigilance « Orange », ce bulletin météo est en cours de validité ce mercredi au niveau des wilayas d’Adrar, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, In Salah, In Guezzam, Annaba, Taref, Skikda, Beni abbés, et […]

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On 15 June 2021, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, co-organized the second Uzbekistan Global Agro Forum on “sustainable agriculture and smart technologies: innovation, science and education”.

The event was held in the framework of the country's largest international exhibition of agriculture called AgroWorld Uzbekistan. Recent developments in agriculture and food security as well as the promotion of co-operation, partnerships and dialogue in advancing sustainability in agriculture practices through digitalization and innovation was the focus of the event.

340 delegates, more than a third of whom were women, high-level panel speakers, representatives of international businesses and organizations and mass media participated in the forum.

In his welcoming speech, Mathieu Lemoine, Acting Head of Mission and Senior Project Officer, emphasized the significant role of digitalization in transforming the global economy and generating innovations. He stressed that “over the last several years, the PCUz has been actively supporting digital tools in agriculture, which falls under the OSCE Economic and Environmental Dimension Commitments”. 

It was supported by the PCUz project “Support to strengthening of the capacities of small and medium business in agricultural sector through promotion of digital services 2021”. 

A Saint Lucian farmer surveys his crops, during the annual dry season. Amid reports that half of the earth’s agricultural land is degraded, countries are reporting on progress to halt land degradation. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS

By Alison Kentish
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 16 2021 (IPS)

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told the first United Nations General Assembly meeting on desertification and drought in a decade, that his country’s report card will show it is well on track to meet its land restoration commitments.

“In India, over the last 10 years, around 3 million hectares of forest cover has been added. This has enhanced the combined forest cover to almost one-fourth of the country’s total area,” the Prime Minister told the Jun. 15 gathering.

He added that the country is working towards restoring 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030. That goal is part of the 2019 Delhi Declaration, in which member countries of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) pledged to enact national drought plans and restore land and soil affected by desertification and drought.

Land degradation, or the deterioration of soil to the point that it is no longer able to support ecosystems, is caused by both climate change and human activity such as deforestation.

It is a global concern.

The UN classifies half of all agricultural land as degraded. The impacts are far-reaching. They include widening food insecurity, with the world’s crop yields estimated to fall by 10 percent by 2050. The knock-on effect will be a spike in food prices as high as 30 percent, which could send hunger levels skyrocketing.

Statistics like these are drivers for the pledges in the Delhi Declaration.

They have also spurred a renewed commitment by countries to work towards achieving 15.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals – the attainment of a land degradation-neutral world.

Land Degradation Neutrality or LDN refers to the revival of land and subsequent restoration of biological and ecosystem functions, through sustainable practices.

It is a concept adopted at various levels in Saint Lucia.

That country has tackled soil erosion and degradation through agroforestry. Forestry officials encourage and provide assistance to farmers to plant trees on their land, along with their crops. The trees help to protect the soil, the crops and nearby rivers, while providing an additional source of income for farmers.

“Our freshwater supply depends on the trees,” Saint Lucia’s Forestry Chief Alwin Dornelly told IPS.

“Storms, climate change and deforestation lead to land degradation. We had to rehabilitate Saint Lucia’s riverbanks. By encouraging farmers to plant some native forest crops along with other plants that have economic benefits, this is resulting in reforestation, stabilisation and an income for the farmers,” he said.

The small island states of the Caribbean have been battling crippling drought for the past 5 years. For many countries, prolonged drought leads to rationing by water companies.

In June 2020, the Saint Lucian government declared a water emergency, with the Prime Minister Allen Chastanet warning that it was the worst drought the country had seen in a half-century. He told the nation that water levels at the Jon Compton Dam, which supplies water to over half the island, were dangerously low.

It is a reality that regions across the world are facing.

According to the UN, climate change-fuelled desertification and drought, combined with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic put 34 million people at risk of famine. The organisation says 2021 will be a critical year for restoring balance with nature.

For Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Coordinator of the Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous Peoples of Chad, restoration cannot be achieved in the absence of support from indigenous communities.

“We all know that for indigenous peoples there is no difference between human beings and nature. We are part of nature,” she told the UN High-Level Meeting.

“With our way of life, our traditional knowledge, if we want to protect the ecosystem, we need indigenous peoples and local communities in rural areas. They can restore the land, the ecosystem and contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation for a nature-based solution.”

President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir urged countries to step up funding for forest-based solutions to the climate, biodiversity and pollution crises.

“Currently, forests and agriculture receive less than 3 percent of climate finance but hold more than 30% of the solution to the climate crisis,” he said.

“For an estimated $ 2.7 trillion per year, comfortably within the scope of the proposed COVID spending, we could transform the world’s economies by restoring natural ecosystems, rewarding agriculture that keeps soils healthy, and incentivising business models that prioritise renewable, recyclable or biodegradable products and services.”

The UN is calling on countries to adopt Land Degradation Neutrality targets, halt unsustainable agricultural practices and strengthen the tenure rights and technical abilities of agricultural workers.

 

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Jun. 17 is World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Amid reports that half of the earth’s agricultural land is degraded, countries are reporting on progress to revive arable land and restore biodiversity and ecosystem functions.

The Somali Football Federation sacks coach Abdellatif Saleft after less than three weeks in charge and hours before a friendly against Djibouti.

After a flurry of summits, little has actually been achieved in increasing climate ambition. But the conversations behind closed doors will be the clincher as the world looks ahead to COP 26 and beyond.

Les 27 se sont rencontrés mardi (15 juin) pour une dernière réunion sous la présidence portugaise du Conseil de l’UE. Objectif ? S'accorder sur un projet de règles visant à renforcer le rôle de l'Agence européenne des médicaments (EMA).

Le projet «Expérience non-fumeur» proposait chaque année à des classes de ne pas consommer de produits du tabac pendant six mois. Un nouveau concept verra le jour.

(B2) L’incident s’est produit au cours d’une action de combat, menée en commun par les Français et Nigériens, dans la région du Liptako au Mali, proche du Niger

Militaire français du GTD Bison en action dans le Liptako (Archives B2 – crédit : état-major des armées)

Lors d’une mission de reconnaissance « menée dans la région du Liptako malo-nigérien ( »), mardi (15 juin), les militaires commandos de la force Barkhane (1) et de la 114e compagnie de sécurité intérieure nigérienne ont été « pris à partie par un important » groupe armé, indique l’état-major des armées dans une information mise à disposition de la presse dont B2, mercredi (16 juin).

Sur le territoire du Mali

L’accrochage s’est produit « sur le territoire malien » à environ une douzaine de kilomètres de la frontière nigérienne, « dans le secteur d’In Araban », qui se situe entre Menaka et Inates. Mais ce sont bien les forces nigériennes qui étaient déployées (en vertu d’accords bilatéraux entre les deux pays, apparemment).

Le groupe armé neutralisé

« Cherchant à s’exfiltrer dans une zone boisée, le groupe armé terroriste a été poursuivi ». Appuyés par des aéronefs de la force Barkhane (hélicoptères d’attaque et avions de chasse), les militaires français et nigériens ont « neutralisé » le groupe. Environ une dizaine de combattants adverses ont ainsi été tués.

Coté allié, 3 blessés (2 Français et 1 Nigérien) et 1 tué (Nigérien)

Durant cette action de combat, un militaire nigérien a perdu la vie, un second a été blessé. Deux militaires français des commandos ont également été blessés (par balles). Ils ont été « évacués et pris en charge par l’hôpital militaire de Gao ». L’état-major ne veut pas indiquer davantage sur leur état. Mais « leur pronostic vital n’est pas engagé ».

(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)

1. Le dispositif a été réorganisé le groupement commandos dépend désormais directement du commandant de la force, et composé de commandos montagne ou parachutistes, avec des éléments d’appuis.

Mis à jour avec des précisions sur la géographie des lieux et les forces intervenantes.

Cet article Deux militaires français de Barkhane blessés dans le Liptako malien (v2) est apparu en premier sur B2 Le média de l'Europe géopolitique.

Agri-food stakeholders and policymakers have welcomed the extension of the retaliatory tariff reprieve with the United States for another five years, as well as the steps taken to end the civil aircraft dispute that has disproportionately affected the sector.

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Egy magyar vizsgafilmet, Rudolf Olivér FONICA M-120 című diplomafilmjét is beválogatták a 74. cannes-i fesztiválnak a filmes egyetemek legjobbjait felvonultató Cinéfondation programjába – közölték szerdán a szervezők.

Die Bundesregierung wird 40 Milliarden Euro an die Regionen ausschütten, die vom geplanten Kohleausstieg 2038 besonders betroffen sind. Allerdings sollen dafür auch neue EU-Gelder eingesetzt werden - was den tatsächlichen finanziellen Aufwand des Bundes verringert.

Am Dienstag (15. Juni) wurde der europaweit erste Quantencomputer im baden-württembergischen Ehningen eingeweiht. Die Erwartungen sind hoch; die Technologie soll die Grundlage für die nächste industrielle Revolution liefern.

The Subcommittee on Security and Defence will hold a meeting with Nobuo Kishi, Minister of Defence of Japan, on 17 June. The aim is to go over the progress in the implementation of the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement in the area of security and defence. The debate will also look into translating commitments taken at the last EU-Japan Summit into joint actions to tackle global and regional challenges amidst rapidly intensifying geopolitical competition in the Indo-Pacific.

The recently adopted EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, and prospects for further enhancing synergies with Japan as one of the EU's main strategic regional partners in the framework of the Strategy, will also be addressed.

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TBILISI, 16 June 2021 — OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid concluded her visit to Georgia yesterday, following two days of intensive discussions and field visits.

“This trip has afforded me the opportunity to discuss ways to strengthen co-operation and how the OSCE can continue providing meaningful assistance to meet the needs of conflict-affected people, and supporting efforts towards building trust and fostering dialogue,” said Schmid.

During her visit, Schmid met with Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili; Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili; Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs David Zalkaliani; and Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Tea Akhvlediani.

The focus of the talks were on concrete areas of co-operation, such as tackling transnational threats and anti-trafficking, and the OSCE’s continued support to Georgia as part of a comprehensive approach to security. The Organization’s role as a vital instrument for resolving conflicts, domestic affairs as well recent regional developments were among the topics discussed.

During her trip, Schmid attended the opening of a rehabilitated potable water supply system that provides clean drinking water to conflict-affected households in the village of Tsitsagiaantkari, implemented together with Georgian authorities as well as local and international partners.

Secretary General Schmid also met with Chairman of Parliament Kakhaber Khuchava and a wide spectrum of members of parliament, including from the Parliamentary Assembly Delegation of Georgia. Schmid noted that, “parliamentarians, from all political forces, have a vital role to play in strengthening democratic institutions and the country’s resilience in the face of internal and external challenges”.

As part of her visit, Schmid addressed participants of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) who met for the 100th time in Ergneti.

The OSCE jointly with the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) continues its efforts in this crucial platform, which forms a key element in the architecture of the Geneva International Discussions, co-chaired by the OSCE with the EU and UN.

Secretary General Schmid recalled the need to continue engagement with all stakeholders and stressed: “It is a special moment for me to be here today, having been closely involved in setting up this mechanism 12 years ago. It remains crucial for defusing tensions and solving concrete security and humanitarian issues, and also to alleviate the burden of the conflict-affected people.”

While in Tbilisi, Schmid met civil society representatives and local partners. She also saw the very committed OSCE staff at the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.