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Par communiqué en date du 28 novembre 2023, le directeur général du Trésor et de la Compatibilité Publique porte à l'attention des clients des banques et établissements financiers qu'ils peuvent réclamer leurs droits. Il s'agit des clients non satisfaits des produits ou services financiers fournis par ces établissements.

A Kreml mágusa hatalmas siker Franciaországban, de nem a szöveg szépsége, hanem a történelmi a körülmények és az olvasói hangulat miatt.

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Le gouvernement a annoncé mercredi dernier en conseil des ministres la création de médailles militaires pour les Forces armées béninoises. Le porte-parole du gouvernement s'est prononcé sur le sujet, ce vendredi 1er décembre, dans les locaux de 24 Heures au Bénin, lors des échanges avec les professionnels des médias.

Est-ce seulement les faits d'armes des militaires qui sont encouragés à travers les médailles instituées par le gouvernement à l'issue du Conseil des ministre du mercredi 29 novembre dernier ? « Non ! », a répondu Wilfried Houngbédji lors de la rencontre avec les journalistes vendredi 1er décembre 2023.
Les forces de défense et de sécurité sont de plus en plus présentes sur les théâtres d'opération. « Mais on sait que, classiquement, c'est une mission qui revient aux militaires. C'est pour ça que c'est spécifié ainsi », a expliqué le porte-parole du gouvernement au sujet des ‘'médailles militaires des Forces armées béninoises''.
A en croire Wilfried Houngbédji, tout le monde est visé par les décrets, même si cela n'a pas été précisé. Si un policier est mobilisé au front dans une opération comme celle visée par les décrets et qu'il remplit les conditions, celui-ci sera pris en compte, selon le porte-parole du gouvernement.
Lors du dernier conseil des ministres, le gouvernement a institué des médailles militaires des Forces Armées Béninoises. Il s'agit de la Médaille de la défense nationale et la Croix du combattant.
La ‘'Médaille de la défense nationale'' « vise à récompenser les personnels et les unités militaires qui, au cours d'opérations nationales, multinationales, spéciales, ou en service commandé, humanitaire ou militaire, se sont particulièrement illustrés par le courage et le zèle, la bravoure ou par des résultats méritoires, héroïques ou exceptionnels voire particulièrement déterminants pour sauver la vie des camarades ou des populations civiles et remporter la victoire sur l'ennemi ».
‘'La Croix du combattant" « récompense les personnels et les unités militaires des Forces armées béninoises qui, au cours d'opérations nationales, multinationales, spéciales, ou en service commandé, se sont particulièrement illustrés par leur bravoure et ont été grièvement blessés, sont morts ou portés disparus au combat au pays ou hors du territoire national ».
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La Vice-présidente de la République du Bénin, Mariam Chabi Talata Zimé Yérima prend part à la 28ème Conférence des Nations Unies sur le Climat (COP 28) à Dubaï, aux Emirats Arabes Unis.

Participation du Bénin à la 28ème Conférence des Nations Unies sur le Climat (COP 28). Le Bénin y est représenté par la Vice-présidente de la République, Mariam Chabi Talata Zimé Yérima. Elle a été accueillie, à son arrivée à l'aéroport de Dubaï dans la soirée du jeudi 30 novembre 2023, par Mohammed Saeed Mohammed ALKAABI, Ambassadeur des Emirats Arabes Unis près le Bénin. Mariam Chabi Talata est appelée à prononcer un discours à cette conférence.

La 28e Conférence des Parties sur le Climat de l'ONU (COP 28) se déroule du 30 novembre au 12 décembre 2023. Les États évalueront « les progrès accomplis dans la réalisation des objectifs fixés par l'Accord de Paris et définiront un plan d'action ». L'accent sera mis sur le premier Global Stocktake (Bilan Mondial), la transition énergétique, et la solidarité entre les pays du Nord et les pays du Sud. La conférence internationale réunit les pays signataires de la Convention Cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques ainsi que les acteurs et actrices du climat.

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Pour les fêtes de fin d'année, CANAL+ propose des offres exceptionnelles à toute la population béninoise. Les différentes offres ont été présentées au public lors d'une conférence de presse animée par la directrice générale, Yacine ALAO, et Barnes VIDJANNAGNI, responsable à la communication, dans la matinée du vendredi 1er décembre 2023, à la boutique CANAL+ de Saint Michel à Cotonou.

Du 1er au 31 décembre 2023, pour tout réabonnement, CANAL+ accorde 30 jours à TOUT CANAL+ à ses abonnés. Mieux, le décodeur HD est vendu pendant la même période au prix de 1000 francs CFA à partir de la formule EVASION. Ces offres exceptionnelles ont été présentées à la presse dans la matinée de ce vendredi 1er décembre 2023.

Sur CANAL+, c'est plus de 400 chaines télé et radio selon la formule (de la formule ACCESS à la formule TOUT CANAL+), des chaines thématiques, des émissions CANAL+, c'est le meilleur de la Télé, le meilleur du divertissement pour enfants et grandes personnes, a rappelé la responsable à la communication. Barnes VIDJANNAGNI a évoqué au cours de la rencontre avec les professionnels des médias, les 8 nouvelles chaines thématiques, notamment, CANAL+ CAN ; disponible sur le canal 9. Le but visé à l'en croire, est de permettre aux passionnés du football, « de vivre et de vibrer de jeux de passe » à la CAN 2023 en Côte d'Ivoire. Des chaines classiques qui revêtent le chapeau de Noël (Christmas, et plusieurs autres programmes), seront proposées aux abonnés pendant cette période des fêtes.

L'objectif poursuivi à travers ces offres de fin d'année, selon la directrice générale, est d'offrir « un contenu inédit […] pour toute la famille ». Les abonnés pourront également bénéficier des services des techniciens agréés de CANAL+ à 2000 francs CFA, au lieu de 4000 Francs CFA.
La nouveauté sur CANAL+, c'est aussi la présence sur le bouquet CANAL+, de la chaîne EDEN TV, disponible sur le canal 287. Ceci, en réponse aux appels des abonnés.

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Google a ouvert son troisième centre de cybersécurité en Europe mercredi (29 novembre) et s’est engagé à consacrer 10 millions de dollars à la formation aux cybercompétences.

L’adhésion de l’Ukraine à l’UE ne coïncide pour l’instant pas avec les intérêts nationaux de la Hongrie et Bruxelles devrait d’abord proposer un « partenariat stratégique » avec Kiev avant d’entamer les négociations d’adhésion, a déclaré le Premier ministre hongrois.

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SKOPJE, 1 December 2023 – The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, announced the selection of Malta for the 2024 OSCE Chairpersonship and the extension of senior officials at the closing of the 30th Ministerial Council in Skopje today.

Chairman Osmani welcomed the participating States’ adoption, by consensus, of decisions on the selection of Malta as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for 2024, the extension of OSCE Secretary General Schmid, Representative on Freedom of the Media Ribeiro and High Commissioner on National Minorities Abdrakhmanov, and the appointment of Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Mecacci, until 3 September 2024.

“Our ability to come together now and forge consensus among all 57 participating States reveals, once more, the importance and efficacy of building agreement through negotiation and compromise on behalf of our common goals and objectives. Despite our differences and disagreements, we have shown the strategic vision required to continue our constructive efforts toward implementing and applying the OSCE’s competitive advantages through the work of its executive structures to the benefit of all our people,” said Osmani.

Discussions also focused on addressing the security challenges caused by the ongoing war against Ukraine.

“As I stated on many occasions in the past, the OSCE can do a lot during war, but it can do even more to prevent conflicts and mitigate the fallout of armed conflict. For these reasons, we need this Organization to foster multilateralism and facilitate cooperation, so people can live freely and enjoy normal lives,” said the Chairman. “Let us answer this call together, because it comes not from me as Chairman-in-Office, but from the people of the OSCE region – the people and citizens of our countries,” concluded Osmani.

Throughout the Ministerial Council, Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid emphasized the impact and relevance of the OSCE’s work across the region.

“Over the past three years I have seen how very much this organization has to offer. All that we do – whether working to tackle corruption and organized crime or monitoring elections, enhancing the safety of women journalists or training border guards on human rights standards – is in support of people across our region and beyond. The OSCE has been and remains a quietly powerful force for change,” said Secretary General Schmid. “In the current circumstances, finding common ground on any topic is a challenge. The decisions made by participating States here in Skopje will enable this work by and for the people of the OSCE region to continue to support stability, security, and human rights.”

Malta will begin its term as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on 1 January 2024. In his remarks, the Maltese Minister of Foreign Affairs and upcoming Chairperson-in-Office, Ian Borg, emphasized the country’s willingness to assume the mantle of leadership.

“The unanimous vote by all 57 countries is a testament to our joint commitment to continue strengthening our organization and, despite all the challenges we are currently facing, ensure that this organization remains robust. The OSCE was created upon shared principles and values. It is an inclusive platform for effective dialogue and we will make sure to keep strengthening it,” said Minister Borg.

La prochaine réunion du Conseil du commerce et des technologies UE-États-Unis a été officiellement reportée, ce qui semble confirmer que l’initiative transatlantique a été reléguée au bas de la liste des priorités technologiques des deux côtés de l’Atlantique.

The spread of fake news and disinformation has steadily risen in past years, with audiences increasingly getting their news online, where false information - sometimes generated by AI - spreads faster, threatening audiences' trust in media.

Ethiopian Airlines says the luggage, known by various names across Africa, can damage equipment.

Whole grains must be integrated into diets early in life to create healthy habits and curb life-threatening diseases, say experts, who call for the inclusion of grains into the EU School Scheme and public procurement of food. While sugar and...

Les négociateurs de l’UE sont parvenus à un accord politique sur le règlement sur la cyberrésilience (Cyber Resilience Act) jeudi (30 novembre), aplanissant leurs divergences sur les dernières questions en suspens dans ce dossier.

A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report released ahead of Friday (1 December), World AIDS Day, argues that there is still a long way to go to hit global HIV reduction targets by 2030, underlining the importance of early and tailored testing.

Climate change cannot be addressed without social equity, and social equity cannot be achieved without human-centered climate solutions. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños / IPS

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NEW YORK, Dec 1 2023 (IPS)

The main challenge for addressing climate change a decade ago was how to develop low-cost, low-carbon solutions such as wind or solar power. Since that hurdle has been cleared, we now need to focus on social dimensions to deploying solutions quickly and at large-scale.

Important progress has been made over the past decade in terms of scaling up climate change mitigation efforts and the emergence of net-zero policies in many countries. Critical climate technologies such as solar panels, electric vehicles, and heat pumps have matured while countries and companies globally have made ambitious commitments to reduce emissions.

This progress has laid the groundwork for a Decade of Deployment during which solutions need to scale rapidly and globally. Although the technological progress of climate resilient energy solutions is good news, the bad news is that significant human, social, financial, and institutional barriers to deployment remain, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

Our research collectively supports the contention that climate change cannot be addressed without social equity, and social equity cannot be achieved without human-centered climate solutions. And with COP28 ongoing, it is time to take these elements more seriously

Equally concerning is the ability to address social equity and implement the Just Transition Declaration, which was adopted by 40 nations at COP26. Justice40 in the United States is one example of backing the declaration with measurable action. Our research collectively supports the contention that climate change cannot be addressed without social equity, and social equity cannot be achieved without human-centered climate solutions. And with COP28 ongoing, it is time to take these elements more seriously.

To achieve the Paris ambitions, and embrace the reality of technological progress, a people-centered approach that prioritizes trust is key and processes must be inclusive.

This localized approach includes education on alternative pathways that account for on-the-ground realities, such as disparities in financing costs, labor and permitting costs and workforce gaps.

This is critical so that low- and middle-income countries can meet their energy and quality of life goals while following a decarbonized path and realizing co-benefits such as improved air quality and reduced environmental burden.

A decade ago, this conversation would have been very different. The concerns at that time were about driving down the costs of cleaner energy options that are commercial today—by subsidies or innovation investments in the clean source or carbon fees on the dirty sources—so they would be more acceptable to market adoption.

But recent advances have changed the conversation. With significant reductions in the costs of equipment, such as solar panels and wind turbines, batteries and electric vehicles, there is an opportunity to integrate cleaner sources of energy and build a localized solution that is affordable, reliable, and resilient, albeit more complex to manage.

Those looking to realize the net zero economy by 2050 anticipate an enormous expansion of the role of these clean energy technologies, as well as electrification.

But realizing those possibilities faces numerous challenges, including defiant incumbents, political opposition, local community opposition, a higher cost of capital in those countries that need it most, and more recently BANANA (build absolutely nothing anywhere near anyone) mindsets.

The negotiations of the UN’s annual Conference of Parties (COP) are grounded in the history of technocratic and bureaucratic analysis and diplomacy.

While the COP negotiations garner the attention of high-level diplomats and bureaucrats, there is a growing desire and need for solutions that address fundamental human needs.

We all desire heating & cooling, clean cooking, potable and sufficient water, electronic and in person connectivity, and the provision of sustainable food and other goods.

The importance of meeting these basic needs in the immediate term leads communities to make choices that discount the value of actions with future benefits.

Since many of the engineering challenges have been met or are now on a glidepath to be met, we need to shift from a technology-centered to a people-centered approach. We must focus on trust and empathy and make stakeholders the center of our solutions and not just an object of our analysis.

Engaging with and understanding the needs and wants of the communities is a necessary step. And we can establish with certainty that they care about staying healthy, educating their kids, having enough food and water, and having the means to improve their lives. But, can they afford to care about the environmental impact of their energy supply? What benefits of clean technologies do they care about?

Much like locations and countries compete for manufacturers to build new factories with tax incentives and other inducements, paradigms need to shift to welcome and embrace clean energy as the preferred pathways, while simultaneous embracing just procedures and outcomes, energy security and affordability.

Doing so might require a break from conventional methods for organizing local and regional processes so that all stakeholders, including residents and consumers, can access a set of benefits such as ownership, job creation, low-cost power, and clean water.

Examples of these outcomes are playing out around the world, including South Africa, where communities are offered ownership interest and jobs in clean power and water. In India, distributed renewable energy to support income-generating activities in rural areas is a potential market of more than $50 billion usd. In England, communities compete for local, clean energy generation because they are offered low-cost power. Why are these approaches not used ubiquitously?

Other, more progressive possible examples: bans on the use of Internal Combustion Engine cars in specific locations (e.g. within a city), which have been implemented in 40+ locations around the world, with huge emissions reductions; and the emergence of Just Transitions platforms and social movements.

Why is trust such a critical component? What about empathy? Information is increasingly obtained through narrow channels which may or may not be backed by science nor reflect global best practices and state of knowledge.

Fact-based information has to be contextualized empathetically and conveyed through a trusted source—not advocates, reports or through additional leadership dialogues. The world needs a new cohort of trusted emotional insiders – not elite, intellectual outsiders.

Finally, we must realize that safe, secure, and affordable energy services are a critical enabler of life. They support agriculture, clean water, education, mobility, communications, the internet, and manufacturing and delivery of food, clothing, and the goods for our well-being.

Focusing the energy transition only on addressing climate change is no longer enough. People – as individuals, members of social networks and organizations and institutions—are not only the enablers of this transition, but they must be at the center of it.

The authors convened several times throughout 2023 to identify key barriers to implementing climate solutions with speed and scale as part of the 17 Rooms Initiative, which is co-organized and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and Brookings Institute.

 

Douglas Arent, U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA; Emily Beagle, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA; Leonardo Beltran, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA; Simone Borghesi, European University Institute, Florence, Italy; Bankole Cardoso, Factor[e] Ventures, Nigeria; Sanya Carley, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Ashvin Dayal, The Rockefeller Foundation, NY, NY, USA; Peter du Pont, Asia Clean Energy Partners; Joisa Dutra, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil; Arunabha Ghosh, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, India; Nicole Iseppi, Bezos Earth Fund, Washington DC, USA; Dan Kammen, University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Jennifer Layke, World Resources Institute, Washington DC, USA; Abraham Ngobeni, Innovation: Africa; Shonali Pachauri, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, Austria; Kelly Twomey Sanders, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Benjamin Sovacool, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA; Anna Shpitsberg, United States Department of State, Washington DC, USA; Christie Ulman, Sequoia Climate Foundation, San Diego, CA, USA; Michael Webber