[ad_1] SOULAC-SUR-MER: French authorities on Friday started demolishing a seaside block of flats that has come to symbolise the country’s battle against climate change-linked coastal erosion. When the four-storey building was built behind the beach in the southwestern Gironde region in 1967, it stood 200 metres (220 yards) away from the shoreline. But its 75 … Read more
[ad_1] SAO PAULO: German development minister Svenja Schulze announced Monday that her government will make 204 million euros ($222 million) available for environmental policies in Brazil.Of this total, $38 million is a donation to the Amazon Fund, Schulze told reporters in capital Brasilia. It is the most important international cooperation effort to preserve the Amazon … Read more
[ad_1] WELLINGTON: Authorities said Saturday that three people had died and at least one was missing after record levels of rainfall pounded New Zealand’s largest city, causing widespread disruption.Prime Minister Chris Hipkins flew to Auckland on a military plane after a state of emergency was declared in the region.“Our priority is to ensure that Aucklanders … Read more
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday increased the budgetary allocation for the Union Environment Ministry from the last fiscal by 5.6 per cent but shrunk the allocation to control pollution by Rs 10 crore.The government, however, increased the Budget for National Mission for Green India from Rs 290 crore in the last financial year … Read more