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Like many others, including Spain, wastewater is another option Tunisia is considering. While foul-smelling partially purified water is often used by farmers, a new plant which opened last May in Siliana in the northwest of the country can filter out 95 per cent of impurities.<\/p>\n<p>As the country faces the possibility that worse is to come in the future, it is turning to these alternative water sources in an effort to mitigate against the impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1709566736,"updatedAt":1709636484,"publishedAt":1709568009,"firstPublishedAt":1709567423,"lastPublishedAt":1709636484,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Hassene Dridi","altText":"Tunisians are on the frontlines of a battle against an increasingly severe drought.","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"Tunisians are on the frontlines of a battle against an increasingly severe 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Water restrictions, increased prices and imprisonment: How is Tunisia battling 5 years of drought?","path":"\/green\/2024\/03\/04\/water-restrictions-increased-prices-and-imprisonment-how-is-tunisia-battling-5-years-of-dr","lastModified":1709636484},{"id":2490470,"cid":8278002,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240301_NWSU_54941367","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Zambia declares national emergency as drought devastates food and electricity supply","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Zambia declares national emergency amid \u2018devastating\u2019 drought","titleListing2":"Fresh from a deadly cholera outbreak, Zambia declares drought a national emergency","leadin":"Fresh from a deadly cholera outbreak, 84 of the country\u2019s 116 districts are affected by the prolonged drought.","summary":"Fresh from a deadly cholera outbreak, 84 of the country\u2019s 116 districts are affected by the prolonged drought.","keySentence":"","url":"zambia-declares-national-emergency-as-drought-devastates-food-and-electricity-supply","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/03\/01\/zambia-declares-national-emergency-as-drought-devastates-food-and-electricity-supply","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema declared the country\u2019s debilitating drought a national disaster and emergency on Thursday.\u00a0 \n\nHe said it has devastated food production and electricity generation as the nation battles to recover from a recent deadly cholera outbreak. \n\nLike some of its neighbours, the southern African country is suffering a severe drought as the El Nino weather pattern worsens harsh weather conditions attributed in part to climate change. \n\nIn an address to the nation, Hichilema said he has instructed security forces to focus more on food production in the largely peaceful country. \n\nHe added that 84 of the 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Authorities will take food from areas where there is an excess and distribute it to needy areas.\u00a0 \n\nIn addition, the country plans more food imports and is mobilising United Nations agencies and local businesses to assist. \n\nDrought brings food and electricity shortages\u00a0 \n\nThe drought has destroyed about 1 million hectares of the 2.2 million hectares planted with the staple maize crop, he said. \n\n\u201cThis drought has devastating consequences on many sectors such as agriculture, water availability and energy supply, risking our national food security and the livelihoods of millions of our people,\" Hichilema explained.\u00a0 \n\n\"The dry spell is projected to continue even into the month of March, affecting over one million of our farming households.\u201d\u00a0 \n\nElectricity generation hasn't been spared either, with the country expecting a power deficit of about 430 megawatts \u201cpotentially reaching 520 megawatts by December,\u201d according to the Zambian President, as water levels decline at the country\u2019s major source of hydropower , the Kariba Dam, which it shares with neighbour, Zimbabwe. \n\nTo cope, the country will import electricity and also ration supplies to its approximately 20 million people, he said. \n\nZambia was recently hit by one of its worst cholera outbreaks that killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000. \n\nSome Zambians, weary of continued crises, have coined songs labelling the outbreaks of coronavirus and cholera as well as the current drought as a \u201ctriple tragedy,\u201d said Hichilema. \n\nThe driest February in 40 years \n\nAlthough many countries in southern Africa are yet to declare a national disaster, they are also in a dire situation because of the influence of El Nino weather patterns , according to the UN agency, the World Food Program. \n\nParts of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana are experiencing the driest February in the past 40 years, while severe rainfall shortages have been recorded in southern Malawi, eastern Angola and parts of Mozambique, said the WFP in a bulletin this week. \n\nThe United States Agency for International Development, the US government\u2019s foreign aid agency, has estimated through its Famine Early Warning Systems Network that 20 million people in southern Africa will need food relief between January and March. \n\nMany people in the areas of highest concern such as Zimbabwe, southern Malawi, parts of Mozambique and southern Madagascar will be unable to feed themselves into early 2025 due to El Nino, USAID said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema declared the country\u2019s debilitating drought a national disaster and emergency on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said it has devastated food production and electricity generation as the nation battles to recover from a recent deadly cholera outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Like some of its neighbours, the southern African country is suffering a severe drought as the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//18//flooded-cities-price-hikes-and-record-temperatures-what-does-el-nino-have-in-store-for-202/">El Nino weather pattern<\/strong><\/a> worsens harsh weather conditions attributed in part to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>In an address to the nation, Hichilema said he has instructed security forces to focus more on food production in the largely peaceful country.<\/p>\n<p>He added that 84 of the country\u2019s 116 districts are affected by the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//21//regular-droughts-could-become-the-mediterreneans-new-normal-due-to-climate-change/">prolonged drought<\/strong><\/a>. Authorities will take food from areas where there is an excess and distribute it to needy areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8277216,8221428\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//01//state-of-emergency-declared-in-sicily-due-to-drought/">Sicily declares state of emergency amid worst drought in almost 20 years <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//21//an-exceptional-solution-catalonia-is-bringing-in-water-by-boat-to-top-up-dwindling-supplie/">Climate shelters and shipping in water: Barcelona looks for 'exceptional solutions' to drought <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In addition, the country plans more food imports and is mobilising United Nations agencies and local businesses to assist.<\/p>\n<h2>Drought brings food and electricity shortages<\/h2><p>The drought has destroyed about 1 million hectares of the 2.2 million hectares planted with the staple maize crop, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis drought has devastating consequences on many sectors such as agriculture, water availability and energy supply, risking our national food security and the livelihoods of millions of our people,\" Hichilema explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The dry spell is projected to continue even into the month of March, affecting over one million of our farming households.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Electricity generation hasn&#039;t been spared either, with the country expecting a power deficit of about 430 megawatts \u201cpotentially reaching 520 megawatts by December,\u201d according to the Zambian President, as water levels decline at the country\u2019s major source of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//27//a-giant-water-battery-inside-a-mountain-will-help-scotland-hit-net-zero/">hydropower, the Kariba Dam, which it shares with neighbour, Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>To cope, the country will import electricity and also ration supplies to its approximately 20 million people, he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//11//02//rich-countries-need-to-step-up-funding-for-adaptation-as-climate-risks-grow-warns-un-repor/">Zambia was recently hit by one of its worst cholera outbreaks that killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000.<\/p>\n<p>Some Zambians, weary of continued crises, have coined songs labelling the outbreaks of coronavirus and cholera as well as the current drought as a \u201ctriple tragedy,\u201d said Hichilema.<\/p>\n<h2>The driest February in 40 years<\/h2><p>Although many countries in southern Africa are yet to declare a national disaster, they are also in a dire situation <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//06//el-nino-failed-crops-and-more-extreme-weather-the-uns-predictions-and-recommendations-for-/">because of the influence of El Nino weather patterns<\/strong><\/a>, according to the UN agency, the World Food Program.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8253342,8275766\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//29//barcelona-gets-tough-on-water-rules-24000-residents-told-to-use-less-water-amid-drought-em/">Barcelona gets tough on water rules: 24,000 residents told to use less water amid drought emergency<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//21//regular-droughts-could-become-the-mediterreneans-new-normal-due-to-climate-change/">Regular droughts could become the Mediterrenean's \u2018new normal\u2019 due to climate change<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Parts of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana are experiencing the driest February in the past 40 years, while severe rainfall shortages have been recorded in southern Malawi, eastern Angola and parts of Mozambique, said the WFP in a bulletin this week.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Agency for International Development, the US government\u2019s foreign aid agency, has estimated through its Famine Early Warning Systems Network that 20 million people in southern Africa will need food relief between January and March.<\/p>\n<p>Many people in the areas of highest concern such as Zimbabwe, southern Malawi, parts of Mozambique and southern Madagascar will be unable to feed themselves into early 2025 due to El Nino, USAID said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1709287517,"updatedAt":1709312431,"publishedAt":1709312426,"firstPublishedAt":1709308718,"lastPublishedAt":1709312431,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File","altText":"Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema declared the country\u2019s debilitating drought a national disaster and emergency.","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema declared the country\u2019s debilitating drought a national disaster and 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Ivory Coast, the Netherlands and Brussels to follow the cocoa supply chain and learn how sustainable and exploration-free chocolate is better for the planet and the livelihoods of producers.","keySentence":"","url":"deforestation-free-supply-chains-the-ivory-coasts-path-to-sustainable-cocoa","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/02\/27\/deforestation-free-supply-chains-the-ivory-coasts-path-to-sustainable-cocoa","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"People in Switzerland consume the most chocolate per capita than anywhere else on Earth. According to the German data platform Statistica, the average person in the Alpine nation consumed 11.8 kg of chocolate or products made from cocoa in 2022.\u00a0 \n\nThe European chocolate market is expanding with a projected annual growth rate of 4.95 per cent from 2022-2027. While chocolate sales are on the rise, there are growing concerns about the ethicality of chocolate supply chains in Brussels;\u00a0cocoa production has long been linked to child labour, exploitation and deforestation.\u00a0 \n\nThe Ivory Coast , the world's leading cocoa producer, has reportedly lost more than 90 per cent of its dense forests since 1950, the clearing of trees to make way for cacao plantations is a key factor. \n\nThe European Union imports 50 per cent of the Ivory Coast's cocoa yields but from 2025, the sale of any product derived from deforestation will be banned in the EU as part of the EUDR \u2013 the European Union\u2019s Regulation on deforestation-free products . \n\nA tenth of the Ivory Coast's GDP comes from its cacao plantations. The West African country is working with the EU to ensure: \n\ncocoa can be traced back to the producer \nenvironmentally-friendly farming practices are used\u00a0 \ngrowers receive a fair wage \n\nThe lush Mabi-Yaya Forest was recently declared a protected area however, paramilitaries tasked with protecting the\u00a0reserve have found evidence of illegal cacao plantations across the 294 km2 site. \n\n\"Here are the cacao plants. What happens is they set fire to the big trees. And once these trees die, the cacao immediately has access to light and produces. Some forests have disappeared because of the extensive cultivation of cocoa,\"\u00a0Colonel Alain Toulo, from the Ivorian Office of Parks and Reserves (OIPR), told Euronews. \n\nOne of the EU's objectives is to ensure that the cocoa planted in the Ivory Coast's protected areas never reaches Europe.\u00a0Cooperatives like Cayat , pioneers in cocoa traceability, are trying to ensure that that doesn't happen. Cayat's products are tagged before they are shipped so they can be traced back to the grower. \n\n\"If you scan this bag, it will tell you which producer it comes from... It's fully traceable, we know where it's been produced,\" Robert Yao Nguettia, the General Secretary for Cayat told Euronews. \n\nCayat sells its cocoa at a higher price. All 3,300 of its members are committed to improving the welfare of growers and tackling deforestation. Farmers who sell their produce to these companies are not only guaranteed a better wage but also receive an environmental premium when they take on more sustainable cultivation practices; more sustainable methods generate higher yields.\u00a0 \n\n\"Previously, growers thought that they could earn money by farming extensively. But in reality, they couldn't even maintain what was left behind. To combat deforestation, we need to get people to produce a lot from a small area,\" added Nguettia. \n\nA national traceability system \n\nThe Ivory Coast is developing a national traceability system which will geolocate every cocoa plantation and from there, estimate output and digitalise payments. \"Anyone who doesn't hold a card will not be able to sell their cocoa,\" explained\u00a0Yves Brahima Kon\u00e9, the Managing Director of the Conseil Caf\u00e9 Cacao in Abidjan. \n\n\"If we make cacao traceable, the market has to accept it. By giving the cards to the farmers, we can pay a premium to the farmers in the Ivory Coast. This cocoa must be awarded and paid for as such,\" said\u00a0Kon\u00e9. \n\nThe Ivory Coast has also produced a land-use map to comply with the EU's new deforestation regulations to help exporters prove that their products do not come from deforested areas. \n\nChocolate - the ethical way \n\nBack in Europe, traders are also preparing for the new regulations. From 2025, companies that cannot prove they have deforestation-free supply chains will risk heavy fines. They could even see their products banned from the Common Market. \n\nThe Netherlands is the world's biggest importer of cocoa, so, it might come as no surprise that a Dutch confectionary company is leading the charge when it comes to producing sustainable and exploitation-free chocolate.\u00a0 \n\nTony's Chocolonely pays 50 per cent more for its cocoa than the market price and is one of Cayat's members. \n\n\"We really welcome the EUDR regulation because it's raising the expectations of the industry. Once you know who your farmers are and where they are located, you can start working with cooperatives and farming families to find solutions,\" said Katie Sims, Partnership Manager (co-op strategy lead), at Tony's Chocolonely.\u00a0 \n\nWhy Europeans should be concerned about deforestation \n\nVirginijus Sinkevi\u010dius, the European Commissioner for the Environment, is one of the architects of the EUDR. He explained to Euronews why deforestation is such a problem: \"We are nearing the moment when carbon sinks are becoming carbon emitters. And I think that would be a huge disaster, which you can't reverse either with policy or technology\". \n\nCarbon sinks absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Deforestation is, therefore, making air pollution worse, it also contributes to soil erosion, the loss of biomass and harms biodiversity. \n\n\"I think it's important to look at it not as a challenge, but as an opportunity. The EU has put real action on the table. The implementation, which first of all requires geolocalisation data of the land plot, is quite simple to get these days. Secondly, that of course needs to be verifiable. But at the end of the day, that would ensure that the Europeans are not part of the issue, but part of the solution,\" said\u00a0Sinkevi\u010dius. \n\nFor Cyril's full report, click on the video in the media player above. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>People in Switzerland consume the most chocolate per capita than anywhere else on Earth. According to the German data platform Statistica, the average person in the Alpine nation consumed 11.8 kg of chocolate or products made from cocoa in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The European chocolate market is expanding with a projected annual growth rate of 4.95 per cent from 2022-2027. While chocolate sales are on the rise, there are growing concerns about the ethicality of chocolate supply chains in Brussels;\u00a0cocoa production has long been linked to child labour, exploitation and deforestation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//tag//ivory-coast/">Ivory Coast<\/strong><\/a>, the world&#039;s leading cocoa producer, has reportedly lost more than 90 per cent of its dense forests since 1950, the clearing of trees to make way for cacao plantations is a key factor.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union imports 50 per cent of the Ivory Coast&#039;s cocoa yields but from 2025, the sale of any product derived from deforestation will be banned in the EU as part of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////environment.ec.europa.eu//topics//forests//deforestation//regulation-deforestation-free-products_en/">EUDR \u2013 the European Union\u2019s Regulation on deforestation-free products<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/infogram.com\/road-to-green-deforestation-1h1749wlrme5q2z?live\" class=\"widget widget--type-infogram widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <div class=\"infogram-embed\" data-id=\"ade13c19-ec72-4294-8f01-175ec45eed7c\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Road to Green - Deforestation\"><\/div><script>!function(e,n,i,s){var d=\"InfogramEmbeds\";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,\"script\",\"infogram-async\",\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed-loader-min.js\");<\/script> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>A tenth of the Ivory Coast&#039;s GDP comes from its cacao plantations. The West African country is working with the EU to ensure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>cocoa can be traced back to the producer<\/li>\n<li>environmentally-friendly farming practices are used\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>growers receive a fair wage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">We can&apos;t stand by helplessly and watch this forest disappear!<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Colonel Alain Toulo\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Ivorian Office of Parks and Reserves (OIPR)\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The lush <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.oipr.ci//index.php//parcs-reserves//reserves-naturelles//reserve-naturelle-mabi-aya/">Mabi-Yaya Forest<\/strong><\/a> was recently declared a protected area however, paramilitaries tasked with protecting the\u00a0reserve have found evidence of illegal cacao plantations across the 294 km2 site.<\/p>\n<p>\"Here are the cacao plants. What happens is they set fire to the big trees. And once these trees die, the cacao immediately has access to light and produces. Some forests have disappeared because of the extensive cultivation of cocoa,\"\u00a0Colonel Alain Toulo, from the Ivorian Office of Parks and Reserves (OIPR), told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>One of the EU&#039;s objectives is to ensure that the cocoa planted in the Ivory Coast&#039;s protected areas never reaches Europe.\u00a0Cooperatives like <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////cayat-ci.com//about.php/">Cayat, pioneers in cocoa traceability, are trying to ensure that that doesn&#039;t happen. Cayat&#039;s products are tagged before they are shipped so they can be traced back to the grower.<\/p>\n<p>\"If you scan this bag, it will tell you which producer it comes from... It&#039;s fully traceable, we know where it&#039;s been produced,\" Robert Yao Nguettia, the General Secretary for Cayat told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>Cayat sells its cocoa at a higher price. All 3,300 of its members are committed to improving the welfare of growers and tackling deforestation. Farmers who sell their produce to these companies are not only guaranteed a better wage but also receive an environmental premium when they take on more sustainable cultivation practices; more sustainable methods generate higher yields.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Previously, growers thought that they could earn money by farming extensively. But in reality, they couldn&#039;t even maintain what was left behind. To combat deforestation, we need to get people to produce a lot from a small area,\" added Nguettia.<\/p>\n<h3>A national traceability system<\/h3><p>The Ivory Coast is developing a national traceability system which will geolocate every cocoa plantation and from there, estimate output and digitalise payments. \"Anyone who doesn&#039;t hold a card will not be able to sell their cocoa,\" explained\u00a0Yves Brahima Kon\u00e9, the Managing Director of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cocoainitiative.org//fr//about-us//our-members-and-partners//conseil-du-cafe-cacao-cote-divoire/">Conseil Caf\u00e9 Cacao<\/strong><\/a> in Abidjan.<\/p>\n<p>\"If we make cacao traceable, the market has to accept it. By giving the cards to the farmers, we can pay a premium to the farmers in the Ivory Coast. This cocoa must be awarded and paid for as such,\" said\u00a0Kon\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>The Ivory Coast has also produced a land-use map to comply with the EU&#039;s new deforestation regulations to help exporters prove that their products do not come from deforested areas.<\/p>\n<h3>Chocolate - the ethical way<\/h3><p>Back in Europe, traders are also preparing for the new regulations. From 2025, companies that cannot prove they have deforestation-free supply chains will risk heavy fines. They could even see their products banned from the Common Market.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands is the world&#039;s biggest importer of cocoa, so, it might come as no surprise that a Dutch confectionary company is leading the charge when it comes to producing sustainable and exploitation-free chocolate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tonyschocolonely.com//fr//fr/">Tony&#039;s Chocolonely<\/strong><\/a> pays 50 per cent more for its cocoa than the market price and is one of Cayat&#039;s members.<\/p>\n<p>\"We really welcome the EUDR regulation because it&#039;s raising the expectations of the industry. Once you know who your farmers are and where they are located, you can start working with cooperatives and farming families to find solutions,\" said Katie Sims, Partnership Manager (co-op strategy lead), at Tony&#039;s Chocolonely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">This is a call to all companies in the industry to pay a higher price. 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And I think that would be a huge disaster, which you can&#039;t reverse either with policy or technology\".<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//31//first-lung-this-rainforest-could-be-the-worlds-most-important-carbon-sink/">Carbon sinks<\/strong><\/a> absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Deforestation is, therefore, making air pollution worse, it also contributes to soil erosion, the loss of biomass and harms biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think it&#039;s important to look at it not as a challenge, but as an opportunity. The EU has put real action on the table. The implementation, which first of all requires geolocalisation data of the land plot, is quite simple to get these days. Secondly, that of course needs to be verifiable. 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The Ivorian cooperative Cayat told Euronews how it developed a system that ensures the sustainability of its cocoa and higher wages for growers. \n\n\"The standards apply to everyone, so we don't take producers who have deforested or who are in protected areas. With climate change here in Africa, the temperatures are high, there's no rain.\u00a0 \n\n\"We had anticipated this, even before these rules arrived [EUDR], we were already putting in shade tree nurseries,\" said Robert Yao Nguettia, the General Secretary of Cayat. \n\nAke Rosin, the General Secretary of the Women's Association at the Cayat Cooperative also explained to Euronews how shade trees can help cacao plants grow. \"W e've seen that in recent years we've had too much sun and the cocoa trees can't produce any more. \n\n\"We've proved that planting trees supports them, and what's more, the leaves from the trees that fall to the ground improve the soil, acting like fertiliser. We're also planting fruit trees, which give them other sources of income\". \n\nPlantation inspections are a vital part of Cayat's work and ensure that producers have the tools needed to produce greater yields from smaller spaces, more sustainably.\u00a0 \n\n\"We've managed to put in place measures to protect the environment, but it's not easy for all the cooperatives in the Ivory Coast So, if we want to keep the few producers who still want to continue cocoa farming, we're going to have to buy cocoa at a truly lucrative price,\" Awa Bamba, the Managing Director of Cayat, told Euronews. \n\n\"Each of us has a responsibility. We need to define the responsibilities of the chocolate maker, the exporter and finally the producer. Everyone needs to be clear about what they have to do. It's all very well to save the planet, but we also have to save the people who live here,\" she concluded.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The European Union&#039;s new <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////environment.ec.europa.eu//topics//forests//deforestation//regulation-deforestation-free-products_en/">deforestation regulation<\/strong><\/a> (EUDR) will come into force at the end of the year. The Ivorian cooperative <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////cayat-ci.com//en//about.php/">Cayat told Euronews how it developed a system that ensures the sustainability of its cocoa and higher wages for growers.<\/p>\n<p>\"The standards apply to everyone, so we don&#039;t take producers who have deforested or who are in protected areas. 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We conclude with a relaxing drink in Ain Daib, an affluent area known for its fashionable bars and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, this dynamic and immersive experience in the heart of Morocco with Immy, paints a vivid picture of a city where golf, culture, and history perfectly combine.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1707830062,"updatedAt":1709115194,"publishedAt":1709044243,"firstPublishedAt":1708704929,"lastPublishedAt":1709115194,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"euronews","altText":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":null,"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/23\/74\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7465b3c3-6d8c-54f5-9ec1-a48eea9bf540-8237404.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"casablanca","titleRaw":"Casablanca","id":1781,"title":"Casablanca","slug":"casablanca"},{"urlSafeValue":"golf","titleRaw":"Golf","id":8509,"title":"Golf","slug":"golf"},{"urlSafeValue":"travel","titleRaw":"Travel","id":12639,"title":"Travel","slug":"travel"},{"urlSafeValue":"morocco","titleRaw":"Morocco","id":201,"title":"Morocco","slug":"morocco"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2485804}],"technicalTags":[{"path":"sponsor.onmt2023"},{"path":"sponsor"}],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"jwQbqnO9BVQ"},"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":300000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":38329868,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/24\/02\/21\/en\/240221_NWSU_54865552_54865577_300000_174547_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":300000,"editor":"","filesizeBytes":59141132,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/24\/02\/21\/en\/240221_NWSU_54865552_54865577_300000_174547_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"golf-travel-tales","urlSafeValue":"golf-travel-tales","title":"Golf Travel Tales","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-series\/golf-travel-tales"},"vertical":"travel","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"travel","id":7,"title":"Travel","slug":"travel"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"travel-series","id":"travel-series","title":"Series","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-series"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":32,"urlSafeValue":"travel-series","title":"Series"},"advertising":1,"advertisingData":{"startDate":1698852839,"endDate":2114350442,"type":"sponsored","slug":"morocco-2023","title":"Morocco 2023","disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":"Visit Morocco","sponsorName":"morocco-2023","sponsorUrl":"https:\/\/www.visitmorocco.com\/","sponsorLogo":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/campaigns\/738\/300x169_cmsv2_bdd8b289-0bcc-5ac4-9d57-1923250544f7-738.jpg","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":201,"urlSafeValue":"morocco","title":"Morocco","url":"\/news\/africa\/morocco"},"town":{"id":1781,"urlSafeValue":"casablanca","title":"Casablanca"},"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','gs_science','gs_sport_golf','gs_sport','gs_science_geography','gs_busfin'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"OZ-02-GTT CASABLANCA - MASTER","path":"\/travel\/2024\/02\/27\/casablanca-greens-a-golfing-paradise-with-a-cultural-edge","lastModified":1709115194},{"id":2488126,"cid":8270218,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240227_NWWB_54912089","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"A Trump win would see Africa (and the world) spiral into climate hell","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"A Trump win would see Africa (and the world) spiral into climate hell","titleListing2":"Opinion | Trump's election victory would see a return to policies that led to a whopping 110 million Africans facing humanitarian and environmental crises today. But what happens in Africa will not stay in Africa, Nathaniel Mong\u2019are writes.","leadin":"Trump's election victory would see a return to policies that led to a whopping 110 million Africans facing humanitarian and environmental crises today. But what happens in Africa will not stay in Africa, Nathaniel Mong\u2019are writes.","summary":"Trump's election victory would see a return to policies that led to a whopping 110 million Africans facing humanitarian and environmental crises today. But what happens in Africa will not stay in Africa, Nathaniel Mong\u2019are writes.","keySentence":"","url":"a-trump-win-would-see-africa-and-the-world-spiral-into-climate-hell","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/02\/27\/a-trump-win-would-see-africa-and-the-world-spiral-into-climate-hell","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"African policymakers are bracing themselves for the return of Donald Trump. Having swept the Republican primaries, polls consistently put the former US leader neck-and-neck with incumbent Joe Biden in a presidential rematch.\u00a0 \n\nYet, a Trump victory could end up guaranteeing climate disaster for Africa and the world, and Europe must take note. \n\nOf course, at the forefront of most African leaders\u2019 minds is Trump\u2019s undisguised racism, embodied in his expletive-filled rant\u00a0denigrating African nations back in 2018. \n\nHe had also gutted practically all climate funding for dedicated USAID programmes in Africa\u00a0\u2014 programmes initiated under Barack Obama that were crucial to promoting climate resilience by arming African governments with tech, funds and support to fight climate change. \n\nThe programme\u2019s departure\u00a0\u2014 although it has shown signs of a recent revival under Biden\u00a0\u2014 marked years lost and contributed directly to the deepening humanitarian and environmental crisis that today impacts more than 110 million Africans. \n\nBut what happens in Africa will not stay in Africa. Climate change will intensify, not weaken, migration.\u00a0 \n\nFor US patriots who want to see secure borders, they would do well to recognise that the only way to do so is to support African nations in dealing with climate change. \n\nClimate failure will make the exploitation of grievances worse \n\nThat\u2019s why Europeans should equally recognise that Trump\u2019s comeback is a warning signal.\u00a0 \n\nHe represents a new and dangerous trans-Atlantic far-right movement exploiting mounting grievances due to economic challenges which are, ultimately, linked to our chronic dependence on fossil fuels\u00a0\u2014 which has locked us into an inflationary economic crisis. \n\nTrumpist tactics are designed to deflect public attention from this reality, but they are being used across the EU by far-right parties ranging from Germany\u2019s AfD to Geert Wilders Freedom Party in the Netherlands. This requires a concerted fightback, not confused appeasement. \n\nBoth US and European progressive parties need to help voters realise that climate failure will set their futures ablaze. According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, business-as-usual will create as many as 1.2 billion climate refugees by 2050. \n\nIf Americans and Europeans are worried about migrants now, climate change will make this an insoluble challenge. That\u2019s why the EU must not make the same mistakes as President Biden on climate action. \n\nWashington is not taking things seriously anyway \n\nUnder Biden, we\u2019ve seen a record-breaking explosion in approvals for more oil and gas drilling permits \u2014 even more than Trump\u00a0\u2014 coinciding with a new, mammoth ad campaign promoting the expanded use of fossil fuels launched by the American Petroleum Institute. \n\nThis approach has come at odds with US statements during last year\u2019s UN COP28 climate summit in the UAE.\u00a0 \n\nThe US publicly flirted with the idea of a phase-out of fossil fuels and signed up to the historic \"UAE Consensus\" agreement to transition away from fossil fuels and triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. \n\nThe US was also asleep at the wheel when COP28 broke new ground in operationalising a long overdue Loss and Damage Fund for rapid, disaster-relief support to the global South\u00a0\u2014 the US pledged just $17.5 million (\u20ac16.1m), paling embarrassingly in comparison to other contributions from Norway ($25m), Denmark ($50m) and the UAE ($100m).\u00a0 \n\nAnd of course, Biden himself was conspicuously absent from COP28. \n\nThe EU is in danger of following the same road, however, planning \u20ac205 billion in new gas investments, while still offering paltry support for climate investments in the Global South.\u00a0 \n\nWe either mobilise trillions or face the same fate \n\nAt the International Energy Agency (IEA) ministerial meeting in Paris earlier in February, US and EU policymakers said little about the trillions needed to support clean energy in Africa and elsewhere. \n\nIt was only a week later during his first address at the IEA\u2019s Paris headquarters after COP28 that the climate summit\u2019s President Dr Sultan Al Jaber addressed this elephant in the room.\u00a0 \n\nUrging governments and industries to take \u201cunprecedented action\u201d to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels, he pointed to COP28\u2019s launch of Alt\u00e9rra, the world\u2019s largest private investment vehicle for climate action, as a model to be \u201creplicated many times over \u2026 The world must raise the bar to address the challenges we face\u00a0\u2014 mobilising trillions rather than billions\u201d. \n\nHe also asked industries to \u201cdecarbonise at scale\u201d while also calling on governments to invest heavily in expanding national grids so they can absorb new renewable projects at pace. \n\nThis is exactly the entrepreneurial mindset that European policymakers must adopt today. And it must prioritise unlocking trillions of climate finance for the Global South. \n\nA failure to do so would not only throw Africa into the flames of climate disaster but create the foundations for an unprecedented global migrant crisis that could be a gift to the far-right.\u00a0 \n\nWhatever fate we face in Africa will rapidly arrive on the shores of the US and Europe. \n\nBut the reality is that Africans want to prosper in Africa. So it\u2019s time for Western, and European leaders in particular, to create a new unifying vision for a shared future of clean prosperity \u2014 or reckon with the demise of the EU experiment. \n\nNathaniel Mong\u2019are is Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya. He also helped organise the first-ever Africa Climate Week in Kenya in 2023. \n\nAt Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>African policymakers are bracing themselves for the return of Donald Trump. Having swept the Republican primaries, polls consistently put the former US leader neck-and-neck with incumbent Joe Biden in a presidential rematch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet, a Trump victory could end up guaranteeing climate disaster for Africa and the world, and Europe must take note.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, at the forefront of most African leaders\u2019 minds is Trump\u2019s undisguised racism, embodied in his expletive-filled rant\u00a0denigrating African nations back in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He had also gutted practically all climate funding for dedicated USAID programmes in Africa\u00a0\u2014 programmes initiated under Barack Obama that were crucial to promoting climate resilience by arming African governments with tech, funds and support to fight climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The programme\u2019s departure\u00a0\u2014 although it has shown signs of a recent revival under Biden\u00a0\u2014 marked years lost and contributed directly to the deepening humanitarian and environmental crisis that today impacts more than 110 million Africans.<\/p>\n<p>But what happens in Africa will not stay in Africa. Climate change will intensify, not weaken, migration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For US patriots who want to see secure borders, they would do well to recognise that the only way to do so is to support African nations in dealing with climate change.<\/p>\n<h2>Climate failure will make the exploitation of grievances worse<\/h2><p>That\u2019s why Europeans should equally recognise that Trump\u2019s comeback is a warning signal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He represents a new and dangerous trans-Atlantic far-right movement exploiting mounting grievances due to economic challenges which are, ultimately, linked to our chronic dependence on fossil fuels\u00a0\u2014 which has locked us into an inflationary economic crisis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">If Americans and Europeans are worried about migrants now, climate change will make this an insoluble challenge. 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This requires a concerted fightback, not confused appeasement.<\/p>\n<p>Both US and European progressive parties need to help voters realise that climate failure will set their futures ablaze. According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, business-as-usual will create as many as 1.2 billion climate refugees by 2050.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8219924,8177042\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//02//05//heading-into-the-presidential-election-america-is-angry-and-worried/">Heading into the presidential election, America is angry and worried<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//01//17//should-the-eu-fear-a-trump-return-to-the-white-house/">Should the EU fear a Trump return to the White House?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If Americans and Europeans are worried about migrants now, climate change will make this an insoluble challenge. That\u2019s why the EU must not make the same mistakes as President Biden on climate action.<\/p>\n<h2>Washington is not taking things seriously anyway<\/h2><p>Under Biden, we\u2019ve seen a record-breaking explosion in approvals for more oil and gas drilling permits \u2014 even more than Trump\u00a0\u2014 coinciding with a new, mammoth ad campaign promoting the expanded use of fossil fuels launched by the American Petroleum Institute.<\/p>\n<p>This approach has come at odds with US statements during last year\u2019s UN COP28 climate summit in the UAE.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Whatever fate we face in Africa will rapidly arrive on the shores of the US and Europe ... So it\u2019s time for European leaders to create a new unifying vision for a shared future of clean prosperity \u2014 or reckon with the demise of the EU experiment.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//27//02//18//808x539_cmsv2_3ec52f80-14dd-508d-b06f-7372f0b0a72f-8270218.jpg/" alt=\"Workers move water jugs as the COP28 U.N. 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Climate Summit comes to an end in Dubai, December 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Rafiq Maqbool<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The US publicly flirted with the idea of a phase-out of fossil fuels and signed up to the historic \"UAE Consensus\" agreement to transition away from fossil fuels and triple renewable energy capacity by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The US was also asleep at the wheel when COP28 broke new ground in operationalising a long overdue Loss and Damage Fund for rapid, disaster-relief support to the global South\u00a0\u2014 the US pledged just $17.5 million (\u20ac16.1m), paling embarrassingly in comparison to other contributions from Norway ($25m), Denmark ($50m) and the UAE ($100m).\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7925614,8036182\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//11//13//eu-promises-substantial-financial-contribution-to-climate-damage-fund-at-cop28/">COP28: EU pledges 'substantial' financial contribution to climate damage fund<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//09//27//this-is-a-rallying-call-it-is-time-to-help-the-global-south-deal-with-loss-and-damage/">This is a rallying call: It is time to help the Global South deal with loss and damage<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>And of course, Biden himself was conspicuously absent from COP28.<\/p>\n<p>The EU is in danger of following the same road, however, planning \u20ac205 billion in new gas investments, while still offering paltry support for climate investments in the Global South.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>We either mobilise trillions or face the same fate<\/h2><p>At the International Energy Agency (IEA) ministerial meeting in Paris earlier in February, US and EU policymakers said little about the trillions needed to support clean energy in Africa and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>It was only a week later during his first address at the IEA\u2019s Paris headquarters after COP28 that the climate summit\u2019s President Dr Sultan Al Jaber addressed this elephant in the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Urging governments and industries to take \u201cunprecedented action\u201d to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels, he pointed to COP28\u2019s launch of Alt\u00e9rra, the world\u2019s largest private investment vehicle for climate action, as a model to be \u201creplicated many times over \u2026 The world must raise the bar to address the challenges we face\u00a0\u2014 mobilising trillions rather than billions\u201d.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8151482,8100668\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//05//will-we-keep-thinking-of-africa-even-after-cop28/">Will we keep thinking of Africa even after COP28?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//12//11//america-is-failing-africa-by-not-taking-cop28-seriously/">America is failing Africa by not taking COP28 seriously<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He also asked industries to \u201cdecarbonise at scale\u201d while also calling on governments to invest heavily in expanding national grids so they can absorb new renewable projects at pace.<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly the entrepreneurial mindset that European policymakers must adopt today. And it must prioritise unlocking trillions of climate finance for the Global South.<\/p>\n<p>A failure to do so would not only throw Africa into the flames of climate disaster but create the foundations for an unprecedented global migrant crisis that could be a gift to the far-right.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whatever fate we face in Africa will rapidly arrive on the shores of the US and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>But the reality is that Africans want to prosper in Africa. So it\u2019s time for Western, and European leaders in particular, to create a new unifying vision for a shared future of clean prosperity \u2014 or reckon with the demise of the EU experiment.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nathaniel Mong\u2019are is Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya. He also helped organise the first-ever Africa Climate Week in Kenya in 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At Euronews, we believe all views matter. 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Nigeria SCENES S4E9 - MASTER WEB","path":"\/culture\/2024\/02\/26\/watch-the-eco-entrepreneur-sparking-the-electric-vehicle-revolution-in-nigeria","lastModified":1709191183},{"id":2487184,"cid":8267288,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240226_NWSU_54901465","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"What is the UN Environment Assembly and how is it tackling the triple planetary crisis?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Why the world parliament for the environment is meeting in Kenya","titleListing2":"What is the UN Environment Assembly and how is it tackling the triple planetary crisis?","leadin":"Every two years, all 193 UN Member States come together to address critical environmental issues facing the planet.","summary":"Every two years, all 193 UN Member States come together to address critical environmental issues facing the planet.","keySentence":"","url":"what-is-the-un-environment-assembly-and-how-is-it-tackling-the-triple-planetary-crisis","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/02\/26\/what-is-the-un-environment-assembly-and-how-is-it-tackling-the-triple-planetary-crisis","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The world\u2019s top environmental decision-making body is meeting in Kenya's capital on Monday to discuss how countries can work together to tackle environmental crises like climate change, pollution and loss of biodiversity. \n\nThe meeting in Nairobi is the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, and governments, civil society groups, scientists and the private sector are attending. \n\n\u201cNone of us live on an island. We live on planet Earth, and we are all connected,\u201d Inger Andersen, executive director of the UN Environment Programme, which is leading the process, told The Associated Press ahead of the talks.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cThe only way we can solve some of these problems is by talking together.\u201d \n\nWhat is the UNEA-6 and why does it matter? \n\nEvery two years, all 193 UN Member States come together to address critical environmental issues facing the planet collectively. It was set up as a sort of 'world parliament on the environment'.\u00a0 \n\nAt the meeting, member states discuss a raft of draft resolutions on a range of issues that the assembly adopts upon consensus. If a proposal is adopted, it sets the stage for countries to implement what\u2019s been agreed on. \n\nIn the last round of talks in 2022, also in Nairobi, governments adopted 14 resolutions, including creating a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution globally. Andersen described it then as the most significant environmental multilateral deal since the Paris Agreement to limit global warming. \n\nFor this year\u2019s talks, countries have submitted 20 draft resolutions for discussion, including on how best to restore degraded lands, combat dust storms and reduce the environmental impact of metal and mineral mining . \n\nBut with countries having different priorities, it\u2019s often hard to get consensus on the draft resolutions. However, Andersen said, there\u2019s generally \u201ca forward movement\u201d on all draft resolutions for this year's meeting, known as UNEA-6. \n\nWith this meeting's focus on multilateralism, UNEP wants to build on past agreements it led between governments, such as the Minamata Convention to put controls on mercury and the Montreal Protocol to heal the hole in the ozone layer, Andersen said. \n\nWhat are the EU's main priorities? \n\nThe EU is pushing for cooperation on the circular economy, water resilience and ocean protection at this meeting.\u00a0 \n\n\"At UNEA 6, we need to demonstrate the unity and leadership the world needs to address the triple planetary emergency,\" Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevi\u010dius said, speaking ahead of the assembly.\u00a0 \n\n\"Biodiversity loss is weakening our economies and undermining the well-being of billions of people. Pollution is now taking nine million lives every year.\u00a0 \n\n\"And for entire nations, the rising sea levels, droughts and floods are becoming an existential risk. We need a radical change in our relationship with the planet.\" \n\nIt has proposed three resolutions for adoption on promoting the transition to the circular economy, water security and water resilience and developing a global agenda for ocean protection.\u00a0 \n\nTackling highly hazardous pesticides \n\nBj\u00f6rn Beeler, international coordinator for the International Pollutants Elimination Network, thinks there'll be slow progress on more complex issues such as financing around chemicals and waste. \n\nBeeler also expects strong opposition on a draft resolution that wants to phase out the use of highly hazardous pesticides. The draft resolution, which was submitted by Ethiopia and is co-sponsored by Uruguay, aims to create a global alliance of UN bodies like UNEP, the World Health Organisation and the International Labor Organisation. \n\n\u201cIf this does go through, it would be very significant because it would be the first time ever to see global movement on highly hazardous pesticides,\u201d said Beeler, who is attending the talks. \n\nUNEP anticipates more than 70 government ministers and 3,000 delegates at the talks. \n\n\u201cWhat we should expect at UNEA-6 is decision makers looking into the horizon, being aware of what is it that\u2019s coming to us that could potentially damage our planet, and taking preemptive action to prevent this,\u201d said Andersen. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The world\u2019s top environmental decision-making body is meeting in Kenya&#039;s capital on Monday to discuss how countries can work together to tackle environmental crises like climate change, pollution and loss of biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting in Nairobi is the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, and governments, civil society groups, scientists and the private sector are attending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of us live on an island. We live on planet Earth, and we are all connected,\u201d Inger Andersen, executive director of the UN Environment Programme, which is leading the process, told The Associated Press ahead of the talks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way we can solve some of these problems is by talking together.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//26//65//40//808x539_cmsv2_cfbdf99c-c7e1-5f29-aed4-df7d5fe83c7d-8266540.jpg/" alt=\"Inger Andersen, executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme, speaks with The Associated Press in Nairobi, Kenya.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/65\/40\/384x256_cmsv2_cfbdf99c-c7e1-5f29-aed4-df7d5fe83c7d-8266540.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/65\/40\/640x427_cmsv2_cfbdf99c-c7e1-5f29-aed4-df7d5fe83c7d-8266540.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/65\/40\/750x500_cmsv2_cfbdf99c-c7e1-5f29-aed4-df7d5fe83c7d-8266540.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/65\/40\/828x552_cmsv2_cfbdf99c-c7e1-5f29-aed4-df7d5fe83c7d-8266540.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/65\/40\/1080x720_cmsv2_cfbdf99c-c7e1-5f29-aed4-df7d5fe83c7d-8266540.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/65\/40\/1200x800_cmsv2_cfbdf99c-c7e1-5f29-aed4-df7d5fe83c7d-8266540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/65\/40\/1920x1281_cmsv2_cfbdf99c-c7e1-5f29-aed4-df7d5fe83c7d-8266540.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Inger Andersen, executive director of the U.N. Environment Programme, speaks with The Associated Press in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Brian Inganga<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What is the UNEA-6 and why does it matter?<\/h2><p>Every two years, all 193 UN Member States come together to address critical environmental issues facing the planet collectively. It was set up as a sort of &#039;world parliament on the environment&#039;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8253342,8254480\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//20//tea-bags-takeaways-and-hot-dogs-linked-to-high-levels-of-forever-chemicals-american-study-/">Tea bags, takeaways and hot dogs linked to high levels of forever chemicals, American study finds<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//21//regular-droughts-could-become-the-mediterreneans-new-normal-due-to-climate-change/">Regular droughts could become the Mediterrenean's \u2018new normal\u2019 due to climate change<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the meeting, member states discuss a raft of draft resolutions on a range of issues that the assembly adopts upon consensus. If a proposal is adopted, it sets the stage for countries to implement what\u2019s been agreed on.<\/p>\n<p>In the last round of talks in 2022, also in Nairobi, governments adopted 14 resolutions, including creating a legally binding instrument to end <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//10//03//how-is-europe-faring-in-the-fight-against-plastic-pollution/">plastic pollution<\/strong><\/a> globally. Andersen described it then as the most significant environmental multilateral deal since the Paris Agreement to limit global warming.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//26//72//88//808x539_cmsv2_4494bd42-9d89-5738-a2f8-2c49cee1ddf8-8267288.jpg/" alt=\"A crane operator walks next to the waste footing in the Drina river near Visegrad, Bosnia.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/384x256_cmsv2_4494bd42-9d89-5738-a2f8-2c49cee1ddf8-8267288.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/640x426_cmsv2_4494bd42-9d89-5738-a2f8-2c49cee1ddf8-8267288.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/750x500_cmsv2_4494bd42-9d89-5738-a2f8-2c49cee1ddf8-8267288.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/828x551_cmsv2_4494bd42-9d89-5738-a2f8-2c49cee1ddf8-8267288.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/1080x719_cmsv2_4494bd42-9d89-5738-a2f8-2c49cee1ddf8-8267288.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/1200x799_cmsv2_4494bd42-9d89-5738-a2f8-2c49cee1ddf8-8267288.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/1920x1279_cmsv2_4494bd42-9d89-5738-a2f8-2c49cee1ddf8-8267288.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A crane operator walks next to the waste footing in the Drina river near Visegrad, Bosnia.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Armin Durgut, File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For this year\u2019s talks, countries have submitted 20 draft resolutions for discussion, including on how best to restore degraded lands, combat dust storms and reduce the environmental impact of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//11//norway-becomes-first-country-to-back-deep-sea-mining-despite-environmental-concerns/">metal and mineral mining<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But with countries having different priorities, it\u2019s often hard to get consensus on the draft resolutions. However, Andersen said, there\u2019s generally \u201ca forward movement\u201d on all draft resolutions for this year&#039;s meeting, known as UNEA-6.<\/p>\n<p>With this meeting&#039;s focus on multilateralism, UNEP wants to build on past agreements it led between governments, such as the Minamata Convention to put controls on mercury and the Montreal Protocol to heal the hole in the ozone layer, Andersen said.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the EU's main priorities?<\/h2><p>The EU is pushing for cooperation on the circular economy, water resilience and ocean protection at this meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"At UNEA 6, we need to demonstrate the unity and leadership the world needs to address the triple planetary emergency,\" Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevi\u010dius said, speaking ahead of the assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Biodiversity loss is weakening our economies and undermining the well-being of billions of people. Pollution is now taking nine million lives every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8263202,8254520\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//24//ukraines-green-fightback-wind-farms-solar-schools-and-counting-the-cost-of-destroying-natu/">Ukraine/u2019s green fightback: Wind farms, solar schools and counting the cost of \u2018destroying nature\u2019<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//20//industry-chiefs-warn-of-over-regulation-demand-change-of-tack/">Industry chiefs warn of over regulation, demand change of tack<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"And for entire nations, the rising sea levels, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//21//regular-droughts-could-become-the-mediterreneans-new-normal-due-to-climate-change/">droughts and floods are becoming an existential risk. We need a radical change in our relationship with the planet.\"<\/p>\n<p>It has proposed three resolutions for adoption on promoting the transition to the circular economy, water security and water resilience and developing a global agenda for ocean protection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Tackling highly hazardous pesticides<\/h2><p>Bj\u00f6rn Beeler, international coordinator for the International Pollutants Elimination Network, thinks there&#039;ll be slow progress on more complex issues such as financing around chemicals and waste.<\/p>\n<p>Beeler also expects strong opposition on a draft resolution that wants to phase out the use of highly <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//06//governments-caught-off-guard-by-von-der-leyens-u-turn-on-pesticide-cuts/">hazardous pesticides.<\/strong><\/a> The draft resolution, which was submitted by Ethiopia and is co-sponsored by Uruguay, aims to create a global alliance of UN bodies like UNEP, the World Health Organisation and the International Labor Organisation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6318359375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//26//72//88//808x511_cmsv2_dc71c458-bbd1-50c2-8ff3-e96a906e0066-8267288.jpg/" alt=\"A farmer sprays pesticides at a paddy field on the outskirts of Jammu, India.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/384x243_cmsv2_dc71c458-bbd1-50c2-8ff3-e96a906e0066-8267288.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/640x404_cmsv2_dc71c458-bbd1-50c2-8ff3-e96a906e0066-8267288.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/750x474_cmsv2_dc71c458-bbd1-50c2-8ff3-e96a906e0066-8267288.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/828x523_cmsv2_dc71c458-bbd1-50c2-8ff3-e96a906e0066-8267288.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/1080x682_cmsv2_dc71c458-bbd1-50c2-8ff3-e96a906e0066-8267288.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/1200x758_cmsv2_dc71c458-bbd1-50c2-8ff3-e96a906e0066-8267288.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/72\/88\/1920x1213_cmsv2_dc71c458-bbd1-50c2-8ff3-e96a906e0066-8267288.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A farmer sprays pesticides at a paddy field on the outskirts of Jammu, India.<\/span>\n <span 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The 48th Hassan II Golf Trophy and the 27th Lalla Meryem Golf Cup competitions started on Thursday at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Club in Rabat as part of the PGA Champions Tour 2024 season.","keySentence":"","url":"golf-legends-compete-in-hassan-ii-golf-trophy-tournament-in-morocco","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/02\/23\/golf-legends-compete-in-hassan-ii-golf-trophy-tournament-in-morocco","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"American golf legend Steve Pate made his mark on the first day by already leading the scoreboard with a solo first-round, through his 6-under-par 67. \n\n\nExperienced golfers aged 50 and over who built their golf careers on the PGA Tour take part in the challenging red course tournament giving fans the rare opportunity to see the elite of professional golfers worldwide in action. \n\nThis year\u2019s competition holds 66 top tier players from the PGA Tour championships. Colin Montgomerie, winner of the 1997 edition and 8-time European No. 1, Joakim Haeggman, winner in 2001, Jos\u00e9 Maria Olaz\u00e1bal, double winner of the Masters, Tom Lehman, winner of the British Open in 1996, as well as Alex Cejka, winner of the 2023 Senior Open Championship, are among the contenders to follow the Canadian Stephen Ames, who will be keen to defend his title. Other former champions include Padraig Harrington, David Toms, and Ernie Els. \n\nThe field will also include iconic players from the world of golf such as Thomas Bjorn, Captain of the victorious European Ryder Cup team in 2018, American John Daly, double winner of major tournaments, and Spanish Miguel Angel Jim\u00e9nez, with 13 victories on the PGA Tour Champions. \n\nThe Lalla Meryem Cup, a prestigious event on the Ladies European Tour (LET), is set to gather Europe\u2019s top female golfers on the blue course among 108 competitors, among them being Ines Laklalech, winner of the 2022 Lacoste Ladies Open de France, Maha Haddioui, a seasoned LET professional of 11 years, and the remarkable young prodigy Sofia Cherif Essakali. At just 13, Sofia made headlines last year by becoming the youngest player ever to make the cut in the tournament. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>American golf legend Steve Pate made his mark on the first day by already leading the scoreboard with a solo first-round, through his 6-under-par 67. <\/p>\n<p>Experienced golfers aged 50 and over who built their golf careers on the PGA Tour take part in the challenging red course tournament giving fans the rare opportunity to see the elite of professional golfers worldwide in action.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s competition holds 66 top tier players from the PGA Tour championships. Colin Montgomerie, winner of the 1997 edition and 8-time European No. 1, Joakim Haeggman, winner in 2001, Jos\u00e9 Maria Olaz\u00e1bal, double winner of the Masters, Tom Lehman, winner of the British Open in 1996, as well as Alex Cejka, winner of the 2023 Senior Open Championship, are among the contenders to follow the Canadian Stephen Ames, who will be keen to defend his title. Other former champions include Padraig Harrington, David Toms, and Ernie Els.<\/p>\n<p>The field will also include iconic players from the world of golf such as Thomas Bjorn, Captain of the victorious European Ryder Cup team in 2018, American John Daly, double winner of major tournaments, and Spanish Miguel Angel Jim\u00e9nez, with 13 victories on the PGA Tour Champions.<\/p>\n<p>The Lalla Meryem Cup, a prestigious event on the Ladies European Tour (LET), is set to gather Europe\u2019s top female golfers on the blue course among 108 competitors, among them being Ines Laklalech, winner of the 2022 Lacoste Ladies Open de France, Maha Haddioui, a seasoned LET professional of 11 years, and the remarkable young prodigy Sofia Cherif Essakali. At just 13, Sofia made headlines last year by becoming the youngest player ever to make the cut in the tournament.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1708713246,"updatedAt":1708716738,"publishedAt":1708716735,"firstPublishedAt":1708716738,"lastPublishedAt":1708716738,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"euronews","altText":"Hassan II Golf Trophy","callToActionText":null,"width":800,"caption":"Hassan II Golf Trophy","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/26\/34\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f6b81ffc-529a-511b-af27-1b16c217258b-8263432.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":533}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"heery","twitter":null,"title":"Patrick Heery"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"golf","titleRaw":"Golf","id":8509,"title":"Golf","slug":"golf"},{"urlSafeValue":"morocco","titleRaw":"Morocco","id":201,"title":"Morocco","slug":"morocco"},{"urlSafeValue":"outdoor-destination","titleRaw":"Outdoor destination","id":20488,"title":"Outdoor destination","slug":"outdoor-destination"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2477582},{"id":2417380},{"id":2467240}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":3,"urlSafeValue":"africa","title":"Africa"},"country":{"id":201,"urlSafeValue":"morocco","title":"Morocco","url":"\/news\/africa\/morocco"},"town":{"id":2067,"urlSafeValue":"rabat","title":"Rabat"},"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_sport','gs_sport_golf','gt_positive','gs_science','gs_science_geography','gs_fashion'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"daletEventName":"WEB GOLF TROPHY TOURNAMENT","path":"\/2024\/02\/23\/golf-legends-compete-in-hassan-ii-golf-trophy-tournament-in-morocco","lastModified":1708716738},{"id":2483018,"cid":8254372,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240220_GNSU_54853746","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"19,000 live cattle discovered on ship in Cape Town: Activists call for ban","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Activists renew call for live export ban after grim discovery ","titleListing2":"19,000 live cattle discovered on ship in Cape Town: Activists call for ban","leadin":"As animal rights groups react in horror to the discovery, what is the situation on live exports around the world?","summary":"As animal rights groups react in horror to the discovery, what is the situation on live exports around the world?","keySentence":"","url":"19000-live-cattle-discovered-on-ship-in-cape-town-activists-call-for-ban","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/02\/21\/19000-live-cattle-discovered-on-ship-in-cape-town-activists-call-for-ban","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Cape Town experienced a particularly foul stench earlier this week. The reason? A ship docked in the South African city\u2019s harbour, carrying 19,000 live cattle. \n\nThe vessel was stopped on its way from Brazil to Iraq and the smell emanating from it has caused Cape Town authorities to open an investigation. \n\nInitially, officials suspected that a sewage facility may have leaked, before the source of the stench was discovered. \n\nIt was only a temporary stopover, to the relief of residents - and, on Wednesday, the vessel headed on to its destination of Iraq. \n\nHowever, while in South Africa, the ship - whose occupants will likely be fattened up or slaughtered upon reaching their journey's end - immediately became a target of serious criticism by a number of animal welfare groups. \n\nThe National Council of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said it managed to send a veterinary consultant onboard the ship to assess the welfare of the animals. \n\nThe SPCA said they are strongly opposed to the export of live animals by sea, adding, \u201cthis smell is indicative of the awful conditions the animals endure, having already spent 2 1\u20442 weeks onboard, with a build-up of faeces and ammonia.\u201d \n\n\u201cThe stench onboard is unimaginable, yet the animals face this every single day,\u201d they added, saying that the Kuwaiti-flagged livestock vessel had docked in Cape Town to load feed for the cattle. \n\nSouth Africa's Democratic Alliance political party, which governs Cape Town, also stepped in to condemn the transport of live cattle through South Africa and the wider world. \n\n\u201cLive export, as evidenced by this situation, exposes animals to perilous conditions such as dangerous levels of ammonia, rough seas, extreme heat stress, injuries, dirty environments, exhaustion, and even death,\u201d the party said. \n\nIt\u2019s not the first time that animals being transported by sea have been in the news this month. Earlier in February, a ship carrying more than 16,000 cattle and sheep became stranded at sea for nearly a month due to the attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. \n\nThat vessel also came under scrutiny for animal cruelty - but veterinarians found no significant health and welfare issues among the livestock on board. \n\nEventually, the ship was forced to return to its home of Australia , a country known as one of the world\u2019s largest exporters of live sheep and cattle. \n\nWhere do other countries stand on live exports? \n\nAre live exports allowed in the European Union? \n\nIt\u2019s estimated that more than eight million farm animals are transported long distances within the EU every year - and many of these journeys take three days or more. These voyages are regulated by the European Council. \n\nAnnually, though, over three million cattle, sheep and pigs are exported from the EU to other countries, with many destined for Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa. \n\nWhile the EU does afford these animals some legal protection, that comes to an end as soon as they exit the bloc. As a result, there have been reports - by the likes of Compassion in World Farming - that they \u201cmay be forced to endure squalid housing, brutal handling, torturous restraint systems, and slow, painful slaughter.\u201d \n\nThe position of EU countries naturally varies, but some are more against the practice than others. \n\nIn September 2020, Dutch former Agriculture Minister Carola Schouten requested the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council to adjust animal welfare regulations and limit the transport of livestock for slaughter. \n\nThe same year, a German regional court prohibited the live exportation of 132 breeding heifers, saying the conditions under which they would be slaughtered in Morocco would be \"inhumane\". \n\nAustralia and New Zealand \n\nIt\u2019s estimated that Australia exports around 3 million sheep and cattle every year, mostly to Asia and the Middle East. \n\nTotal exports to Indonesia have decreased significantly in recent years, partly due to the Australian ESCAS (Exporter Supply Chain Assurance Scheme) finding evidence of cruelty to Australian cattle in the south east Asian nation. \n\nNow, they mostly send live animals to Israel, Malaysia, Japan, Mexico and China. \n\nSince 2003, Australia's live export industry has experienced significant scrutiny by animal welfare groups since. The Australian RSPCA, opposed to live export in any form, reported that more than 550,000 animals died en route during live export journeys between 2000\u20132012. \n\nIn 2006, a Freedom of Information request discovered sheep who died en route most frequently lost their lives due to factors including heat stress, septicaemia and acute pneumonia. \n\nHowever, the practice may soon be a thing of the past in Australia. In March last year, the Australian government announced plans to phase out live sheep exports by sea. \n\nIn April 2023, New Zealand brought in a ban on all live exports by sea for cattle, sheep, deer and goats for slaughter, fattening and breeding. This was hailed as a huge step forward for animal rights by campaigners. \n\nLive exports in the United Kingdom (excluding Ireland) \n\nIn the mid-1990s, the UK exported millions of animals to be slaughtered or fattened in Europe and beyond. \n\nBy 2020, these numbers had significantly decreased - to tens of thousands a year. \n\nPost-Brexit, a lack of required control posts at Calais effectively blocked the only route that was being used to export live animals directly from Britain to the European continent. \n\nDespite this, live exports remain legal and could recommence at any time using a different route - or via Calais if changes were made. \n\nIn June 2021, the UK Government introduced the Animal Welfare Bill, which would have banned live exports for slaughter or fattening from or through Great Britain - but it soon stalled and, in May 2023, lawmakers announced the Bill was being dropped. \n\nAfter pressure from animal rights campaigners, the government announced they would introduce a new Bill to totally outlaw live exports. \n\nRepublic of Ireland and Northern Ireland \n\nNorthern Ireland sends around 20,000 live calves to the European continent on a yearly basis. \n\nWhile Northern Ireland is part of the wider UK, post-Brexit trade agreements have meant that Northern Ireland must comply with intra-EU free trade rules. That means that a Northern Irish ban on live exports is not likely any time soon. \n\nThe Republic of Ireland, part of the EU, exports several hundred thousand cattle every year to mainland Europe and the Middle East. \n\nAnimal rights activists have expressed concerns that further animals are re-exported to countries outside of the EU, like Lebanon, Turkey and Algeria. \n\nThere are fears that slaughter in these regions could be in breach of the World Organisation for Animal Health's international standards. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Cape Town experienced a particularly foul stench earlier this week. The reason? A ship docked in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//04//11//swimming-pools-of-the-rich-leave-poorer-communities-without-water-scientists-say/">South African city\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> harbour, carrying 19,000 live cattle.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel was stopped on its way from Brazil to Iraq and the smell emanating from it has caused Cape Town authorities to open an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, officials suspected that a sewage facility may have leaked, before the source of the stench was discovered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1759489871373123761\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was only a temporary stopover, to the relief of residents - and, on Wednesday, the vessel headed on to its destination of Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>However, while in South Africa, the ship - whose occupants will likely be fattened up or slaughtered upon reaching their journey&#039;s end - immediately became a target of serious criticism by a number of animal welfare groups.<\/p>\n<p>The National Council of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said it managed to send a veterinary consultant onboard the ship to assess the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//24//new-food-labels-to-identify-belgian-producers-that-go-the-extra-mile-with-animal-welfare/">welfare of the animals.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7945786,8112822\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//12//15//how-we-treat-animals-is-and-will-be-key-to-our-own-survival/">How we treat animals is \u2014 and will be \u2014 key to our own survival<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2023//10//06//is-the-eu-sacrificing-animal-welfare-to-tackle-the-cost-of-living-crisis/">Is the EU sacrificing animal welfare to tackle the cost of living crisis?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The SPCA said they are strongly opposed to the export of live animals by sea, adding, \u201cthis smell is indicative of the awful conditions the animals endure, having already spent 2 1\u20442 weeks onboard, with a build-up of faeces and ammonia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stench onboard is unimaginable, yet the animals face this every single day,\u201d they added, saying that the Kuwaiti-flagged livestock vessel had docked in Cape Town to load feed for the cattle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">\u201cThe incident in Cape Town gained media attention because of the discomfort it caused people due to its stench. However, the underlying issue is much bigger and more tragic. The suffering thousands of animals endure on a daily basis on this \u2013 and other vessels \u2013 must finally be addressed more critically. The problem is a global one, for example, more than 60 per cent of live animal exports from the EU to non-EU countries happen by sea, making it a major contributor to animal suffering.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Corinna Reinisch\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Programme Lead Farm Animal Welfare at Four Paws charity\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>South Africa&#039;s Democratic Alliance political party, which governs Cape Town, also stepped in to condemn the transport of live cattle through <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//09//07//2000-white-rhinos-put-up-for-auction-will-be-released-as-part-of-worlds-biggest-rewilding-/">South Africa<\/strong><\/a> and the wider world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive export, as evidenced by this situation, exposes animals to perilous conditions such as dangerous levels of ammonia, rough seas, extreme heat stress, injuries, dirty environments, exhaustion, and even death,\u201d the party said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6455078125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//25//43//72//808x521_cmsv2_efa25e07-290d-59cd-94eb-4ad5b2c4b5ea-8254372.jpg/" alt=\"People protest the 190-meter long Kuwaiti-flagged livestock vessel docked with 19,000 cattle abroad in the harbour in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/384x248_cmsv2_efa25e07-290d-59cd-94eb-4ad5b2c4b5ea-8254372.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/640x413_cmsv2_efa25e07-290d-59cd-94eb-4ad5b2c4b5ea-8254372.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/750x484_cmsv2_efa25e07-290d-59cd-94eb-4ad5b2c4b5ea-8254372.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/828x534_cmsv2_efa25e07-290d-59cd-94eb-4ad5b2c4b5ea-8254372.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1080x697_cmsv2_efa25e07-290d-59cd-94eb-4ad5b2c4b5ea-8254372.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1200x775_cmsv2_efa25e07-290d-59cd-94eb-4ad5b2c4b5ea-8254372.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1920x1239_cmsv2_efa25e07-290d-59cd-94eb-4ad5b2c4b5ea-8254372.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People protest the 190-meter long Kuwaiti-flagged livestock vessel docked with 19,000 cattle abroad in the harbour in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Nardus Engelbrecht\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time that animals being transported by sea have been in the news this month. Earlier in February, a ship carrying more than 16,000 cattle and sheep became stranded at sea for nearly a month due to the attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n<p>That vessel also came under scrutiny for animal cruelty - but veterinarians found no significant health and welfare issues among the livestock on board.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the ship was forced to return to its home of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//11//14//goats-brought-on-board-by-australian-rail-company-to-tackle-fire-risk-vegetation/">Australia, a country known as one of the world\u2019s largest exporters of live sheep and cattle.<\/p>\n<h2>Where do other countries stand on live exports?<\/h2><h3>Are live exports allowed in the European Union?<\/h3><p>It\u2019s estimated that more than eight million farm animals are transported long distances within the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//12//07//eu-policy-commission-proposes-rules-on-pet-welfare-illegal-puppy-trade/">EU every year - and many of these journeys take three days or more. These voyages are regulated by the European Council.<\/p>\n<p>Annually, though, over three million cattle, sheep and pigs are exported from the EU to other countries, with many destined for Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa.<\/p>\n<p>While the EU does afford these animals some legal protection, that comes to an end as soon as they exit the bloc. As a result, there have been reports - by the likes of Compassion in World Farming - that they \u201cmay be forced to endure squalid housing, brutal handling, torturous restraint systems, and slow, painful slaughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.667\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//25//43//72//808x539_cmsv2_d95676c8-1eac-5659-81ac-14f78c1096d1-8254372.jpg/" alt=\"There are a number of questions surrounding live exports within the EU\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/384x256_cmsv2_d95676c8-1eac-5659-81ac-14f78c1096d1-8254372.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/640x427_cmsv2_d95676c8-1eac-5659-81ac-14f78c1096d1-8254372.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/750x500_cmsv2_d95676c8-1eac-5659-81ac-14f78c1096d1-8254372.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/828x552_cmsv2_d95676c8-1eac-5659-81ac-14f78c1096d1-8254372.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1080x720_cmsv2_d95676c8-1eac-5659-81ac-14f78c1096d1-8254372.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1200x800_cmsv2_d95676c8-1eac-5659-81ac-14f78c1096d1-8254372.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1920x1281_cmsv2_d95676c8-1eac-5659-81ac-14f78c1096d1-8254372.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">There are a number of questions surrounding live exports within the EU<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Annie Spratt via Unsplash<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The position of EU countries naturally varies, but some are more against the practice than others.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2020, Dutch former Agriculture Minister <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//09//06//dutch-agriculture-minister-resigns-after-farmers-kick-up-a-stink-over-pollution-regulation/">Carola Schouten<\/strong><\/a> requested the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council to adjust animal welfare regulations and limit the transport of livestock for slaughter.<\/p>\n<p>The same year, a German regional court prohibited the live exportation of 132 breeding heifers, saying the conditions under which they would be slaughtered in Morocco would be \"inhumane\".<\/p>\n<h3>Australia and New Zealand<\/h3><p>It\u2019s estimated that Australia exports around 3 million sheep and cattle every year, mostly to Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Total exports to Indonesia have decreased significantly in recent years, partly due to the Australian ESCAS (Exporter Supply Chain Assurance Scheme) finding evidence of cruelty to Australian cattle in the south east Asian nation.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they mostly send live animals to Israel, Malaysia, Japan, Mexico and China.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2003, Australia&#039;s live export industry has experienced significant scrutiny by animal welfare groups since. The Australian <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//04//wellness-trend-or-significant-risk-to-animals-uk-investigation-reveals-dark-side-of-puppy-/">RSPCA, opposed to live export in any form, reported that more than 550,000 animals died en route during live export journeys between 2000\u20132012.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.72265625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//25//43//72//808x586_cmsv2_94223a8c-7986-5d64-b5a9-1dee304096d8-8254372.jpg/" alt=\"PETA and other activists - like those seen in this file photo - have been fighting against live exports in Australia for years\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/384x278_cmsv2_94223a8c-7986-5d64-b5a9-1dee304096d8-8254372.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/640x463_cmsv2_94223a8c-7986-5d64-b5a9-1dee304096d8-8254372.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/750x542_cmsv2_94223a8c-7986-5d64-b5a9-1dee304096d8-8254372.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/828x598_cmsv2_94223a8c-7986-5d64-b5a9-1dee304096d8-8254372.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1080x780_cmsv2_94223a8c-7986-5d64-b5a9-1dee304096d8-8254372.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1200x867_cmsv2_94223a8c-7986-5d64-b5a9-1dee304096d8-8254372.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1920x1388_cmsv2_94223a8c-7986-5d64-b5a9-1dee304096d8-8254372.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">PETA and other activists - like those seen in this file photo - have been fighting against live exports in Australia for years<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Achmad Ibrahim\/AP\/File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2006, a Freedom of Information request discovered sheep who died en route most frequently lost their lives due to factors including heat stress, septicaemia and acute pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>However, the practice may soon be a thing of the past in Australia. In March last year, the Australian government announced plans to phase out live sheep exports by sea.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2023, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//10//24//new-zealand-overtourism-residents-plead-with-tourists-to-tread-lightly-and-leave-no-trace/">New Zealand<\/strong><\/a> brought in a ban on all live exports by sea for cattle, sheep, deer and goats for slaughter, fattening and breeding. This was hailed as a huge step forward for animal rights by campaigners.<\/p>\n<h3>Live exports in the United Kingdom (excluding Ireland)<\/h3><p>In the mid-1990s, the UK exported millions of animals to be slaughtered or fattened in Europe and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>By 2020, these numbers had significantly decreased - to tens of thousands a year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//12//31//has-brexit-been-a-failure-a-majority-of-brits-think-so/">Post-Brexit, a lack of required control posts at Calais effectively blocked the only route that was being used to export live animals directly from Britain to the European continent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//wEx651eAvOA/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite this, live exports remain legal and could recommence at any time using a different route - or via Calais if changes were made.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, the UK Government introduced the Animal Welfare Bill, which would have banned live exports for slaughter or fattening from or through Great Britain - but it soon stalled and, in May 2023, lawmakers announced the Bill was being dropped.<\/p>\n<p>After pressure from animal rights campaigners, the government announced they would introduce a new Bill to totally outlaw live exports.<\/p>\n<h3>Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland<\/h3><p>Northern Ireland sends around 20,000 live calves to the European continent on a yearly basis.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//02//08//is-ireland-inching-closer-to-being-united-as-one/">Northern Ireland<\/strong><\/a> is part of the wider UK, post-Brexit trade agreements have meant that Northern Ireland must comply with intra-EU free trade rules. That means that a Northern Irish ban on live exports is not likely any time soon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6675\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//25//43//72//808x539_cmsv2_996d4187-5357-5cce-af39-68637e890c9c-8254372.jpg/" alt=\"Sheep make up many of the animals transported around the globe\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/384x256_cmsv2_996d4187-5357-5cce-af39-68637e890c9c-8254372.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/640x427_cmsv2_996d4187-5357-5cce-af39-68637e890c9c-8254372.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/750x501_cmsv2_996d4187-5357-5cce-af39-68637e890c9c-8254372.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/828x553_cmsv2_996d4187-5357-5cce-af39-68637e890c9c-8254372.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1080x721_cmsv2_996d4187-5357-5cce-af39-68637e890c9c-8254372.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1200x801_cmsv2_996d4187-5357-5cce-af39-68637e890c9c-8254372.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/43\/72\/1920x1282_cmsv2_996d4187-5357-5cce-af39-68637e890c9c-8254372.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sheep make up many of the animals transported around the globe<\/span>\n <span 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As part of security checks, her suitcases were x-rayed and customs staff spotted something curious. \n\nIt was a small statue which experts contacted by customs concluded was not a copy of an original but a 4,500-year-old antiquity. \n\nThe day before, Nathalie had bought the object in an art gallery at the Winter Palace Hotel for \u20ac250. \n\n\u201cI was very attracted by this object, a small character dressed in a loincloth, seated, holding his hands on his knees. I had no idea that he would not bring me luck,\u201d she told French paper Le Figaro. \n\nPresumed guilty by police \n\n\nThe tourist, a lawyer, was suspected of trafficking antiquities and driven to the Luxor police station. \n\nHere, her court-appointed lawyer reportedly explained to her that she was presumed guilty and should apologise to the police. \n\n\u201cIt was very hard to see the extent to which he did not defend my interests,\u201d says Nathalie, who was gaining an insight into the local judicial system. \n\nThe traveller was forced to sleep in a 10-metre square room along with 40 other arrestees. \n\nJean-Fran\u00e7ois Rial, CEO of Voyageurs du Monde, the travel agency organising her trip, stepped in to help. \n\n\u201cIn thirty years of presence in Egypt , we have never had to deal with this type of case, we have a very good network, and this helped us to improve the conditions of Nathalie's detention in the following days, but it was very difficult to speed up the procedures, because state security had taken charge of the case,\u201d Rial told French newspaper Le Figaro. \n\n\u201cState security is indifferent to these kinds of economic considerations, it does what it wants, and even Abdel Fattah al-Sissi [the Egyptian president] does not have complete control over them,\u201d he added. \n\nTwo days later, Nathalie appeared before a French-speaking judge. To demonstrate that the statue was a copy, the gallery owner was called to give the address of the manufacturing workshop where similar models lined the shelves. \n\nThe judge declared the proceedings halted, but still didn\u2019t give Nathalie a formal dismissal. \n\nEventually, the intervention of the French ambassador in Cairo, \u00c9ric Chevallier, ensured she was put on a plane to Paris . \n\nBanned from entering Egypt for life \n\n\u201cFrom what I understand, I am banned from entering the country for life,\u201d Nathalie told Le Figaro after the ordeal. \n\nShe does not intend to let the matter lie, however. 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12/03/2024

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Archaeologists unearth missing half of huge Ramses II statue in Egypt

Nearly a century ago, the remaining portion of the statue depicting Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt's most significant rulers, was unearthed in the identical location.

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UN Security Council calls for Sudan ceasefire over Ramadan

The UN Security Council has urged for a ceasefire in Sudan over the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in order to facilitate aid for those in need.

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Truce talks postponed, at least 20 die of malnutrition in Gaza

All the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war and the conflict in the Middle East.

07/03/2024

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WFO: Sudan's war risks creating 'world's largest hunger crisis'

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German NGO accuses Libyan coast guard of threatening crew members

SOS Humanity said the guards fired real bullets while they were rescuing migrants from the Mediterranean, causing at least one of them to drown.

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Severe drought in Tunisia has led to more expensive drinking water

Tourist facilities and excessive consumers will be hit hardest by price increases.

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Zambia declares national emergency amid ‘devastating’ drought

Fresh from a deadly cholera outbreak, 84 of the country’s 116 districts are affected by the prolonged drought.

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The Ivory Coast’s path to deforestation-free cocoa

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Euronews Reporter Cyril Fourneris travels to the Ivory Coast, the Netherlands and Brussels to follow the cocoa supply chain and learn how sustainable and exploration-free chocolate is better for the planet and the livelihoods of producers.

27/02/2024

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Who will pay the price for sustainability-produced cocoa?

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Euronews travels to Adzopé in the Ivory Coast to learn how a cooperative boasting more than 3,000 members has become a pioneer in fair trade and traceable cocoa.

27/02/2024

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Casablanca Greens: A golfing paradise with a cultural edge

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Explore Casablanca’s developing golf scene and distinct cultural offerings in Golf Travel Tales with Immy Barclay. In this episode, Immy takes us on a golfing adventure at the Tony Jacklin Golf Casablanca, before soaking up the city’s unique creative energy.

27/02/2024

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Euroviews. A Trump win would see Africa (and the world) spiral into climate hell

Trump's election victory would see a return to policies that led to a whopping 110 million Africans facing humanitarian and environmental crises today. But what happens in Africa will not stay in Africa, Nathaniel Mong’are writes.

27/02/2024

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Mustapha Abubakar Gajibo is a pioneer on a mission to turn Nigeria's roads green

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Why the world parliament for the environment is meeting in Kenya

Every two years, all 193 UN Member States come together to address critical environmental issues facing the planet.

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Golf legends compete in Hassan II Golf Trophy tournament in Morocco

Golf legends compete in Hassan II Golf Trophy tournament in Morocco. The 48th Hassan II Golf Trophy and the 27th Lalla Meryem Golf Cup competitions started on Thursday at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Club in Rabat as part of the PGA Champions Tour 2024 season.

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Activists renew call for live export ban after grim discovery

As animal rights groups react in horror to the discovery, what is the situation on live exports around the world?

21/02/2024

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In this episode of Golf Travel Tales, Immy Barclay travels around the city of light, set in Rabat, Morocco.

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Nine people die off the coast of Tunisia while trying to reach Europe

The Tunisian authorities suspect the victims embarked from Libya.

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Meet the visionary behind Boogaali Bikes, an eco-friendly organisation crafting bicycle frames out of bamboo.

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Kenyan Marathon superstar, Kelvin Kiptum, killed in car accident

The 24-year-old and his coach were killed after their car veered off the road between the towns of Eldoret and Kaptagat in western Kenya

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French tourist banned from Egypt after false charge of trafficking

The tourist was suspected over a statue she had purchased from the shopping arcade of a luxury hotel.

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Behind the scenes at Hassan II Trophy, Morocco’s most famous golf tournament

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In this episode of Spotlight we go behind the scenes at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in anticipation of the upcoming Hassan II Trophy and accompanying Lalla Meryem Cup, two of the most prestigious golfing events in Morocco, running from the 19th to 24th of February 2024.

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Senegal's parliament delays presidential election until December

Chaotic scenes in parliament have been followed by clashes on the streets of the capital city.

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