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COP25: 2019 Madrid Climate Change Conference

Graeme Villeret December 3, 2019 Brazil, Chile, climate, climate change, climate risks, climatology, CO2 emissions, Conference of Madrid, Conference of the Parties, Conference of the Parties at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP, COP21, COP25, environment, G20, geopolitics, Glasgow, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, Madrid, Paris, Paris Agreement, Paris Climate Agreement, Santiago, Spain, UN, UNEP, UNFCCC, United Kingdom, United Nations, United Nations Environment Program, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The COP25, the 2019 Madrid Climate Change Conference begins on Monday, December 2nd and runs until December 13th. It takes place in Madrid, capital of Spain, after being displaced following the withdrawal of Brazil first after the election of its new president Jair Bolsonaro, notorious climateosceptic, then at the last minute of Chile, because of…

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30 million inhabitants in Mozambique

Graeme Villeret October 23, 2019 Africa, demography, Maputo, Mozambique, population, Southern Africa

Mozambique has just exceeded 30 million inhabitants in 2019. Its population growth remains very high, at 2.61% per year, even if it tends to slow down in recent years. The capital Maputo now has about 2.6 million inhabitants and will quickly reach 3 million people. The infrastructure is not up to such a population, the…

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Earthquakes in the 20th century

Graeme Villeret September 3, 2019 Earth, earthquake, history, NOAA, World

There are thousands of earthquakes every year that occur around the world. Most are safe, thankfully. Some are particularly deadly and can kill hundreds of thousands in a matter of minutes. Disasters that countries often have to cope with, such as the last major earthquake in Haiti in 2010, which has left more than 200,000…

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70.8 million people uprooted worldwide in 2019

Graeme Villeret June 28, 2019 asylum, camp de réfugiés, conflicts, déplacés, HCR, human rights, humanitarian, humanitarian aid, humanitarian disaster, migrations, migrations forcées, migrations internationales, refugee, Syria, UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, war

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has just released its annual statistical report on uprooted people. By the end of 2018, the organization had 70.8 million people forced out of their homes against their will. This number has never been higher in nearly 70 years of the Office of the…

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Africa: the world’s largest single market in the making

Graeme Villeret June 12, 2019 AfCFTA, Africa, African Continental Free Trade Agreement, African Union, CEDEAO, CEEAC, CEN-SAD, COMESA, EAC, economy, geopolitics, globalization, Kigali, libre-échange, Rwanda, SADC, security, trade, Zone de libre-échange continentale

Africa is becoming the largest single market in the world. A trade treaty, called the Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will come into effect after ratification by 24 countries. It should eventually extend to 55 countries of the continent. The decision to launch the Continental Free Trade Area Project was taken in January 2012 at…

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43 million inhabitants in Algeria

Graeme Villeret May 28, 2019 Africa, Algeria, demography, évolution de la population, Maghreb, North Africa, population

Algerian demographics continue its dynamic, even if it slows slightly. Indeed, Algeria has just exceeded 43 million inhabitants on 1 January 2019, up + 1.9% compared to 2018 (42.2 million inhabitants), according to data from the National Office of statistics (ONS). The previous year, growth was + 2.2%. The birth rate is falling a bit,…

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Naruhito becomes the new emperor of Japan

Graeme Villeret May 1, 2019 Akihito, Asia, Emperor Akihito, Emperor Naruhito, geopolitics, Heisei era, Japan, Naruhito, politics, Reiwa era, 徳仁

After the abdication of 85-year-old Emperor Akihito, who ruled from 1989 to 2019, his son Naruhito became Japan‘s new Emperor at 59 on May 1, 2019. His accession to the throne marks the beginning of the Reiwa era, “era of beautiful harmony”, which succeeds the Heisei era, “era of the achievement of peace” of the…

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Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelensky wins the presidential election

Graeme Villeret April 24, 2019 Donbass, elections, geopolitics, Petro Poroshenko, politics, presidential elections, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky has won the presidential election in Ukraine in the second round against incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, with 73.22% of the vote, against 24.5% to the second. At age 41, he becomes the youngest president of the country. He will take office on May 31st. Of Russian-speaking origin and deemed closer to Russia than…

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Indonesia: Joko Widodo should win the elections

Graeme Villeret April 18, 2019 Asia, elections, geopolitics, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Jokowi, politics, Prabowo Subianto, presidential elections

In Indonesia, one of the most populous countries in the world with nearly 270 million people, incumbent President Joko Widodo is expected to win the presidential elections on Wednesday, April 17th. Estimates give him about 55% of the vote, compared to 45% for his opponent Prabowo Subianto, a former military man supported by Islamist conservatives…

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Sudan: The dictator al-Bashir overthrown by the army

Graeme Villeret April 11, 2019 Africa, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, coup d'État, CPI, dictatorship, geopolitics, human rights, International Criminal Court, Omar al-Bashir, South Sudan, Sudan, UN

The Sudanese army has just overthrown Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir in a coup. He was dismissed Thursday morning, 11 April, and arrested by the military before being detained in an undisclosed location. A military junta has taken control of the country’s institutions, and intends to retain power for at least two years. The new Transitional…

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