Climate Update
Rechercher dans les archives Une revue de presse hebdomadaire sur tous les aspects de la crise climatique en Suisse et dans le monde entier. Les articles peuvent être filtrés par thème et mots-clés. Chaque semaine, nous recommandons quelques articles particulièrement intéressants.
Édition 43-2026, 22. octobre 2026
Dans le monde
Le PNUE publie son Emissions Gap Report.
La réunion du GIEC s'achève dans la controverse
La COP31 commence dans deux semaines et demie
Le gouvernement britannique autorise l'exploration d'un gisement de gaz en mer du Nord
Des temps extrêmes frappent le sud de l'Europe en raison d'une Méditerranée bien trop chaude
En Suisse
L'OFEV présente un rapport sur les coûts liés aux changements climatiques
Des documents internes montrent à quel point les canicules ont dépassé le Conseil fédéral
L'Allemagne se prépare à sortir des énergies fossiles – et la Suisse ?
Par ailleurs
Le béton : un documentaire retrace son histoire et la recherche s'intéresse à un béton respectueux du climat
« Urban Greenlash » : pourquoi la politique climatique se heurte de plus en plus à une résistance dans les villes
RECOMMANDÉ
RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* SUISSE * L’Allemagne prépare sa sortie des énergies fossiles. Et la Suisse?
L’Allemagne est le troisième pays européen à fixer une sortie des énergies fossiles. La Suisse devrait-elle l’imiter?
RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE
* HITZE & TROCKENHEIT | SCHWEIZ * Extremsommer bringt Bundesrat an seine Grenzen: Was interne Dokumente zeigen
Hickhack um Krisenstab, Blitz-Verfahren und die Kostenfrage: Verwaltungsinterne Dokumente zeigen, wie die Regierung um den Umgang mit Hitze und Trockenheit rang.
IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ
* SCHWEIZ * Teure Wahrheit, leise veröffentlicht: Die Klimakosten-Studie des Bafu
Bis zu 24 Milliarden Franken pro Jahr könnte der Klimawandel die Schweiz im Jahr 2060 kosten.
RECOMMANDÉ SCIENCES
* IPCC * Why a pivotal IPCC meeting in Ethiopia ended in ‘profound disappointment’
Countries have failed – for the sixth time running – to agree on the timeline for publishing the IPCC's next set of influential reports.
RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.
The surprisingly hopeful quest to fix concrete
Scientists are racing to reinvent concrete before we pour millions more tons of it.
RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* UNEP EMISSIONS GAP REPORT * New UNEP report lays out emission cuts needed for return to 1.5°C
With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, urgent and stringent cuts to greenhouse emissions are needed to minimize the magnitude and duration of overshoot and return to 1.5°C by the end of the century, a new UNEP report finds.
IMPACTS
IMPACTS
* SÉCHERESSE | SUISSE * La sécheresse et la pollution menacent l’eau potable
La sécheresse et la pollution menacent l'approvisionnement en eau potable de la population. À la recherche de solutions, de nombreux experts se sont réunis à partir de lundi à Zurich avec des représentants des secteurs de l'eau potable et de l'assainissement.
IMPACTS
* UNEP EMISSIONS GAP REPORT * Le monde sur une trajectoire de réchauffement de 2,6°C d’ici 2100
Les émissions mondiales de gaz à effet de serre sont restées à des niveaux records en 2025, a indiqué mercredi l'ONU. La Terre est sur la trajectoire d'un réchauffement de 2,6°C d'ici 2100, même si les gouvernements respectent leurs récents engagements climatiques.
IMPACTS
* SCHWEIZ * Studie des Bundes: Wie teuer wird der Klimawandel?
Eine Studie des Bundes berechnet die Klimakosten bis 2060. Besonders teuer wird es für den Wintersport.
IMPACTS MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* UNEP EMISSIONS GAP REPORT * Planet steuert bis 2099 auf 3 Grad Erwärmung zu
Unser Planet steuert bis 2099 auf fast drei Grad Erwärmung gegenüber der vorindustriellen Zeit zu, wie die UNO rechnet.
IMPACTS RECOMMANDÉ
* SCHWEIZ * Teure Wahrheit, leise veröffentlicht: Die Klimakosten-Studie des Bafu
Bis zu 24 Milliarden Franken pro Jahr könnte der Klimawandel die Schweiz im Jahr 2060 kosten.
IMPACTS
* EXTREMWETTER * Italien: Zivilschutz ruft höchste Warnstufe aus
Ein Tief zieht von Spanien kommend über das Mittelmeer auf Italien zu. Für den Nordwesten des Landes werden bis zu 250 Liter Regen pro Quadratmeter erwartet.
IMPACTS
* UNEP EMISSIONS GAP REPORT * Erde steuert laut UN auf 2,8 Grad Erwärmung zu
Die Erde steuert den Vereinten Nationen zufolge mit der aktuellen weltweiten Klimapolitik bis zum Ende des Jahrhunderts auf 2,8 Grad Erwärmung zu.
IMPACTS
* TEMPS EXTRÊMES * Une tempête meurtrière frappe la Grèce
De violents orages balayent la Grèce, où trombes marines, crues et rafales ont provoqué un décès, des dégâts matériels et d’importantes perturbations.
IMPACTS
* TEMPS EXTRÊMES * Istanbul sous les eaux: au moins trois morts
Des pluies record ont provoqué des inondations meurtrières à Istanbul, mettant en lumière les limites des infrastructures et les effets de l’urbanisation.
IMPACTS
* TEMPS EXTRÊMES * Les inondations et les pluies torrentielles font un mort en Espagne
Une puissante tempête a causé des inondations à plusieurs endroits du pays.
IMPACTS
* SÉCHERESSE | SUISSE * Le prix des pommes de terre risque de grimper
La chaleur et la sécheresse de cet été ont fortement pénalisé les pommes de terre suisses. Les rendements sont inférieurs d’environ 25% au niveau habituel.
IMPACTS
Deep-Sea Species Struggle to Recover After Deepwater Horizon Spill
Scientists monitoring the deep ocean near the disaster site found that animal populations declined by as much as 80 percent, with little evidence of recovery.
IMPACTS MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* UNEP EMISSIONS GAP REPORT * Erde steuert auf 2,8 Grad zu, Trump macht es schlimmer
Trumps Klimarückzug verschlechtert die Prognose: Selbst im besten Fall drohen 2,1 Grad – das 1,5-Grad-Ziel ist kaum noch zu halten.
IMPACTS
This Norwegian village is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. How can its people save it?
As glaciers melt and permafrost thaws, Longyearbyen, on the remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, faces climate-induced problems from tap water to housebuilding to landslides
IMPACTS
* HITZE * Von Spanien über Frankreich: Unwetter im Mittelmeerraum
Enorme Regenmengen trafen Spaniens Ostküste sowie Korsika.
IMPACTS
* TROCKENHEIT | SCHWEIZ * Sorge ums Trinkwasser: Versorger fordern neue Lösungen
Der trockene Sommer hat gezeigt, dass ausreichend Trinkwasser auch in der Schweiz nicht selbstverständlich ist. Wasserversorger warnen, dass viele Gemeinden von grösseren Anbietern abhängig werden. Die Branchenverbände fordern deshalb ein Umdenken.
IMPACTS
* SUISSE * Coûts de certains risques climatiques
Le projet a analysé les coûts actuels et futurs des changements climatiques pour la Suisse. Il a modélisé certains risques climatiques et leurs coûts sous différents scénarios d’émissions et a examiné quels secteurs étaient particulièrement touchés. En complément, il a identifié des mesures d’adaptation possibles et en a calculé les coûts.
IMPACTS
* SCHWEIZ * Kosten von ausgewählten Klimarisiken in der Schweiz
Das Projekt analysierte die heutigen und zukünftigen Kosten des Klimawandels für die Schweiz. Es modellierte ausgewählte Klimarisiken und deren Kosten in verschiedenen Emissionsszenarien und untersuchte, welche Sektoren besonders betroffen sind. Ergänzend identifizierte es mögliche Anpassungsmassnahmen und berechnete deren Kosten.
IMPACTS SCIENCES
Beschleunigte Erwärmung: Aktuelle Messungen beunruhigen Klimaforscher
Die Atmosphäre gewinnt immer mehr Energie. Das könnte auf eine grössere Empfindlichkeit des Klimas gegenüber Treibhausgasen hindeuten. Doch viele Fragen sind offen – und wichtige Satellitenmessungen enden bald.
CAUSES
CAUSES
* JACKDAW GASFIELD * How bad is Jackdaw gasfield approval for the climate?
Climate campaigners have condemned the UK government’s decision to allow the drilling of the Jackdaw gasfield. But green activists may have secured a significant victory on the larger Rosebank oilfield with signs it won’t be approved. Michael Safi speaks to environment correspondent Matthew Taylor
CAUSES
* JACKDAW GASFIELD * Burnham approves Jackdaw – and Labour’s unity on climate action is imperilled with the stroke of a pen
This foolish decision undermines hopes that this government will take the necessary steps the climate crisis demands, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
CAUSES
* WORLD BANK * The WB Has Withdrawn a Major Loan to an Agribusiness Tied to Deforestation
The reversal comes after environmental and Indigenous rights groups pushed the bank to acknowledge environmental concerns. More watchdogging of development banks is on the horizon, they say.
CAUSES
Don’t Fly on Food: Why the U.K. Should Not Change its Rules for Jet Fuels
A UK mandate requires an increasing share of the nation’s jet fuel to be provided by so-called Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), rising from 2% in 2025 to 22% by 2040. But a new proposal threatens to undermine the policy’s sustainability goals.
CAUSES
* JACKDAW GASFIELD * Jackdaw to get go-ahead in blow to climate campaigners
Jackdaw gasfield announcement signals UK’s commitment to North Sea industry but undermines green credentials
CAUSES
* WORLD BANK * WB will back fossil gas « where appropriate »
The US wants the World Bank to expand its gas support while climate campaigners are pushing for it to end - its head spoke this week of limited backing for the fossil fuel
CAUSES
* JACKDAW GASFIELD * UK approves gas drilling despite reputational risks
The British government accepts that approving Jackdaw gas drilling will weaken its climate reputation and downplays the legal weight of the International Court of Justice advisory opinion
CAUSES
The world is crumbling in ‘The History of Concrete’
John Wilson reveals the poetry in one of the world's most common materials — and an environmental catastrophe hiding in plain sight.
CAUSES
Der Ukrainekrieg ruiniert Sibiriens Kohleindustrie
Die Region Kusbass ist Russlands wichtigstes Kohlebecken. Noch bis vor Kurzem war die Region im Aufschwung. Doch der Krieg in der Ukraine hat alles verändert. Tausende Kilometer von der Front entfernt bringt der Krieg Sibiriens Kohleindustrie an den Rand des Kollapses – mit verheerenden Folgen.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* SUISSE * A la tourbière de la Gruère, le «chantier du siècle» redonne vie à un joyau écologique jurassien
Les tourbières sont des refuges écologiques et des puits de carbone très importants, qui ont longtemps souffert des activités humaines. Plus de 5 millions de francs sont investis dans les Franches-Montagnes pour restaurer celle qui a donné naissance à l’étang de la Gruère vers 1650.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* SCHWEIZ * Deutschland nimmt Abschied von fossilen Brennstoffen – und die Schweiz?
Deutschland plant den Ausstieg aus fossilen Energieträgern bis 2045. Braucht auch die Schweiz einen Fahrplan, um die Klimaziele zu erreichen?
RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* SUISSE * L’Allemagne prépare sa sortie des énergies fossiles. Et la Suisse?
L’Allemagne est le troisième pays européen à fixer une sortie des énergies fossiles. La Suisse devrait-elle l’imiter?
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* CANTON DE NE * Neuchâtel innove et propose un festival
Le canton de Neuchâtel innove face aux enjeux climatiques et propose le festival "Agir ensemble" avec 35 événements. La manifestation invite la population à expérimenter des formes concrètes de solidarité et à imaginer un avenir durable et solidaire. Pour son côté novateur et pionnier, le programme est soutenu par la Confédération.
IMPACTS MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* UNEP EMISSIONS GAP REPORT * Planet steuert bis 2099 auf 3 Grad Erwärmung zu
Unser Planet steuert bis 2099 auf fast drei Grad Erwärmung gegenüber der vorindustriellen Zeit zu, wie die UNO rechnet.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* CANTON DE NE * Neuch’ lance le festival « Agir Ensemble » pour faire face aux changements climatiques
Interview de Florence Nater, conseillère d'Etat, cheffe du Département de l'économie et de la cohésion sociale.
IMPACTS MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* UNEP EMISSIONS GAP REPORT * Erde steuert auf 2,8 Grad zu, Trump macht es schlimmer
Trumps Klimarückzug verschlechtert die Prognose: Selbst im besten Fall drohen 2,1 Grad – das 1,5-Grad-Ziel ist kaum noch zu halten.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
As Extreme Wildfires Threaten Forests, Indigenous Leadership Offers Solutions
Wildfires disproportionately affect Indigenous and local community lands. Indigenous fire management can curb wildfires and prevent forest cover loss.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* NEGATIVE EMISSIONS * What Are Net-Negative Emissions?
Over the past decade, there has been a collective rally around the world to reach net-zero emissions by midcentury. But growing evidence suggests that reaching net zero within this timeframe is no longer enough to ensure delivery of the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degrees C goal to prevent the ever-worsening consequences of climate change.
JUSTICE CLIM. MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* WORLD BANK * What Kind of World Bank Do We Need to Build a More Resilient Economy?
There are hot debates over whether development banks should continue to increase resources for tackling climate change or focus on their traditional goal of reducing poverty. This misses the bigger point.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* NEGATIVE EMISSIONS * Cleaning the atmosphere with a CO₂ conveyor belt
Removing CO₂ directly from the atmosphere has so far been energy-intensive and expensive. Empa researchers are pursuing a completely new approach: Extremely thin coatings are designed to absorb and release CO₂ in a matter of seconds – thereby requiring significantly less energy and material.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* UNEP EMISSIONS GAP REPORT * World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says
Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment body
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* UNEP EMISSIONS GAP REPORT * Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.5C warming limit without ‘overshoot’
A temporary breach of the 1.5C global-warming limit is now “inevitable” following “decades of insufficient climate action”, says the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.
The surprisingly hopeful quest to fix concrete
Scientists are racing to reinvent concrete before we pour millions more tons of it.
RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* UNEP EMISSIONS GAP REPORT * New UNEP report lays out emission cuts needed for return to 1.5°C
With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, urgent and stringent cuts to greenhouse emissions are needed to minimize the magnitude and duration of overshoot and return to 1.5°C by the end of the century, a new UNEP report finds.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Uruguay: Ein Land, fast unabhängig von Öl und Gas
Das 3,5-Millionen-Einwohner-Land in Südamerika steckte 2008 in einer Energiekrise. Heute gilt Uruguay als Klima-Champion. Wie hat das Land die Energiewende geschafft - und würde das auch für andere Länder funktionieren?
POLITIQUE
POLITIQUE
* EU * Verbrenner-Aus per 2035 wohl Geschichte
Deutschland und Frankreich wollen die EU-Regeln für Verbrenner und E-Autos lockern. Das geplante Verbrenner-Aus ab 2035 steht damit infrage. Welche Folgen der Kurswechsel von Macron und Merz für die europäische Autoindustrie hätte, erklärt André Wolf vom Centrum für Europäische Politik.
POLITIQUE
* CANTON DE VD * Faut-il réduire l’utilisation de la voiture? Débat
Le Conseil d'état vaudois veut diminuer l'utilisation de la voiture de 71 pourcent aujourd'hui à 50 pourcent en 2050. Débat entre Gaël Coronel de la Fédération patronale vaudoise et Yves Golay, membre des Grands-parents pour le climat.
RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE
* HITZE & TROCKENHEIT | SCHWEIZ * Extremsommer bringt Bundesrat an seine Grenzen: Was interne Dokumente zeigen
Hickhack um Krisenstab, Blitz-Verfahren und die Kostenfrage: Verwaltungsinterne Dokumente zeigen, wie die Regierung um den Umgang mit Hitze und Trockenheit rang.
POLITIQUE
* BRAZIL * Planet Earth, the Amazon, and Brazil’s Election
The Amazon rainforest has been a crucial battleground in the country’s presidential runoff.
POLITIQUE
* US MIDTERMS * Voters want more action on global heating. Why are Democrats and Republicans staying silent?
Polls show that Democrats and Republicans in battleground states want to hear more from candidates about the climate crisis
ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE
* COP31 * UN committee names three countries snubbing it over NDCs
More than 30 countries have failed to submit an NDC, but only three have repeatedly ignored the committee’s efforts to engage with them
POLITIQUE
* COP31 * What World Will They Inherit?
What did Christiana Figueres, architect of the Paris agreement, believe in 2015 that she no longer believes? This week, Outrage + Optimism comes to you live from Bath Abbey, weeks before COP31 and ten years on from Paris. What is one generation of climate leaders really handing to the next? And will it be enough? – Podcast Outrage + Optimism · 43 min.
JUSTICE CLIM.
JUSTICE CLIM. MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* WORLD BANK * What Kind of World Bank Do We Need to Build a More Resilient Economy?
There are hot debates over whether development banks should continue to increase resources for tackling climate change or focus on their traditional goal of reducing poverty. This misses the bigger point.
JUSTICE CLIM.
* SCHWEIZ * Klimafinanzierung: doppelt gesagt, nur halb getan
Bundesrat Albert Rösti verkündet, die Schweiz bezahle doppelt so viel wie versprochen. Er redet die Realität schön.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
Pourquoi les guerres et la sécheresse record auront eu raison des prix des carburants
Guerres, attaques ciblées de raffineries et sécheresses historiques: le prix des carburants subit de plein fouet une succession de crises mondiales. Alors que l’essence et le diesel atteignent des sommets à la pompe, ces tensions géopolitiques et climatiques menacent directement le coût de la vie chez nous. On vous explique en vidéo
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
* SCHWEIZ * Unterwegs mit einem Heizöllieferanten
Heizöl kostet so viel wie lange nicht mehr. Trotzdem bestellen viele Haushalte jetzt Nachschub: Nach Monaten des Zuwartens werden die Tanks für den Winter gefüllt. Die Folge sind volle Auftragsbücher und ausgelastete Tankwagen bei den Lieferanten.
ACTIVISME
ACTIVISME
Are the peace movement and the climate movement the same thing?
The solar panel is the new peace symbol, Bill McKibben writes.
SCIENCES
SCIENCES
* GIEC * Le Giec n’arrive pas à s’entendre
Les membres du Giec n'ont pas trouvé un terrain d'entente concernant le calendrier de publication du prochain rapport d'évaluation.
SCIENCES
* IPCC * Why have countries been pushing for a vital global climate report to be delayed?
Saudi Arabia, Russia and China among those claiming developed countries have skewed findings of IPCC review
RECOMMANDÉ SCIENCES
* IPCC * Why a pivotal IPCC meeting in Ethiopia ended in ‘profound disappointment’
Countries have failed – for the sixth time running – to agree on the timeline for publishing the IPCC's next set of influential reports.
SCIENCES
* IPCC * Scientists vow to press on with climate reports despite political deadlock
After governments again failed to agree a timeline, nearly 120 IPCC authors pledged to complete their assessment on time and with full scientific rigour
IMPACTS SCIENCES
Beschleunigte Erwärmung: Aktuelle Messungen beunruhigen Klimaforscher
Die Atmosphäre gewinnt immer mehr Energie. Das könnte auf eine grössere Empfindlichkeit des Klimas gegenüber Treibhausgasen hindeuten. Doch viele Fragen sind offen – und wichtige Satellitenmessungen enden bald.
MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
CULTURE & EDUC. MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
Digger’s flop, Big Oil and the bots: What actually moves people?
In Digger, Tom Cruise plays an oil tycoon whose rig sets off a tsunami. Within days of release, it was written off as a flop. Christiana Figueres has seen it twice, and she has questions about how quickly that verdict arrived. As she sees it, the film puts the fossil fuel lobby squarely in the frame. – Podcast Outrage + Optimism · 45 min.
MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
The Power of Stories: How people are changing their worlds
Other worlds are possible and they exist alongside ours already. This is a truth that's difficult to remember when we're confronted with the global shitshow that is our geopolitical, ecological and climactic collapse. Filmmaker Matt Golding is documenting their stories—and turning the world of narrative strategy on its head doing so.
MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
The problem with telling people the world is ending
In the face of terrible crises, it can feel right to shock people into action. But what if that has the opposite effect?
ANTI-CLIMAT
ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE
* COP31 * UN committee names three countries snubbing it over NDCs
More than 30 countries have failed to submit an NDC, but only three have repeatedly ignored the committee’s efforts to engage with them
ANTI-CLIMAT
* COP31 * Summit’s top sponsor cut climate goals then cashed in on oil boom
COP31 sponsors should be screened for “climate integrity”. Yet Koç Holding has become a top partner while its oil refiner runs flat out and its climate targets slip
ANTI-CLIMAT
* USA * Trump just effectively killed a popular solar energy program for rural America
Solar panels can be an economic lifeline for farmers. Now they're going to be a lot harder to build.
ANTI-CLIMAT
‘Urban Greenlash’: Why is climate action facing opposition across cities?
In areas around the world, growing opposition to climate action signals a new disruptive wave that researchers call an “urban greenlash,” a backlash against climate plans and policies in cities.
ANTI-CLIMAT
Was wussten sie? Unsere Recherche zu RWE, Eon, EnBW und Vattenfall
Wer wusste seit wann was und was haben sie der Öffentlichkeit verraten? Unsere Otter News-Recherche, zur Verantwortung großer Energiekonzerne für die globale Erhitzung.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* DEUTSCHLAND * Reich – Das Geschäft mit dem Zweifel
Zweifel sind längst zu einer einflussreichen Währung geworden und für manche sogar zu einem lukrativen Geschäftsmodell. Im investigativen Podcast REICH folgt ein Journalistenteam einem Netzwerk aus Lobbyisten und Firmengeflechten, das schon seit Jahrzehnten beeinflusst, woran wir glauben. Zunächst im Auftrag der Tabakindustrie, dann für Alkoholunternehmen und schließlich für die Öl- und Gasbranche.
CULTURE & EDUC.
CULTURE & EDUC. MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
Digger’s flop, Big Oil and the bots: What actually moves people?
In Digger, Tom Cruise plays an oil tycoon whose rig sets off a tsunami. Within days of release, it was written off as a flop. Christiana Figueres has seen it twice, and she has questions about how quickly that verdict arrived. As she sees it, the film puts the fossil fuel lobby squarely in the frame. – Podcast Outrage + Optimism · 45 min.
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MITIGATION & ADAPT.
As Extreme Wildfires Threaten Forests, Indigenous Leadership Offers Solutions
Wildfires disproportionately affect Indigenous and local community lands. Indigenous fire management can curb wildfires and prevent forest cover loss.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
As climate disasters multiply, Indigenous governance offers a way forward
Indigenous peoples are confronting mounting threats even as inadequate funding and scant legal recognition limit their ability to respond.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* USA * Tribes of the Klamath Basin show us how to heal a river
With the tenacity of salmon swimming home, Un-dam the Klamath is liberating their river before our eyes.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* DROUGHT | ADAPTATION * Living with drought has taught pastoralists lessons the world needs
Half a billion people draw on generations of knowledge to thrive on rangelands. Protecting their way of life could help us all.
IMPACTS JUSTICE CLIM.
* WILDFIRES * Canada’s wildfire season is taking a heavy toll on First Nations
Thousands have been displaced as Indigenous leaders raise concerns about firefighting resources, emergency aid, and evacuation decisions.
IMPACTS
Permafrost thaw is transforming northern communities
In the rapidly warming Arctic, permafrost thaw is transforming the landscape in unpredictable and challenging ways
JUSTICE CLIM.
The rush for critical minerals is repeating an ongoing history Indigenous communities know well
All land was Indigenous once. Now, over half of the world’s ‘green’ metal projects are on Indigenous territories, from lithium-driven ecosystem collapse in the Andes to more than 100 proposed lithium mines across the US.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Finding faith in the ecological
Bridging sustainability with ecological being in a Mapuche community in Argentina
JUSTICE CLIM.
Kuper aus Europa gefährdet Lebensgrundlage der Sami
Für die Energiewende braucht es mineralische Rohstoffe. Die EU möchte diese Rohstoffe gern in Europa abbauen und verarbeiten, um unabhängiger zu werden von China. Kupfer, Eisen und seltene Erden finden sich vor allem in Nordeuropa, auf dem Gebiet der indigenen Sami.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
In Guatemala, Indigenous women build climate resilience with old and new farming methods
Ancestral knowledge combined with climate-smart techniques is boosting food security and increasing family incomes in the Lake Atitlán region Ancestral knowledge combined with climate-smart techniques are boosting food security and increasing family incomes
RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Indigenous cultural practices are a climate solution, report finds
Indigenous lands are crucial for climate mitigation and resilience. Research shows their health is a direct result of Indigenous stewardship.
ACTIVISME
UN officials urge Russia to free Indigenous climate advocate
Daria Egereva and her colleague have been jailed for six months. A growing chorus of voices wants them released at a court hearing Thursday.
JUSTICE CLIM.
‘We will not survive’: jailing of Daria Egereva highlights plight of Russia’s Indigenous people
Authorities are cracking down on rights activists fighting for Indigenous people threatened by authoritarianism, extractivism and climate breakdown
JUSTICE CLIM. TECH. & ÉNERGIE
* NORWAY * Europe’s Green-Energy Future Has a Problem: Reindeer
In northern Norway, Sami people fear a copper mine will disrupt their traditional lifestyles.
JUSTICE CLIM.
Māori climate risk worsened by colonization, report finds
A national climate assessment finds that exclusion from decision-making has increased Indigenous vulnerability to floods, storms, and erosion.
JUSTICE CLIM.
Nevada’s lithium boom comes at the expense of Indigenous rights
As demand for critical minerals surges, Indigenous leaders and Amnesty International say mining is advancing without tribal consent.
JUSTICE CLIM.
UN carbon market will likely fail to protect marginalised communities
A tool that aims to promote and safeguard sustainable development under the UN carbon market offers indigenous peoples and local communities little protection against projects which infringe on their land or violate their human rights.
JUSTICE CLIM.
War, climate change, and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum
Delegates are arriving in New York this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. Amid other challenges, the U.S. has made it increasingly difficult for delegates to secure visas to attend.
LIVRES
What does the future hold for the thawing Arctic?
Two experts unpack how trends in climate and geopolitics might unfold to shape the far north.
IMPACTS
Rusting Rivers: Alarm Grows Over Uptick in Acidic Arctic Waters
Climate change has thawed permafrost and increased rainfall in the Far North, producing sulfuric acid that is turning rivers and lakes yellow or rusty orange. Scientists are scrambling to parse the impacts on wildlife, fish, and the drinking water of Indigenous communities.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* RUSSIA * ‘A bellwether for new forms of repression’: 2 Indigenous rights advocates remain behind bars
The UN’s biggest Indigenous gathering is happening next week, but a key climate advocate will be missing.
RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Modern agriculture is collapsing under climate change. Indigenous farming has answers.
A new global review reveals a critical “gap between advocacy and evidence” when it comes to scaling traditional agriculture to fight climate change.
JUSTICE CLIM.
Landmark deal to share Chile’s lithium windfall fractures Indigenous communities
A pioneering accord meant to give Indigenous communities more of a say over lithium mining has left people in the Atacama desert divided like never before
DROIT & LITIGE
* DEEP SEA MINING * Indigenous rights, the environment, and international law: What’s at stake at this week’s seabed mining talks
Trump's aggressive push toward deep-sea mining is putting pressure on global negotiators to act fast to shape deep-sea mining rules.
ACTIVISME DROIT & LITIGE
* USA * Existenz von Greenpeace in Gefahr
Die Umweltorganisation soll in den USA 345 Millionen Dollar Schadenersatz an einen Erdölkonzern zahlen, weil sie vor zehn Jahren die Proteste der Sioux gegen die Dakota Access Pipeline unterstützt hat.
ACTIVISME DROIT & LITIGE
* USA * Judge Approves $345 Million Verdict v. Greenpeace in Pipeline Suit
Greenpeace has said the verdict could bankrupt it. The lawsuit was over the group’s role in protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
DROIT & LITIGE
Expanded Arctic Drilling Faces a Wave of Lawsuits
The Trump administration is opening subsistence habitat critical to Alaska Native hunters to oil drilling. Indigenous groups say the move violates a previous agreement.
CULTURE & EDUC.
Beginning the Year With Ancestral Wisdom
As billions around the world mark the beginning of a new year, many are pausing to ask the same questions: what do we carry forward, and what do we leave behind, as we cross from the old into the new? Podcast Outrage + Optimism (41 Min.)
JUSTICE CLIM.
Climate is central to truth and reconciliation for the Sámi in Finland
As Finland reckons with its historic mistreatment of the Indigenous Sámi people, climate change complicates the path forward.
JUSTICE CLIM.
* COP30 * UN accused of crackdown on Indigenous people – as it happened
As the summit entered its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomes
IMPACTS
‘Chunks of earth just disappear’: life on a collapsing island. Podcast
The Guardian reporter Leyland Cecco recounts a recent trip to Qikiqtaruk off the coast of Canada’s Yukon territory, where he saw first hand how indigenous groups and scientists are reckoning with an ecosystem collapsing into the sea.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* AMAZONAS * Die Mär vom unberührten Dschungel
Für viele ist der Amazonas ein Sehnsuchtsort: Wilde Natur, bewohnt von zerstreut lebenden indigenen Völkern. Doch an vielen, auch einigermassen intakten Orten des Amazonas ist die Lage anders. Auf Marajo etwa, der grössten Flussinsel im Mündungsgebiet des Amazonas.
POLITIQUE
* COP30 * Indigenous People, Long Sidelined at Climate Talks, Take the Stage in Brazil
This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* COP30 * Big plans to save the rainforest: indigenous activists say it’s not enough.
"We need the government to recognize our climate authority and our role as guardians of biodiversity.”
POLITIQUE
* COP30 * Indigene in Belém: «Die Antwort sind wir»
Noch nie nahmen so viele Indigene an einer Weltklimakonferenz teil. Sie fordern mehr Mitbestimmung, Respekt und Geld.
JUSTICE CLIM.
* COP30 * ‘We are not here for theater’: Can the ‘most Indigenous COP’ live up to the hype?
Brazil’s push to spotlight Indigenous voices at COP30 could redefine what inclusion looks like — or expose how shallow it’s been.
JUSTICE CLIM.
* COP30 | BRÉSIL * Le combat des Indiens Mura en Amazonie: «Que font ceux qui sont responsables de la protection de notre planète?»
Dans l’Etat d’Amazonas, au sud de Manaus, les Indiens Mura se battent pour maintenir un mode de vie traditionnel dans un environnement toujours plus menacé. Organisateur cette année de la COP30 sur le climat, le Brésil veut mettre l’accent sur la protection des forêts tropicales
CAUSES
* COP30 | BRASILIEN* Wie Mercuria den brasilianischen Wald zu Geld machen will
Das Genfer Handelshaus Mercuria setzt alles daran, um an der Klimakonferenz COP30 in Belém mit seinen Klimaprojekten zu glänzen. Public Eye konnte den Geheimvertrag zwischen Mercuria und dem brasilianischen Bundesstaat Tocantins einsehen.
POLITIQUE
* COP30 * Secretário-geral da ONU: vozes indígenas ‘são indispensáveis’ para evitar a catástrofe climática
Em sua única entrevista à imprensa antes da COP30 e a primeira exclusiva feita por um jornalista indígena da Floresta, António Guterres disse a SUMAÚMA que a humanidade precisa mudar de rumo ou enfrentará 'consequências devastadoras'
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* BRAZIL * Angels of Backlands: How Traditional Knowledge is Saving Forgotten Lands
The Caatinga’s story isn’t one of survival in a dryland ecosystem – it’s a lesson of looking for the hidden patterns, finding alliances, and being patient. Well, and about fate of course. Because, if a forgotten biome can regrow from dust, what else might be possible?
JUSTICE CLIM.
* SCHWEDEN * Konflikt um Rohstoffe: «Wir werden immer weiter erdrückt»
In Nordschweden sollen seltene Erden für Europas Energiewende abgebaut werden. Das bedroht die letzte Rentierroute der indigenen Sami – und damit mehr als ein Stück Land.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
What would an Indigenous Law of the Sea look like?
From deep-sea mining to climate change, this Indigenous woman sees a better future for the world's oceans.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Yasuní: Horizons and Interstices in Social Imagination
Yasuní has become an emblematic place and moment where the multiple crises of our time converge: climatic, ecological, economic, and political. It is a historical knot that concentrates the global contradictions between extractivism and sustainability, between capital expansion and the defense of life.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
There Are No Simple Solutions
We're living through a crisis of colonialism. Imagine if we rolled up our sleeves instead of pointed our fingers? – Jessica Hernandez is an indigenous climate scientist and author of Growing Papaya Trees. Her work reveals that the roots of our planetary crisis lies in the violence of colonialism and neo-colonialism.
POLITIQUE
* COP30 * Securing Indigenous Land Rights Is Key to Climate and Nature Goals
This year’s UN Climate Summit (COP30), to be held in Brazil in November, presents a pivotal opportunity for governments to support Indigenous Peoples and local communities as the frontline stewards of the world’s forests.
JUSTICE CLIM.
* ICJ OPINION * Can the ICJ opinion bring climate justice for Indigenous peoples?
The landmark ruling by the world's top court says national climate policies must protect Indigenous and minority rights - but to be effective, it needs to be enforced by states
DROIT & LITIGE
The Colorado River Is This Tribe’s ‘Lifeblood,’ Now They Want To Give It the Same Legal Rights as a Person
The move by the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and California would give rights of nature to the water, marking a historic first.
CULTURE & EDUC.
Knowing and Being. How we create knowledge is as important as the knowledge itself
This is the message of this week’s guest, Aboriginal scholar and author, Tyson Yunkaporta. In his explanation of the importance of learning through living, and living with learning, Tyson points to the how the discourse around decolonisation has granted expertise based on identity rather than experience. He highlights how indigenous thinking is fundamentally consensus building, mirroring the Western scientific method, and warns that neoliberal thinking has infected what should have been a radical transformation, creating individuals who consider themselves fully contained “little corporations”.
POLITIQUE
Brazil set to weaken environmental controls despite Lula’s efforts
Lula da Silva partially vetoed a "devastation bill" passed by Congress, but Brazil still allowed weakened environmental controls
POLITIQUE
* COP30 * Brasiliens Indigene legen ihren eigenen Klimaschutzplan vor
Die Urvölker gelten als Schlüssel im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel. Anlässlich des Tags der indigenen Völker fordern sie ein Mitspracherecht beim nächsten Weltklimagipfel in Belém.
IMPACTS
How rising seas are threatening the crucial art of weaving in Samoa
Weaving is central to cultural life in Samoa but climate change is disrupting conditions needed for plants used to make the intricate mats
ACTIVISME
* USA * Standing Rock was an Indigenous-led movement. Why did Greenpeace take the fall?
The inside story of how Greenpeace stood with water protectors – and got hit with a $666 million court judgment.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
UNESCO appoints Indigenous co-chairs to protect languages and knowledge amid climate crisis
"A single word like 'X̱maay' contains generations of climate knowledge, laws, and cultural practices."
IMPACTS
Canada’s wildfire crisis is displacing First Nations at alarming rates
With over 40,000 people evacuated and infrastructure overwhelmed, Indigenous leaders say climate change is hitting their homelands hardest.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * This Alaska Native village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump’s funding cuts.
Port Heiden is facing an energy crisis. A $300,000 grant from the EPA would have helped the traditional Alutiiq community swap costly, polluting diesel for cheaper, clean power.
CAUSES
* USA * The US government stole the Black Hills. Now it’s clear-cutting them.
The Trump administration wants to fast-track logging in the Black Hills. What could go wrong? A lot, say tribes, scientists, and conservationists.
LIVRES MITIGATION & ADAPT.
‘There’s a lot we can’t undo’: how an author’s visit to ancestral home prompted a wave of eco anxiety
Alice Mah’s book explores cultural and ecological loss through the lens of a trip to south China
CAUSES
Deforestation and illegal evictions threaten Malaysia’s Indigenous peoples
New report says the government ignores local and international laws that protect Indigenous rights.
CULTURE & EDUC.
What Pope Leo means for global climate action and colonialism
Pope Francis made a strong moral case for addressing climate change and respecting Indigenous rights. Will Leo do the same?
JUSTICE CLIM.
Indigenous land disputes cloud Kenya’s carbon market ambitions
Two of Kenya’s biggest carbon credit projects are mired in controversy, clouding the country’s hopes of raising climate finance from the offset market
RECOMMANDÉ JUSTICE CLIM.
Voices of the Amazon: Chumpi Washikiat
The Achuar people first came into contact with the outside world sixty years ago. Since then, they have mostly been left in peace, able to take what they want from the modern world and leave the rest. That’s changing now. Their territory is under threat by careerist politicians within their own community, by other indigenous nations whose populations have exponentially increased thanks to contact with fossil fuels, and by industry who, every year, is figuring out how to penetrate even deeper into the forest.
JUSTICE CLIM.
How the renewable bonanza is impacting Colombia’s largest indigenous population
For years, colonists extracted coal from the Wayuu people's territory. Now it's been marked as the heart of Colombia's energy transition
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Des critiques contre l’un des plus grands projets de protection des forêts au monde à Bornéo
Sur l'île de Bornéo, en Asie du Sud-Est, un immense projet de compensation des émissions de CO2 est en place depuis plus de dix ans. Vantée par les initiants, la protection de la forêt tropicale est toutefois très lacunaire et le projet suscite la colère des populations locales.
DROIT & LITIGE
Warum Rechte der Natur?
Mit der ecuadorianischen Verfassung ist die Natur als Rechtssubjekt anerkannt worden.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Azmapu: eine indigene Weltsicht
Das Küme mogen oder «Buen Vivir» gibt wieder, wie die Völker ihre gesellschaftliche Verbindung mit der Erde, mit dem Itxofill mogen, der Biodiversität, auffassen.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Hope in Turbulent Times: Native Leaders Take the Long View
Representatives from three tribes discuss how their communities have learned to endure by celebrating connections.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
* 2024 * Seven Quiet Breakthroughs for Climate & Nature in 2024 You Might Have Missed
Global temperatures rose and extreme weather ramped up, but there were also some significant breakthroughs for the climate this year. Here are seven quiet wins that may have gone under your radar in 2024.
RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* IPBES * Report highlights Indigenous & local knowledge as key to ‘transformative change’
Indigenous and local knowledge systems’ ability to nurture human-nature interconnection can play an important role in creating the type of transformative change needed to address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss, according to a new report published Dec. 16 by the U.N.’s biodiversity policy panel.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
9 stories that prove not all hope is lost for climate progress
During the hottest year ever, these moments provided a silver lining.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Indigenous Knowledge Is Key to Better Ocean Management
Communities like the Makahs, Yakamas and Puyallup lived in harmony with the rivers and coasts of the U.S. Pacific Northwest for generations. They revered the salmon, relying on it for food, livelihoods and cultural traditions. Waterways and salmon populations thrived — and so did native communities. But beginning in the mid-1800s, everything changed.
IMPACTS
Canada’s Gas Brings Indigenous People New Money, and Old Worries
New export terminals along the rugged Pacific coastline have reignited a generations-old debate over identity and environmental stewardship.
ACTIVISME POLITIQUE
* TRUMP * ‘Straight in harm’s way’: can Trump open up Alaska’s 19m-acre refuge for drilling?
Native leaders ready for a fight as Trump calls ANWR, one of the last truly wild places on Earth, the US’s ‘biggest oil farm’
POLITIQUE
* UN PLASTIC SUMMIT * Indigenous peoples snubbed at plastic pollution summit
“This entire process has been a violation,” said one Indigenous representative who engaged in protest at the summit.
JUSTICE CLIM.
Tribal lands were stolen. What happens when those ancestral territories are returned?
The Land Back movement is long-overdue justice. It’s also a climate solution.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
In an era of environmental crises, women closest to the destruction must be heard
My mother showed me the importance of Indigenous and Afro-descendant women in protecting the natural world. Yet they continue to face barriers and discrimination in their work
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Colonial solutions to climate change aren’t working
What Indigenous knowledge could mean in the fight to curb global warming. Hi, I’m Paige Vega, Vox’s climate editor.
DROIT & LITIGE
Bolivia Has National Rights of Nature Laws. Why Haven’t They Been Enforced?
This is the worst year on record for Amazon forest loss in the country, fueled by slash-and-burn agriculture and climate change. It's putting Indigenous peoples' lives and culture at risk.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Changing With Our Climate
Introducing a limited-run series exploring Indigenous solutions to extreme weather rooted in history — and the future. In recent years, there’s been a growing appreciation for Indigenous land stewardship and traditional knowledge.
SCIENCES
How scientists debunked one of conservation’s most influential statistics
The factoid about biodiversity and Indigenous peoples spread around the world, but scientists say bad data can undermine the very causes it claims to support
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
We’re in a deadly cycle of mega fires. The way out is to burn more.
How one Karuk fire crew leader is decolonizing our relationship to fire.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
The UN can set a new course on “critical” transition minerals
A high-level panel is working to define principles for responsible mining, which will be presented to the UN General Assembly in September
ACTIVISME DROIT & LITIGE
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * Greenpeace Tries a Novel Tactic in Lawsuit Over Dakota Access Pipeline
The environmental group, which is being sued by the pipeline company in North Dakota, threatened to use new European rules to try to limit potential damages.
LIVRES
An Indigenous Author Offers Ancestral Answers to Today’s Environmental Crises
Ailton Krenak was a child when his family was forced to leave their land in Brazil. Now, as a writer, he advocates for a path forward that looks to nature and inherited wisdom.
POLITIQUE
* USA | ELECTIONS * Tim Walz’s green resume has an oily stain
Indigenous water protectors say Walz broke his promise to stop a massive tar sands pipeline from passing through their protected land.
ACTIVISME
«Der Amazonas ist unser Leben»
Die indigenen Völker im Amazonasgebiet erheben ihre Stimme immer lauter. Doch solange andere in der Ölförderung Profit wittern, hat Umweltaktivismus einen hohen Preis. Eine Begegnung mit der ecuadorianischen Vorkämpferin Nemonte Nenquimo.
RECOMMANDÉ JUSTICE CLIM.
Study offers new policy tool for considering ‘Indigenous climate justice’
Addressing climate justice calls for a “fundamental, decolonial constitutional change”, according to a new study published in Climate Policy.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Indigenous peoples give fresh impetus to fight against climate crisis
Around the world, Indigenous peoples are using ancestral knowledge to adapt to extreme weather events and protect ecosystems
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
What 6 degrees of warming means for a community built on ice
Alaska is warming far faster than most of the world. For Indigenous people on the front lines, adaptation can be surprisingly simple.
RECOMMANDÉ MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Dieses Öl bleibt im Boden
Mächtige Konzerne wollten an das Öl unter ihrem Stammesgebiet. Ecuadors Regierung witterte Profit. Doch die Widerstandskraft der Indigenen war stärker. Erinnerungen der Aktivistin Nemonte Nenquimo.
CULTURE & EDUC.
Climate Change is Fueling the Loss of Indigenous Languages That Could Be Crucial to Combating It
Climate-related migration and seasonal changes are forcing Indigenous peoples to leave their native regions—and leave behind the languages tied to them.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Indigenous peoples give fresh impetus to fight against climate crisis
Around the world, Indigenous peoples are using ancestral knowledge to adapt to extreme weather events and protect ecosystems
ÉCONOMIE
* FINANCIAL MARKETS * Investor Nuns’ Shareholder Resolutions Aim to Stop Wall Street Financing of Fossil Fuel Development on Indigenous Lands
Faith-based climate advocates’ transparency efforts are more than a “Hail Mary.”
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
Indigenous lands feel cruel bite of green energy transition
Mining companies have been offered a path to sustainability but few are taking it – Indigenous people need to be at the table demanding change
JUSTICE CLIM.
Loggers have ‘grabbed’ around 1m hectares of Indigenous land in DRC
Logging companies have “acquired” roughly 1m hectares of Indigenous peoples’ territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2000, according to a new study.
JUSTICE CLIM. TECH. & ÉNERGIE
Energiepolitik in Norwegen: Rentiere fressen kein Geld
Ein Windpark verstösst gegen Indigenenrechte, darf aber stehen bleiben. Doch die Aktivist:innen, die dagegen protestierten, stehen nun vor Gericht. Das hat auch mit der Zürcher Gesellschaft Energy Infrastructure Partners und der Berner BKW zu tun.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
Zyklon weht Europas Wissen weg
Klimaanpassung darf nicht nur aus eurozentrischer Sicht erfolgen, heißt es in einem Fachartikel zu indigenem und lokalem Wissen. Die Wissenschaftler:innen untersuchten vier Fallbeispiele aus Südostasien.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
Indonesia turns traditional Indigenous land into nickel industrial zone
Indonesia supplies the EV industry with critical battery materials but the sector’s rapid expansion is infringing the rights of Indigenous peoples
ACTIVISME
Trial of Land Defenders Fighting the Coastal GasLink Pipeline is Put on Hold as Canadian Police Come Under Scrutiny for Excessive Force
The defense for three activists from First Nations argues abuse of process by security forces around the pipeline construction site, as the U.N. and Amnesty International allege excessive force, surveillance and criminalization of land defenders.
JUSTICE CLIM.
Blinded, sexually assaulted, silenced: the war over lithium, Argentina’s ‘white gold’
The first time, they came at 2am and without a warrant. Rosa* was alone. She was gagged, her eyes covered, and her hands bound with a cable tie. It was the night after widespread protests against sweeping changes to the constitution in Jujuy, a northern Argentine province.
CAUSES
* AMAZON * Brazil’s Congress Weakens Protection of Indigenous Lands, Defying Lula
Brazilian officials served up an array of plans and figures at the recent COP28 climate summit in Dubai, presenting itself as a world leader, on track to protect its forests and the people who live there.