Valerie Dekimpe

Paris

Broadcast Journalist and Environment Editor at France 24

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Articles

'We're keeping them safe': Scientists build 'Noah's Ark' for endangered corals

Jan 10, 2025 | france24.com | Valerie Dekimpe

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Coral reefs rank as some of the planet's most vital ecosystems. Although they cover just 0.2 percent of oceans, reefs are home to a quarter of marine biodiversity. Scientists warn they could vanish in as little as a decade, unless we rapidly slow the rate of global warming.
Climate crisis and displacement: Flood victims in France seek recognition

Dec 9, 2024 | france24.com | Valerie Dekimpe

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One year after France's northern Pas-de-Calais region was hit by record floods, victims are still recovering from the disaster. FRANCE 24 visited the town of Blendecques, where an entire neighbourhood is set to be demolished and transformed into a stormwater basin to prevent future flooding. Residents now say they're among the first in France to have been "displaced" by the climate crisis.
Methane, a climate time bomb: On the trail of leaks in Romania

Nov 15, 2024 | france24.com | Valerie Dekimpe

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Nearly three years after more than 100 countries promised to tame methane emissions, the indiscriminate leakage of this powerful greenhouse gas is still rampant. As world leaders convene in Aerbaijain for the COP29 climate summit, FRANCE 24's reporters follow the trail of methane leaks in Romania, home to one of Europe's largest oil reserves.
Le méthane, bombe silencieuse du climat : enquête sur les fuites de gaz en Roumanie

Nov 15, 2024 | france24.com | Valerie Dekimpe

Pour afficher ce contenu , il est nécessaire d'autoriser les cookies de mesure d'audience et de publicité. A retrouver dans l'émission À l'occasion de la COP29, qui se tient actuellement en Azerbaïdjan, France 24 a enquêté sur les fuites de méthane en Roumanie, pays qui abrite les plus grandes réserves de pétrole d'Europe. Le méthane est un puissant gaz à effet de serre, en partie responsable du réchauffement climatique.
Hatching of baby turtles in south of France puzzles scientists

Oct 25, 2024 | france24.com | Valerie Dekimpe

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Turtles have inhabited our oceans for over 150 million years, ever since dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Yet today, six out of seven living species are considered endangered. They usually live in tropical waters. However, since the late 2000s, one species - the loggerhead sea turtle - has been coming to lay its eggs in the south of France.
'They see with their noses': Detector dogs trained to sniff out water leaks

Oct 7, 2024 | france24.com | Valerie Dekimpe

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. From crop failures to shrinking lakes, Europe is increasingly suffering from a lack of water. According to the European Environment Agency, around 30 percent of the continent's population is already affected by shortages. Preventing water leaks has become a priority for many cities. In France, a special dog brigade has been trained to locate leaky pipes.
Paris's plan to ditch ACs and expand urban cooling system

Sep 9, 2024 | france24.com | Valerie Dekimpe

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Around the world, record-shattering temperatures are feeding demand for air conditioning. 135 million individual ACs are sold every year, a figure set to triple by 2050 according to the International Energy Agency. This rush to cool air could in turn become a major driver of electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
The Olympics are usually an environmental disaster. Can Paris be the exception?

Jul 25, 2024 | france24.com | Valerie Dekimpe
Meet the woman who ran 20 marathons in 30 days along the Seine

Jul 12, 2024 | france24.com | Valerie Dekimpe

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. An Australian environmental activist has become the first person to run the entire length of the Seine River, a total of 848km from its source to the sea, in 30 days. Mina Guli set off on this epic journey last month to draw attention to efforts being made to clean up the Seine, and the need for all cities to restore rivers.
French scientists launch programme to decode DNA of marine species

Jul 10, 2024 | france24.com | Valerie Dekimpe

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Over the next eight years, scientists will study the DNA of 4,500 marine species found along France's coastline and overseas territories. The ATLASea programme aims to collect specimens of fish, mammals and algae whose genomes have never been sequenced before in order to draw up a genetic "map" of underwater life.