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MEPs voted on Thursday to delay methane monitoring and reporting rules for oil, gas and coal importers by three years – two more than proposed by the Commission.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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MEPs want a bigger budget for Erasmus+, the EU’s programme for learning mobility, to make it more accessible for young people of different economic, social and geographical backgrounds.
Committee on Culture and Education

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MEPs want a bigger budget for Erasmus+, the EU’s programme for learning mobility, to make it more accessible for young people of different economic, social and geographical backgrounds.
Committee on Culture and Education

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Au terme d'un huitième de finale disputé, ce jeudi 22 octobre 2026, à Suzhou, les Guépards U-18 ont validé leur billet pour les quarts de finale de la Coupe du Monde de Football Scolaire U-18 en venant à bout de Taipei aux tirs au but (4-3).

Le Bénin poursuit son rêve mondial en Chine. Les Guépards U-18 ont validé leur ticket pour les quarts de finale de la Coupe du Monde de Football Scolaire après leur victoire face à Taipei ce jeudi 22 octobre 2026. Une qualification arrachée au mental, qui témoigne de la détermination et de la résilience des jeunes ambassadeurs du football scolaire béninois.

Dès le coup d'envoi, les hommes de Séverin Danha affichent leurs intentions. Portés par leur envie de prendre le contrôle des débats, les Guépards scolaires obtiennent un penalty à la 7e minute, consécutif à une main d'un défenseur adverse dans la surface. John Ethan Hountinmé ne tremble pas et transforme la sanction pour donner l'avantage au Bénin (1-0).

Mais les jeunes Béninois n'ont guère le temps de savourer de cette victoire. Deux minutes plus tard, une perte de balle dans l'entrejeu profite à Taipei, qui rétablit rapidement la parité (1-1). Un coup de froid pour les poulains de Séverin Danha, qui ne tardent pas à reprendre l'initiative.

À la 18e minute, au terme d'une belle combinaison collective, Carlos Junior Fanou fait parler son efficacité et redonne l'avantage au Bénin (2-1). Malgré les tentatives adverses, les Guépards conservent cette avance jusqu'à la pause, avec l'espoir de gérer leur acquis en seconde période.

Une égalisation qui relance le suspense

Au retour des vestiaires, les Béninois cherchent à se mettre à l'abri en multipliant les offensives. Mais Taipei résiste et peut compter sur un gardien particulièrement inspiré, auteur de plusieurs interventions décisives. À force de manquer l'occasion de faire le break, le Bénin finit par être rejoint.

À la 57e minute, Taipei trouve une nouvelle fois le chemin des filets et ramène le score à 2-2. Tout est alors à refaire pour les Guépards, désormais confrontés à une fin de match sous haute tension. Malgré les efforts des deux formations, aucune ne parvient à faire la différence avant la fin du temps réglementaire. La qualification doit donc se jouer à la redoutable épreuve des tirs au but.

Junior Tossou, le choix gagnant du staff béninois

Dans ce moment décisif, le staff technique béninois tente un coup tactique audacieux. Sur recommandation de l'entraîneur des gardiens, Loïc Ahissou, le sélectionneur national scolaire, Séverin Danha, décide de faire entrer Junior Tossou à la place du gardien titulaire, Jacques Adango, à l'approche de la séance fatidique.
Un choix qui va s'avérer payant. Lors de la séance des tirs au but, Junior Tossou se distingue en stoppant une tentative adverse, offrant un avantage psychologique précieux à ses coéquipiers. Les tireurs béninois font ensuite preuve de sang-froid pour conclure l'exercice et sceller la victoire sur le score de 4 tirs au but à 3.

Après cette victoire, le Bénin affrontera la Croatie vendredi prochain à 12h30, heure de Suzhou, soit 5h30 au Bénin. Un match très important pour les jeunes Béninois, avec en ligne de mire, une place dans le dernier carré de cette Coupe du Monde de Football Scolaire U-18.

The 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is collectively awarded to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its officials.

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The 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is collectively awarded to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its officials.

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DRAFT OPINION on 2025 discharge: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hilde Vautmans

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L'Agence béninoise du Médicament et des autres produits de Santé (ABMed) a publié de nouvelles recommandations concernant l'utilisation des médicaments contenant du métamizole, également appelé dipyrone. Cette démarche fait suite à l'évaluation des données internationales de pharmacovigilance et vise à renforcer la sécurité des patients.

DRAFT OPINION on 2025 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hilde Vautmans

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À l'approche des élections de mi-mandat, Trump s'est vanté des performances de l'économie américaine. BBC Verify examine l'inflation, l'emploi et la croissance économique du pays.

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Oct 22 2026 (IPS)

 
The world is getting hotter. And the consequences are already being felt.

From devastating floods and prolonged droughts to intensifying heatwaves, climate change is disrupting lives and livelihoods across the globe.

According to the World Meteorological Organization, the eleven years from 2015 to 2025 were the hottest ever recorded.

In 2025, global temperatures were approximately 1.43 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

And the human impact is growing.

UNICEF reports that more than 171 million students had their education disrupted by climate-related hazards in 2025.

Three-quarters of those affected lived in low- and lower-middle-income countries.

Now, a new United Nations Environment Programme report delivers another warning.

Its 2026 Emissions Gap Report concludes that temporarily exceeding the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree warming threshold is now unavoidable.

But how far temperatures rise, and for how long, still depends on decisions made today.

UNEP estimates that limiting this overshoot requires global greenhouse gas emissions to fall by 18 percent by 2030, and 45 percent by 2035, compared with 2025 levels.

Current national climate commitments fall far short.

Yet solutions exist.

Renewable energy, cleaner transport, energy efficiency and stronger climate policies can reduce emissions.

And investment in climate adaptation can help protect vulnerable communities from worsening impacts.

On October 24th, International Day of Climate Action draws attention to the urgent need for collective action.

The challenge is no longer simply to prevent warming.

It is to limit the damage, protect lives and build a more resilient future.

Because every fraction of a degree matters.

IPS UN Bureau

 

 

 

 

Thursday 22 October 2026

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By Shahiduzzaman
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct 22 2026 (IPS)

Bangladesh has earned global recognition for reducing deaths from cyclones and floods. Early warning systems, cyclone shelters, embankments and community preparedness have transformed the country’s disaster response. Yet another climate crisis is receiving far less attention: the economic damage climate change is quietly inflicting on households, farmers, workers, businesses and public finances.

Shahiduzzaman

The question is no longer whether climate change is costing Bangladesh. It clearly is. The real question is how much we are losing, who is paying the price and whether the country is doing enough to prevent these losses.

The uncomfortable reality is that Bangladesh still lacks a comprehensive annual system for calculating climate induced microeconomic damage. Losses are recorded separately through agricultural damage, disaster assessments, health costs, infrastructure destruction, lost working days, business interruption, declining household income and climate induced migration. As a result, much of the country’s real climate bill remains invisible.

Available evidence shows that the cost is already enormous. The World Bank estimates that tropical cyclones cost Bangladesh around US$1 billion annually. It has also warned that a severe flood could reduce national GDP by as much as 9 percent, while climate change could cause around one third of agricultural GDP to be lost by 2050. As many as 13.3 million people could become internal climate migrants by 2050 because of climate related pressures on agriculture, water and land. The economic burden is no longer limited to cyclones and floods. Extreme heat is emerging as a major source of economic loss. A 2025 World Bank assessment found that heat related physical and mental health conditions resulted in an estimated 250 million lost workdays in Bangladesh in 2024. The resulting economic loss was estimated at between US$1.33 billion and US$1.78 billion, equivalent to around 0.3 to 0.4 percent of GDP.

This should fundamentally change how Bangladesh understands climate damage. A disaster does not have to destroy a house, factory or bridge to cause economic loss. When extreme heat reduces the productivity of a construction worker, garment worker, farmer, transport worker or street vendor, the economy loses output.

The hidden climate bill therefore extends far beyond physical destruction.

Consider a farmer in coastal Bangladesh. Rising salinity may gradually reduce agricultural production. The immediate result is lower household income. But the consequences do not end there. A family may sell livestock, borrow money, reduce food consumption or withdraw children from school. Eventually, one or more family members may migrate to Dhaka or another city.

A climate shock that begins in a field can therefore become a problem for the labour market, housing, education, health services and urban infrastructure.

The same chain of losses occurs during floods. A small shopkeeper can lose inventory. A transport worker can lose several days of income. A factory may remain physically undamaged but stop production because roads are submerged or workers cannot reach their workplace. Households may spend their savings on repairs instead of education, healthcare or investment.

At the same time, the government must spend more on emergency relief, damaged roads, embankment repair, reconstruction and public health.

Climate change therefore creates a double burden: private income and productive assets are lost while public expenditure increases.

This is why Bangladesh urgently needs a national climate loss accounting system. It should systematically measure household and productive asset losses, agricultural and fisheries damage, lost income and working days, health and productivity costs, business interruption, supply chain disruption, displacement and loss of human capital.

Such a system would tell policymakers not simply how much a cyclone or flood costs in physical damage, but how much income ordinary citizens lose and how much economic activity Bangladesh sacrifices.

This is particularly important because a large share of Bangladesh’s workers remain in informal employment. Agricultural labourers, construction workers, transport workers, street vendors and small entrepreneurs often have limited access to paid leave, insurance or social protection. When a flood, cyclone or heatwave prevents them from working, their income can disappear immediately.

Climate change is therefore also an inequality crisis.

A wealthier household may be able to repair its home, relocate temporarily or pay medical expenses. A poor household may have to sell productive assets or take on debt. For families living close to the poverty line, one climate shock can erase years of economic progress.

Bangladesh has taken important steps toward adaptation. Its National Adaptation Plan for 2023 to 2050 identifies major adaptation priorities and recognises the enormous investment required to protect people, livelihoods and development. (UNDP) But the gap between ambition and implementation remains a serious concern.

The first major gap is data. Bangladesh cannot effectively manage climate related economic damage without knowing its full scale. The government should publish an annual National Climate Economic Loss Report covering households, agriculture, businesses, labour productivity, health and public infrastructure.

The second gap is institutional coordination. Climate adaptation cannot remain primarily the responsibility of environmental or disaster management agencies. Climate risks must be integrated into agriculture, finance, labour, health, housing, transport, industry, education and urban planning.

The third gap is prevention. Bangladesh has become relatively successful at responding after disasters, but prevention deserves much greater economic priority. A resilient drainage system that prevents repeated business disruption may be more valuable than repeatedly repairing flood damage. A climate resilient crop can protect rural income for years. A heat resilient workplace can preserve thousands of working days.

The fourth challenge is finance. Bangladesh cannot meet its enormous adaptation needs through public budgets alone. International climate finance, concessional financing, private investment, insurance and innovative financial mechanisms will all be necessary.

International experience offers useful lessons. The Netherlands demonstrates how flood protection can be integrated into long term spatial planning, infrastructure and water management. Its experience shows that flood resilience can be treated as an economic strategy rather than simply an emergency response.

Singapore offers another important lesson, particularly for Bangladesh’s cities. Its approach to rising temperatures combines urban greenery, heat modelling, climate sensitive planning and protection of vulnerable populations. Dhaka could similarly treat trees, shaded public spaces, cool buildings, drainage and water management as economic infrastructure rather than merely environmental amenities.

Bangladesh can also build on its own success. Its cyclone warning system and community preparedness programmes demonstrate that locally rooted approaches can deliver remarkable results. The same principle should now be applied to protecting livelihoods, small businesses, agriculture and workers.

Most importantly, adaptation should be judged by economic outcomes. Instead of simply reporting how much money is spent on a climate project, the government should measure how many jobs are protected, how much income is safeguarded, how many working days are preserved and how much future economic loss is avoided.

The real climate bill is not simply the cost of rebuilding a bridge after a flood. It is the farmer who produces less for years because of salinity. It is the worker who loses productive days because of extreme heat. It is the small entrepreneur whose capital disappears in a flood. It is the child whose education is interrupted because household income collapses. It is the family forced to migrate after losing its land.

When millions of such individual losses accumulate, they become a national economic crisis.

Bangladesh has demonstrated that it can protect its people from the deadliest consequences of climate disasters. The next challenge is to protect their livelihoods and economic future.

The country cannot manage what it does not measure. It is time to move from simply counting disasters to counting lost income, lost jobs, lost working days, damaged productive assets and the GDP that climate change prevents Bangladesh from generating.

The objective should not simply be to calculate how much climate change costs Bangladesh. It should be to determine how much Bangladesh can save by investing in resilience today.

Climate adaptation is no longer merely an environmental responsibility. For Bangladesh, it is an investment in GDP, employment, poverty reduction, human development and long term economic security. The climate bill is already being paid. The failure is that we still do not know its full size.

The author is the Editor and CSO of News Network.

IPS UN Bureau

 

 

 

 

Le Bénin et l'Union européenne (UE) veulent consolider leur partenariat et accélérer la mise en œuvre de leurs engagements communs. Les deux parties ont tenu, mercredi 21 octobre 2026 à Cotonou, la deuxième édition de leur dialogue de partenariat. Les échanges ont porté sur le bilan de la coopération et les perspectives de collaboration dans plusieurs secteurs prioritaires.

La deuxième édition du dialogue de partenariat entre le Bénin et l'Union européenne a eu lieu ce mercredi 21 octobre 2026. Plusieurs membres du gouvernement ont pris part à cette importance rencontre. Il s'agit notamment de la ministre des Affaires étrangères, Corinne Amori Brunet, de Janvier Yahouédéou, ministre de la Décentralisation et de la Gouvernance locale ; Édouard Dahomé, ministre de l'Énergie, de l'Eau et des Mines ; Yassine Latoundji, ministre de la Culture, des Arts et du Patrimoine ; Djibril Mama Cissé Moussa, ministre délégué chargé de l'Intérieur et de la Sécurité publique ; Gildas Agonkan, ministre délégué chargé de la Défense nationale ; ainsi que Hugues Oscar de Lokossou, ministre délégué chargé de la Mobilisation des ressources extérieures et de la Gestion de la dette.

Les discussions, selon un communiqué du gouvernement, ont porté sur les pôles de développement territorial, l'extension du réseau électrique, l'intégration régionale, la modernisation du Port autonome de Cotonou, l'accès des PME au financement, l'eau et l'assainissement, la formation professionnelle, la prévention de l'extrémisme violent, la transformation numérique, le tourisme et la formalisation du secteur privé.

À l'ouverture des travaux, la ministre des Affaires étrangères, Corinne Amori Brunet, a souligné l'importance du dialogue pour approfondir les relations entre le Bénin et l'Union européenne. Elle a également insisté sur la nécessité de veiller à ce que les retombées de cette coopération profitent effectivement aux populations.

Pour Hugues Oscar de Lokossou, ministre délégué chargé de la Mobilisation des ressources extérieures et de la Gestion de la dette, cette rencontre constitue un cadre de concertation sur des enjeux stratégiques, politiques et géopolitiques. L'objectif est de favoriser des résultats concrets au service du développement du Bénin.

Pour sa part, le chef de la délégation de l'Union européenne au Bénin, Stéphane Mund, a mis l'accent sur l'intérêt de ces échanges pour évaluer les acquis du partenariat, examiner les difficultés rencontrées et identifier de nouvelles perspectives de coopération.

À travers cette deuxième édition du dialogue de partenariat, le Bénin et l'Union européenne réaffirment leur volonté de renforcer la coopération et de traduire leurs engagements en actions concrètes. Ce cadre de concertation vise à soutenir la transformation économique et sociale du pays, tout en favorisant la création d'opportunités et l'amélioration des conditions de vie des populations. L'ambition affichée étant de faire de ce partenariat, un levier de développement durable, en cohérence avec les objectifs nationaux de lutte contre la pauvreté et d'amélioration du bien-être des populations.

F. A. A.

UNESCO is growing its environmental DNA, or eDNA, expedition programme. This ambitious and cost-effective project can give usable ocean data in a couple of weeks using a small number of seawater samples collected by citizen scientists.

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