Author: France 24

In its 2024 Green Skills Report, social media platform LinkedIn uses data from its 1 billion users to track the evolution of so-called “green skills” on the labour market. Their findings show that while the number of people with the skills that help combat the effects of climate change has grown over 5 percent in the year, that’s not keeping up with the 11 percent increase in jobs requiring those skills. With the COP29 climate summit underway, FRANCE 24’s Charles Pellegrin speaks to LinkedIn’s Vice President of Public Policy, Sue Duke.

UK author Samantha Harvey, one of a record five women shortlisted for the Booker Prize, won the coveted award on Tuesday for her fifth novel, a “space pastoral” titled “Orbital”, becoming the first woman to win the award since Margaret Atwood in 2019.

Tens of thousands of fans gathered in France’s Sables d’Olonne on Sunday for the start of the 10th Vendée Globe, the round-the-world solo yacht race known as the Everest of the Seas. FRANCE 24’s Selina Sykes reports from the port town in western France as the 40 skippers leave their pontoons ahead of the race’s official start.

As Donald Trump assembles his team ahead of a second term as US president next year, we focus on what his plans to massively deport millions of undocumented immigrants will cost and what impact it will have on the economy. The total tab could end up costing close to a trillion dollars over 10 years, and the plans could lead to severe labour shortages and troubles with food supply. 

Joe Biden’s deadline for Israel to allow aid into Gaza comes to an end this Wednesday (November 13). The situation in Gaza though remains critical. Israel has failed to meet US demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, where conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-old war, international aid organizations said Tuesday.

In this music show on arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim is joined on set by American-Haitian multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla. She’s on tour with her fifth studio album “Sun Without the Heat”. It blends sounds from the diaspora – Afrobeat, Ethiopian modalities, Brazilian tropicalism, folk and American blues. The title of the record is a reference to a 1857 Frederick Douglass speech made six years before the Emancipation Proclamation. The songs on the record juxtapose grief and joy and despite being released in the spring, it reflects the current mood in the aftermath of the US presidential election.

Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory on Sunday in the Tour de France Singapore Criterium with a signature surge to the line in his last-ever professional race.

Pakistan’s Punjab province banned most outdoor activities and ordered shops, markets and malls in some areas to close early from Monday to curb illnesses caused by intense air pollution. Story by Eliza Herbert.

As delegates from all over the world attend the opening of COP29 in Azerbaijan this Monday, we focus on the financial needs of developing economies in their bid to transition to a green economy and build up climate resilience. A leading group of experts has calculated that, excluding China, developing economies will need $2.4 trillion annually by 2030. Also in this edition, we look at what the Trump presidency could mean for the Federal Reserve’s independence.

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler called for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon at a joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit that will renew calls for a Palestinian state on Monday.