Tag: Climate and transitions
Climate: can the activist shareholders of TotalEnergies make the company bend?
Will shareholders push Total to be more virtuous on its CO₂ emissions? A coalition of investors intends to table a resolution at the general meeting of shareholders of the TotalEnergies…
Paris metro and RER: the most polluted lines
The Paris metro is not immune to fine particles. On the contrary, the air is even more polluted there than outside, according to the results of the survey published by…
Car pollution: why some EU countries oppose tougher standards
What do France, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia have in common? These eight countries of the European Union (EU) expressed this Monday, May 22, their…
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions: the main lines of the French “action plan”
Transport, building, agriculture, industry… France presented this Monday, May 22 its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. No sector is immune to this plan, which involves everyone mobilizing…
France at +4°C in 2100: what are the government’s tracks?
Prepare for the worst. What if the Earth warmed up by 4 degrees, despite the efforts undertaken to limit climate change, and decarbonize our production methods? A distressing vision of…
COP28: the conference that wants to reconcile business and climate
The Conferences of the Parties (COP) have long ceased to be a dream. Taxed as “useless” by many observers, they have led for more than twenty years to compromises which…
Historic floods in Italy: eleven dead and considerable damage
Eleven dead, stricken municipalities, devastated crops: Emilia-Romagna, a rich region considered “the orchard of Italy”, deplores this Thursday, May 18 considerable damage caused by floods of rare intensity, signs according…
Climate: the 2023-2027 period probably the hottest on record
The period 2023-2027 will be with almost certainty the hottest ever recorded on Earth, under the combined effect of greenhouse gases and the El Niño weather phenomenon, which are driving…
Climate: towards an unprecedented drought this summer?
While the weather in May is more like that of March, some French people are wondering: did the heavy rains fill the water tables? Is the risk of drought finally…
Forest fires: what the text on fire prevention examined at the Assembly contains
It is a bill rather consensual. The deputies examine from this Monday, May 15, a battery of measures to better prevent forest fires. The bill, already unanimously adopted at first…