Tag: Climate and transitions
Garbage collectors’ strike: these mountains of waste that we don’t want to see
It doesn’t take long to spoil a stroll through one of the most beautiful cities in the world. In one week more than 5,000 tons of uncollected waste have accumulated…
Energy and climate: putting an end to the unbearable levity of laws, by Cécile Maisonneuve
While the trash cans were burning in the streets of Paris following the government’s activation of this famous article 49.3 to pass the pension reform bill, two interesting sequences played…
The IPCC report followed by the facts? Why it’s not quite the case yet
Eight years of work, thousands of studies, and one ambition: to enlighten political decision-makers on the paths to follow to contain and prepare for climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on…
Warming, stronger than expected impacts… What to remember from the latest IPCC report
“A message of hope” but also a call to political decision-makers to do more and faster. This is the substance of the latest summary report of the Intergovernmental Panel on…
can the Danish model inspire France?
In this episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon analyzes the development of wind turbines in Denmark with Sébastien Julian, from the Sciences department of L’Express. Listen to this episode and…
European Green Industry Plan: “Investment is missing”
“No more naivety, now action.” It is with this assertion that Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner in charge of the Internal Market, presented on Thursday 16 March the ambitions of…
At the hearings on energy independence, memory lapses and disastrous choices
Memory lapses, controversial decisions, presidents who defend their results and scientists who taunt politicians… The parliamentary commission of inquiry will have offered a fine spectacle for those who have followed…
Macron and the revival of nuclear power: everything still remains to be done
Decidedly, the merger between ASN and IRSN continues to make waves. While they were supposed to take another step in the revival of the atom, the deputies rejected on Wednesday…
The “quarter-hour city”, a new fad of conspiracy theorists
Who would’ve believed that ? Few things, ultimately, will have been enough to trigger crazy conspiracy theories around a concept… of town planning. A confusion – real or alleged –…
Oil project in Alaska: why Biden’s green light is seen as a betrayal by environmentalists
The decision is seen as a betrayal by environmental associations. On Monday March 13, the administration of Joe Biden approved a giant oil project in the Alaskan steppe. Named “Willow”…