Tag: Climate and transitions
What the High Seas Treaty Could Change (and What’s Still Stuck)
A vital treaty for the planet… And for us. This Friday, March 3, the member states of the UN will have to return their copy in terms of the protection…
Wind turbines: “We are facing a vast company of disinformation”
He defines himself as an “anti-Jancovici”. Cédric Philibert, associate researcher at the French Institute for International Relations (Ifri), defends the place of renewable energies in our energy mix. His last…
Emmanuel Macron and Africa: the underside of green diplomacy
As soon as they get off the plane, in the moist heat of Libreville, the billboard catches the eye of the traveler: seen from the sky, an endless wooded expanse.…
What is the “nuclear alliance”, this circle which wants to defend the atom in Europe?
Emmanuel Macron stays the course of the atom. While the deputies examine, this Wednesday, March 1, a draft law on nuclear power, the French government initiated, the day before, an…
Carbon credits, corruption… In Gabon, a green lung that is worth gold
Standing on the okoumé wooden terrace of a small, tired pavilion, Loïc Makaga speaks with the clear voice of someone who knows his speech by heart. “Here we have a…
Food sovereignty: how the Avril group is leading the battle
On the sidewalk of the rue de Monceau in Paris, a stationary cement mixer and a few construction cones signal that the work at Avril HQ is gradually coming to…
Drought and construction: “We are still struggling to prioritize the interests for the environment”
He hasn’t had more for more than 31 days in France. Usual summer refrain, perhaps, if we weren’t… in the middle of winter. Unheard of, according to Météo-France. To make…
School canteen: four reasons to make it compulsory
Although aging, France has 12 million school children. They are called to live in a world that will necessarily be different tomorrow. To push back the specter of an unsustainable…
War in Ukraine: the year that transformed the European energy landscape
Several decades will undoubtedly be necessary to estimate the impact of the war in Ukraine, warns Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). But over a period…
Dolphin victims of fishing: “An unprecedented increase in mortality this winter”
The photo made the rounds on social media. We see the scarified remains of a dolphin bearing the inscription “Sea Shepherd PD” (with a missing H in the name of…