Tag: Climate and transitions
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…
Drought: soon water restrictions everywhere in France?
“France is on alert”. It is with these words that the Minister for Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu, announced the establishment of a drought anticipation committee this Thursday, February 23, after…
Rationing fuel, meat or air travel: the anti-CO2 plan that is debating
Will we have to ration fuel, air travel or meat in the future in order to sufficiently reduce our CO2 emissions? This thorny question is the subject from a recent…