Floods, marine submersions, storms, land movements, coastal erosion, forest fires, heat waves, avalanches, earthquakes, ... the list continues to grow but above all to be repeated, leading to more and more risks for populations. And - as we have just learned - six French people out of ten are
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La question de la nature en ville a déjà fait un bon bout de chemin… Ecologues, urbanistes, architectes, acteurs publics, de nombreuses démarches avancent pour revoir nos modèles urbains. Une de ces démarches a le vent en poupe : l’écopâturage urbain. Après les écoquartiers, ce concept un peu fou est
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A qui se fier ? De la crise de confiance institutionnelle à la crise sanitaire, d’Antoine Bristielle – Editions de l’Aube (Collection Monde en cours) / Fondation Jean Jaurès – 18 mars 2021 – 93 pages La nature des mesures adoptées lors de la crise sanitaire, mais aussi leur succès
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Véritable célébration du lien qui unit les créateurs de mode à la danse, l’exposition au CNCS de Moulins rouvre ses portes à compter du jeudi 21 mai. Entre les prestigieuses créations de Coco Chanel, avec les ballets russes, celles signées par Gianni Versace pour Maurice Béjart ou Christian Lacroix puis
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In our post-viral world, major issues concerning the environment, education, and international relations arise. UNESCO has invited leading women thinkers, specialists in fields ranging from climatology to international relations, physics and African studies, to express their vision of the challenges and opportunities.
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"The French will be able to go on holiday in France in July and August": it's official, Edouard Philippe has just announced this Thursday, May 14th. The deconfinement seems to be on the right track. Even if the Minister of Ecological Transition, Elisabeth Borne, has announced the creation of a
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We know the opinion of the French on the state of the public hospital: 88% of them consider it to be in "danger" and 94% are in favour of increasing the means. Thus, to improve the operation of the public hospital, 87 % suggest more staff and 77 % more budget.
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In order to anticipate and prevent the massive use of private cars at a time of deconfinement, the Climate Action Network is asking the Government to release an emergency fund for bicycles of 500 million euros, which is essential to support communities and ensure the deployment of temporary bicycle paths throughout the country.
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According to its own definition, the online platform MyOwnDocumenta is "a virtual object not identified by the artists themselves", who pose, during their infinite residencies, the traces of their ongoing projects. A collective logbook where each artist or author regularly posts, at his own pace, some of their works.
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Régis Marcon, a starred chef (1), signed an op-ed published in Le Figaro on Monday 20 April to call for "a partial deconfinement of responsible catering". Surrounded by 17 of the most renowned chefs in French catering (2), he calls for saving "more than a million jobs". A platform at the
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Most true inclusive, humanistic and progressive innovations are born in times of acute crisis, under the pressure of urgency and need, which accelerates everything and makes it possible to put technology at the service of know-how and real needs. The Innovation Tuesdays offer two reformatted videos and
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In order to support businesses in the face of the crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic, the French government has announced a number of measures. Innovative companies believe that the measures are a step in the right direction but that the recovery will have to be thought through over the long term, according to a study by the Committee.
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Public Health France makes available indicators for monitoring the COVID-19 epidemic by department, in order to follow the day-to-day evolution of hospitalisations in our regions and monitor the intensity of the epidemic. UP' offers you the graphs of Public Health France, revealing a national epidemic with variable geography. From
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On April 5, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City was found to test positive for COVID-19, along with six other tigers and lions, with symptoms consistent with the disease. This detection of the new coronavirus in a wild animal is an important step in the fight against the disease.
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Faced with the coronavirus and the containment it causes, Gallimard publishes one or two "Crisis leaflets" every day, free of charge, signed by the House's leading figures such as Erik Orsenna, Sylvain Tesson, Cynthia Fleury, Régis Debray and Danièle Sallenave, in order to reflect on the questions raised by the coronavirus and the containment it causes.
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A coalition of scientists, physicians, policy makers, ... has been formed to accelerate research on the prevention and treatment of VIDOC-19 in low- and middle-income countries. A challenge of unparalleled magnitude, particularly in terms of the ethics of research in the context of a health emergency
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Disruptions in agricultural commodity markets, lack of arms in the fields, inadequate protection of food workers against coronavirus: in a rare joint statement, the leaders of the three multilateral organizations responsible for food, health and trade, FAO, WHO and WTO, warn against
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The pandemic is hitting the world. Everybody. Like a scourge of fate. In reality, this crisis is a product of our way of living the world. By extending the limits of our human habitats into the wilderness, we have not only destroyed biodiversity, but have also entered into a new era.
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France is not China. Not so much because of its geographical size or economic power, but because of its culture and the way of life and behaviour of the French. The coronavirus is reshuffling the maps of the hierarchy of needs, without revolutionizing everyday habits. It is
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This was the cry from the heart of the deputy mayor of Angers, in charge of the environment and green spaces, during an interview for UP'. 100,000 trees are to be planted in Angers, putting the city at the top of the list of the Green Cities Observatory, which analysed the policy of the city.
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