The pandemic at Covid-19 is not over, let summer come. Specialists predict that it will be hot and that the scorching temperatures will break records. This is already the case, this month of April and May in South-Eastern Europe, which is suffocating. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned this Tuesday 26 May
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The Italian architect Stefano Boeri is known worldwide for his green towers in Milan and his forest cities in China. After the passage of the Covid-19, he advocates a return to villages, the greening of cities and profound changes in lifestyles. Otherwise, our current cities
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On the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity celebrated on 22 May, whose theme this year is "Our Solutions are in Nature", UNESCO has posted on its website five exchanges between world-renowned experts in which they discuss the following topics
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While Bruno Le Maire announced on May 18th that a recovery plan for the automotive sector would be implemented within a fortnight, and that Emmanuel Macron will announce tomorrow his support plan for the automotive sector, the Nicolas Hulot Foundation publishes "Quelle stratégie pour le secteur automobile en France après la crise du Covid-19" (What strategy for the automotive sector in France after the Covid crisis?).
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The month of April broke temperature records, heralding one of the hottest summers on record. But these pessimistic predictions are outweighed by reality. The heat wave we feared after the pandemic episode is already here. In the middle of May, the month of the sweet spring sung by Ronsard, the
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Do large office towers still have a future? The explosion of telework with the pandemic is giving ideas to companies who see it as a source of savings, even if it means changing the world of work in depth. Since the beginning of containment, business districts have emptied out, leaving
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After the global health crisis of VIDOC-19, what would be our greatest risk? The philosopher Hannah Arendt said, "A crisis only becomes catastrophic if we respond to it with preconceived ideas. Indeed, the risk would be to resume our lives on the same basis as before,
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Sanofi, by announcing that the United States would be the first to distribute a potential vaccine against Covid-19, provoked anger and indignation. COVID-19 has no nation or ethnicity. If the pandemic is not monitored in one country, it will accelerate beyond the borders of that country.
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The health crisis is reopening the debate about a living wage or an unconditional allowance. The ministers of the Portuguese, Spanish and Italian governments are calling for the creation of a European minimum income system and for solidarity to minimise the consequences of the health crisis. According to the three countries, the EU needs
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After the global health crisis of VIDOC-19, what would be our greatest risk? The philosopher Hannah Arendt said, "A crisis only becomes catastrophic if we respond to it with preconceived ideas. Indeed, the risk would be to resume our lives on the same basis as before,
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Spread over 7 million square kilometres, an area twelve times the size of France, straddling nine countries, the Indians of the Amazon basin have been recording their coronavirus contaminations for just over a month. From one region to another, cases are multiplying and could take a long time to resolve.
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The latest data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour market reveals its devastating effects on workers in the informal economy and hundreds of millions of enterprises around the world. As job losses intensify, almost half of the workers in the informal economy are unemployed.
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In England, Italy and also in France, an unusual influx of children admitted to intensive care units for severe inflammation of the heart tissue and coronary arteries led paediatricians to issue an alert. Doctors are surprised by this abnormal influx of young patients, some of whom are being tested.
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Buying, selling or even renting real estate is a big life project. However, searching for a property to buy or putting one's property on the market can be a daunting task. Moreover, all this can really become a source of stress with the requests
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The measures taken to combat the Covid-19 pandemic are disrupting our daily lives. Many see this as an opportunity to initiate more sustainable behaviours, and even hope that this experience of imposed sobriety will be transformed into a real awareness in favour of more environmentally virtuous lifestyles. This
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On appeal, the court confirmed Amazon's obligation to restrict its activity to essential products pending the assessment of occupational risks in all its warehouses. A ban on Amazon sending non-essential products such as computers, smartphones and cultural products. On 24 April, the Court of Appeal in
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Renewable energy could fuel a post-VID-19 economic recovery by boosting global GDP by nearly US$100 trillion ('92.5 trillion) by 2050, according to an official report by the International Renewable Energy Agency, which states that accelerating investment in
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Anticipating the consequences of the coming crisis, the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam), the research department and the laboratories have set up a business continuity plan. Today, all of the teacher-researchers are actively pursuing their work, notably by developing specific research projects by
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When we talk about education, we cannot exclude the environment, especially when we realize that natural resources are running out at a glance, not to mention global warming. Our children must be made aware of the ecological world from an early age, in order to preserve their future. We must teach them to
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The "Covid-19 Challenge" is an international scheme aimed at supporting and financing technological partnerships between innovative companies for the development and rapid deployment of innovations in the face of the multiple challenges linked to the Covid-19 crisis. You have until 15 May 2020 to apply. The programme This call
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