In contrast to Black Friday on Friday, November 29th, and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday will be celebrated on December 3rd. A spontaneous movement, 100% free and collaborative, Giving Tuesday allows individuals, organizations, media, companies and associations around the world to meet around a common goal
PlusTrauMatrix, the new scientific and medical research partnership of the Ecole Polytechnique is launched. Objective: to develop the first decision support tools for the management of patients suffering from severe trauma. The Ecole polytechnique announced the launch of a three-year scientific and medical research partnership with the
PlusSecond volume of a series of three syntheses. After the history of foresight, the issues of foresight today are addressed here. What are the issues at stake? One observation comes immediately to mind: foresight, particularly in France, has remained almost fixed on concepts and methods that have hardly changed.
PlusInnovation "made in Europe": the winners of the EIT 2019 awards have just been announced! The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has announced the winners of the prestigious 2019 awards. Marc Julien, for Diabeloop (France), David Pistoni Perez, for Zeleros (Spain), Sara Guimarães Gonçalves, for Trigger.Systems (Portugal),
PlusSwedish activist Greta Thunberg filed an appeal at the UN against five states on 23 September, claiming that their inaction on climate change would violate children's rights. This is the latest in a long series of complaints filed around the world since the mid-2000s. With
PlusPreliminary results of a large study with contributions from 80 heart-breaking scientists. The Mediterranean, cradle of our cultures, landscape of the founding myths of our civilizations, crossroads of three continents, living basin of 500 million human beings, the Mediterranean of Giono, Pagnol, like that of Averroes or of
PlusThe Société d'encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale and Synopia are organising a round table on Thursday 17 October 2019, from 7 pm to 9 pm, on the theme "Lobbying: a good or an evil for Europe, its democracy and its economy? The decisions taken in Brussels are sometimes perceived as the "best or worst" for Europe.
PlusForesight 1- historical foundations: First volume of a series of three syntheses. In this one, the bases of the prospective: history, evolution, objectives, tools, devices. In the context of the renewal of foresight under the impetus of local authorities, it seems important to better define its current project, with regard to
PlusThe Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) and the French Agency for Biodiversity (AFB) are co-organizing, on a regular basis (every three months or so) until COP 15, moments to decipher and appropriate international news relating to biodiversity: the "Biodiversity 2020 Platform". What is the objective? To enable stakeholders to
PlusThe progress of science today leaves our societies with the feeling of being at a crossroads: technological breakthroughs are announced (nanotechnologies, synthetic biology, etc.) at a time when our models of economic growth seem destined to come up against the physical and environmental limits of the planet.
PlusThe progress of science today leaves our societies with the feeling of being at a crossroads: technological breakthroughs are announced (nanotechnologies, synthetic biology, etc.) at a time when our models of economic growth seem destined to come up against the physical and environmental limits of the planet.
PlusThe progress of science today leaves our societies with the feeling of being at a crossroads: technological breakthroughs are announced (nanotechnologies, synthetic biology, etc.) at a time when our models of economic growth seem destined to come up against the physical and environmental limits of the planet.
PlusThe progress of science today leaves our societies with the feeling of being at a crossroads: technological breakthroughs are announced (nanotechnologies, synthetic biology, etc.) at a time when our models of economic growth seem destined to come up against the physical and environmental limits of the planet.
PlusAt the UN climate summit in New York last September, the prize for the environmental photographer of the year was awarded. The laureates whose works we present here have shown, throughout 2019, a planet that suffers, that suffers, that resists
PlusTwenty years ago nobody would have bet a chipk on the Camargue's continued existence as an exceptional natural environment. The fragile Camargue paradise known the world over for its bulls, its white horse manades, its pink flamingos, was doomed to disappear. This symbol of a wild nature
PlusElisabeth Borne, Minister for Ecological and Solidarity Transition, today received a request from EDF to revoke the operating licence for the Fessenheim power plant. This important step will irreversibly close the power station in the summer of 2020. The Government says it is fully committed to the success of the
PlusUber est toujours à la pointe des technologies pour se mettre au service d’un plus grand nombre d’utilisateurs. L’entreprise innove et ne cesse de chercher à s’améliorer. Elle a su s’imposer comme l’un des acteurs principaux de notre quotidien. Avec Uber, on vit une expérience personnalisée et on profite du
PlusWell, that's good news. The French seem to have understood that the taking and the attacks we are making on our environment are no longer sustainable. We must change our model, starting by changing our habits. A study conducted by Greenflex shows that the movement seems to have started.
Plus2002. There is little media coverage of the environment. At that time, the French are distractedly interested in the issues of the planet, biodiversity, their food and even less in global warming. And yet, that year, seventeen years ago, Jacques Chirac took the podium at the Johannesburg summit.
PlusCréée il y a un an à l’initiative des Pays-Bas, la Commission mondiale sur l’adaptation (Global Commission on Adaptation) avait pour objectif implicite de faire progresser la visibilité politique de la question de l’adaptation au changement climatique, et par conséquent d’accélérer le rythme des actions destinées à la préparation aux
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