This is the most massive episode of species extinction since the disappearance of the dinosaurs. More than half of all insects are disappearing worldwide at an accelerated rate; the hecatomb is reaching the staggering figure of 80 % for Europe. When insects disappear, the entire living chain is affected. No more food
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On the initiative of the F-M deputies. Lambert and M. Laqhila, a colloquium is being held this February 7 at the National Assembly to question how "Accounting can serve the environmental and social transition". The political and democratic stakes are enormous because accounting is the fundamental language of organizations. But..,
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As a lawyer and activist, Valérie Cabanes has encountered situations on every continent where the fundamental rights of peoples are affected by damage to their natural environment. She describes some of these experiences, analyzes recent environmental pressures on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and proposes an architecture for the future.
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The 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which ended on 29 November in Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt), was the last before the 2020 Conference. COP 15, to be held in Beijing (China), will be an important milestone in the history of governance.
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In the climate crisis, there is a strange phenomenon: pusillanimity, if not the defection of States. While all the world's seers are in bright red and public opinion around the world is aware of the gravity of the situation, while at the
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Faced with the desertion of States, trapped between their economic constraints, the pressure of industrial lobbies, their lack of ambition in the medium term and their temptation to authoritarian climate denial, the citizens' response is getting into battle order. On a global scale, over the past two or three years, we have seen
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The energy transition, fostered by renewable energies, should in theory enable States to be "less dependent on a limited circle of resource providers". In practice, the acceleration of the transition to a low-carbon energy system is accompanied by new vulnerabilities linked to the availability of so-called "renewable" resources.
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The number of authorized wind turbines has collapsed. For France, which wants to present itself as a climate champion, the situation is becoming embarrassing. All the more so as the persistent delay in approving new projects is fuelling speculation that the French government has an ulterior motive for slowing down the expansion of wind power:
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Tous les scientifiques du climat nous le disent : nous sommes mal barrés. Nos efforts pour limiter nos émissions de gaz à effet de serre sont largement insuffisants alors que le compte à rebours est lancé et qu’il ne nous reste qu’une poignée d’années avant que la surchauffe du monde ne
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Pure plagiarism. In literature, it's not very pretty, but in public health, it's very serious. In 2017, the European Union extended the use of glyphosate, the famous herbicide from the firm Monsanto/Bayer, for five years. This authorisation is the result of an expert report that plagiarized the use of glyphosate.
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A court of appeal in The Hague confirmed on 9 October last year the injunction for the Dutch state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels. In the name of the right to life and the right to have an
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La transition énergétique est souvent un thème de discorde. Tout le monde admet la nécessité de changer nos modèles énergétiques ; il en va de notre survie sur cette planète. Les solutions existent, souvent en nombre et anarchiques. Elles possèdent toutes plus ou moins d’externalités négatives avec lesquelles il faut faire
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The devastating fires in California in November, the earthquake in Indonesia, the explosive eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, the drought in France, ... but also the construction of facilities for migrant children in Texas, or the development of roads and buildings on a remote island of the
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Since the beginning of December, the UN has been conducting an intense awareness campaign to warn about pollution and land degradation (#StopSoilPollution). It draws up a worrying report that could put a large part of humanity at risk. Indeed, degraded soils become irrecoverable in less than a generation. Pollution
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This COP24, which ended on 15 December, demonstrated the inertia, if not the carelessness, and even sabotage of States in the face of climate change. A COP has minimized the stakes while the stakes turn to urgency. Faced with this defection, many initiatives led by citizens, elected representatives or
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They grow French 100 % cotton in the heart of the Gers When people ask you what the Gers has in store for you - especially at this time of year - what do you think about? Well, make no mistake, the Gers, from now on it will also be ... cotton. Yohan de Wit,
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This is Finland. A first is about to be made: a vaccine to protect bees has just been developed by scientists. It would be the first vaccine in the world, with the hope of halting the decline of this insect's populations, and avoid causing a crisis.
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The Earth is much more alive than we thought: a rich intraterrestrial ecosystem living in the depths of the Earth has been discovered. It's almost twice the size of all the world's oceans. Despite the extreme heat, lack of light, minute nutrition and pressure
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A citizen lobbying action to put pressure on the numbers and get out of the standstill in the face of the climate emergency An unofficial COP 24 appeared in parallel to the COP 24 in Katowice. A COP fuelled by a powerful lobby, that of citizens. In spite of the climate emergency and all
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A Youtubeur at COP24: five videos to tell the story of the climate negotiations - Episode 3 The 24th climate conference (COP24) opened on Sunday 2 December with the hope that the States will be able to find an ambitious agreement capable of keeping warming below the
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