Depuis plusieurs mois, les Sioux de la réserve de Standing Rock, dans le Dakota du Sud, s’opposent à un projet d’oléoduc qui menace des sites culturels ancestraux et leurs sources d’eau. Cette infrastructure, qui vise à faciliter l’exploitation du pétrole de schiste de la région, a bénéficié du financement de
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En entérinant un nouveau régime multilatéral sur le climat, l’Accord de Paris a impulsé une dynamique inédite, à travers ses objectifs ambitieux : orienter les pays vers des trajectoires de développement bas-carbone et résilientes au changement climatique ; passer à une économie mondiale neutre en émissions de gaz à effet de serre
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Aujourd’hui s’ouvre la COP22, à Marrakech, 22ème conférence des Nations unies sur le changement climatique. Quelques jours seulement après l’entrée en vigueur de l’accord signé à la COP21, les 195 pays présents à la COP doivent écrire un nouveau chapitre des négociations. Face à l’urgence climatique, l’objectif est d’accélérer dès
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C’est par ces mots que Laurent Fabius, l’ex-ministre français des Affaires étrangères et président de la COP21 tire la sonnette d’alarme à la veille de l’ouverture de la COP22 à Marrakech au Maroc. « Il y a alerte rouge » ajoute-t-il dans une interview au Journal du dimanche du 6 novembre. « L’accord
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A symbolic tribunal against Monsanto was held in The Hague (Netherlands) from 14 to 16 October 2016. Objectives: to address the legal responsibility of companies and states for global environmental degradation in the light of existing international law; and to convince of the need to introduce
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A l’heure où la déréglementation des tarifs de l’énergie s’accélère, Yann Leblond, Président de E-nergy, signe ici une tribune libre sur un élément souvent méconnu qui devrait trouver sa place au centre des débats : la part de nos factures consacrée aux abonnements et derrière elle, la possibilité de réaliser
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Le document censé guider la transition énergétique de la France vient d’être dévoilé. Une synthèse des orientations et actions de la PPE, ainsi qu’un document définissant le cadre et le contexte de sa mise en œuvre sont ainsi décrits, constituant une feuille de route donnant les axes stratégiques et prioritaires
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China is regularly described as the bad pupil of environmental protection. This is true at all levels: polluted air (fine particles, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone), contaminated rivers, rampant desertification and the world's largest greenhouse gas emissions.
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California is an interesting country because it is mainly where, it is said, the world of tomorrow is concocted. The world of advanced technologies that will transform our lives into paradise on Earth. In terms of energy transition, this region of the world presents a balance sheet radieux : 27% of its electricity
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As WWF announced yesterday that 58 % of the mammal, fish, bird, amphibian and reptile populations living on this planet have collapsed since 1970, good news must be highlighted today. Major nations have agreed to create the future largest marine sanctuary in the world.
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As Ségolène Royal committed herself to it on July 26, 2016, work on the first French solar road began on October 24, 2016. This new concept of using solar energy makes it possible to use a space used by transport, cars, bicycles, pedestrians, while leaving available other places that
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Reducing the use of fossil fuels and increasing the use of renewables is one of the main challenges of the energy transition. Large quantities of greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere when fossil resources are extracted and converted into energy (to make
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Jeremy Rifkin and Robert Bell call it "the third industrial revolution". The energy transition opens up new horizons for development and could lead to considerable wealth and job creation. But also, like any revolution, the transition will cause damage and leave many traditional players on the
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As part of the National Conference on the Ecological Transition of the Sea and Oceans, for Blue Growth and Climate, a call for ideas from civil society to "imagine the coastline of tomorrow" was launched by the Ministry of the Environment. It
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"The lawsuit that opens today is fictitious, but the law is real! "Corinne Lepage, who opens the two days of the Monsanto Tribunal in The Hague on 15 and 16 October, explains the scope of the legal exercise. "To ask questions in law because the law is insufficient to
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From 14 to 16 October 2016, the Monsanto Tribunal, an international civil society mobilization of historic proportions, will expose Monsanto's toxic products and the crimes attributed to this company against human health and the environment. Five eminent experts will be called upon to judge the multinational company.
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Organizations representing hundreds of investment funds urged automakers on Tuesday to define strategies to meet the challenges posed by climate change, such as the development of low-emission vehicles. The call comes ahead of the COP22 climate summit next month.
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In the Australian desert there is a farm that is unique in the world: Sundrop Frams manages to grow 17,000 tonnes of tomatoes a year using nothing but sunlight and sea water. This makes it possible to grow tomatoes in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way.
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For nearly 10 years, at the Selenkay Reserve in southern Kenya, in the heart of Maasai territory, a human-scale yet terribly ambitious project has been underway: to convert the lion-killing Maasai into protectors of the great beast, and to ensure that the development of the reserve will be carried out in a sustainable manner.
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New information and communication technologies (NICT) should make it possible to control power grids automatically, in real time and at low cost. The primary objective of these "smart grids" will be to ensure a balance between supply and demand by smoothing the power curve.
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