Les eaux souterraines fournissent de l’eau potable à la moitié du monde, constituant notamment l’unique source d’eau potable pour 2,5 milliards de personnes. Elle fournit également près de la moitié de l’eau utilisée pour l’irrigation agricole dans le monde. Mais une nouvelle étude, publiée jeudi dans la revue Science, montre
PlusAlgues et coquilles Saint-Jacques s’invitent à la table de la dépollution plastique des océans. Et l’équivalent de 40 000 bouteilles plastique ont été retirées des océans depuis février 2021 grâce à un partenariat unique entre un fabricant de peintures écologiques et l’association Project Rescue Ocean. Pionnier et leader français de
PlusL’empreinte humaine est partout sur l’eau douce du monde. Une nouvelle étude publiée ce 3 mars dans la revue Nature montre que si les sources d’eau douce contrôlées par l’homme représentent une part minime des étangs, lacs et rivières du monde, elles sont responsables de plus de la moitié des
PlusPlusieurs « dizaines de milliers de personnes » sont désormais impactées en Ouganda par un mégaprojet pétrolier du groupe français Total et ont « commencé à perdre leurs moyens de subsistance avant même de percevoir » une compensation, dénoncent mardi les associations les Amis de la Terre France et Survie. En octobre 2019, six
PlusSur le front de la sécheresse, la situation ne s’améliore toujours pas sur une grande partie du pays. Au 18 septembre, 79 départements font toujours face à des restrictions d’usage de l’eau. Une sécheresse causée par les dérèglements climatiques qui contribuent, comme dans un cercle vicieux infernal à les accentuer
PlusFinally some good news on the climate front. And some very bad news for America's big oil companies and their chief supporter, Donald Trump. Three highly controversial oil and gas pipeline projects have just been halted for environmental reasons. The environmentalists are thrilled, as are the
PlusThe Covid-19 epidemic has, as never before, highlighted the fragility of the systems that underpin our globalized world, revealing how quickly they can unravel with devastating and far-reaching effects. While many around the world are struggling to understand the implications of
PlusA strange scene is being repeated in different parts of the world at the moment, in the skyscrapers of business districts, on the top floors of glass towers, or in the quiet and discreet clubs of Wall Street or the City. Scenes worthy of the Shakespearean tragedies the
PlusAccording to data analysed by the NGO Global Witness, between 2013 and 2019, the French financial sector financed five of the six most harmful agro-industrial companies directly or indirectly involved in deforestation activities in the world's three most important tropical forests, namely the Brazilian Amazon, the Amazon Basin and the Amazonian Basin.
PlusBy dint of repeating that coal is a disastrous fossil fuel for the planet, world leaders seem to have finally understood. Coal has recorded a drop of 3 % in world electricity production. This figure is an average, with ups and downs according to the
PlusThe only effective and socially just way to meet our climate commitments is to allocate each citizen a quota of fossil energy, part of which he or she can freely sell or buy from his or her neighbours. What international agreements or national governments never talk about: reluctant
PlusThe prestigious Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company announced on Wednesday 2 October that it was withdrawing aid from the BP oil group in the name of the "climate emergency". A movement that is making its mark all over the world. BP's patronage allowed the RSC, a British theatre company based
PlusMake amends for driving by planting trees? The idea appeals to many people. But is it such a good idea? A few euros, a few clicks and a tree is planted: at a time when travelling by plane can rhyme with guilt, it has never been so easy to compensate for one's emissions of
PlusWater is a common good, a natural heritage, one of the most essential, if not the most essential to human life, which must be managed to ensure its sustainability. What is less well known is that access to drinking water is based on a scientific and technical heritage, developed and maintained over the years.
PlusThe trade war has intensified since Washington raised tariffs on Chinese products in early May. It is now coupled with a technological war: the Trump administration has banned American companies from selling technology to Huawei, the world's second largest smartphone manufacturer, jeopardizing the supply of Chinese products.
PlusIn mid-June 2019, Total La Mède's new biorefinery will start producing biodiesel, i.e. around 650,000 metric tons per year, despite the end of the tax niche for palm-oil-based biofuels voted by the government in December 2018. This "biofuel" is produced at
PlusSince March 2018, when Donald Trump decided to increase customs duties on Chinese imports, the world has been watching in disbelief as two superpowers, China and the United States, have been in a feverish rush. Against the backdrop of global leadership; on stage and in the light, a game of arms
PlusWith one million species threatened with extinction, nature's decline is unprecedented. This is the conclusion of the Global Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) unveiled at UNESCO Headquarters on 6 May 2019. Alternatives and initiatives
PlusTo produce electricity in thermal power stations, coal has been the king fuel since the 19th century. With global warming and commitments more or less shared by everyone to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, black fuel has found itself, at
PlusThe 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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