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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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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Augustin Berque is an eminent French geographer and philosopher, who has made a major contribution to the revival of landscape thinking. He has made his own research and suggestions on the harmonious coexistence between nature and man, based on the concept "the Earth as our environment fūdo". This year, the
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Face au réchauffement climatique amplifié par l’emballement de l’urbanisation et des transports, l’Ile-de-France ressent le besoin vital de plusieurs larges îlots de fraîcheur ; il est encore possible de sauvegarder un tel îlot tout de suite dans une des plus belles boucles de la Seine : l’Ile Seguin. Tous les amoureux
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For 85% of the French, the government is not up to the environmental challenges, while 78% of them want ecology to become a government priority. This new school year is witnessing a flurry of citizen initiatives to save the climate and our future. Marches, petitions, appeals...the initiatives are numerous and prove that,
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How weird is this first day of school! Contrary to other years, we don't have the natural nostalgia of the warm sand of the beach, the aperitif in front of the barbecue or the escapades in the forest or the scrubland. This new school year is like boarding an infernal machine that you don't even know you're in.
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Is a Liberal government compatible with ecological, environmental and global issues? Nothing is less certain. Emmanuel Macron had entrusted the most indisputable personality with the mission of irrigating the governance of the State, as close as possible to the heart of power, to the ecological dimension. The resignation of
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The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme, meeting in Palembang (Indonesia) from 23 to 28 July, added 24 new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. These special sites, known as "Supporting Sites for Science for Sustainability", are
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Reducing global warming and improving the carbon balance; designing, creating and producing ecological and sustainable products, committing to the sustainable use of resources by using recyclable raw materials... all these are challenges to encourage the use of bio-sourced materials. So can bio-sourced materials be recognized as a "value"?
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Alors que les députés choisissent les amendements qui figureront dans la loi Agriculture et Alimentation, projet de loi qui est le fruit des États généraux de l’alimentation, la sortie du glyphosate d’ici 2021 ne sera pas gravée dans la loi. C’était un engagement présidentiel, mais le gouvernement assure que l’herbicide
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Nicolas Hulot, ministre d’Etat, ministre de la Transition écologique et solidaire, a lancé ce vendredi 18 mai à Marseille, le top départ de la mobilisation de la France en faveur de la préservation de la biodiversité avec pour horizon, en juin 2020 à Marseille, l’accueil du 7e congrès mondial de
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Nicolas Hulot, Minister of State, Minister for Ecological and Solidarity Transition, has made the recovery of biodiversity a key issue in the Ministry's political action, on a par with the energy transition, and invites citizens, organizations and territories to take up this challenge in order to
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It is a visit like no other that will take place in Paris from May 17 to 23, that of the international representatives of the Maori, Massai, Ashaninka, Tolinou, Kanak, Huni Kui and Papuan peoples, united and on the march to defend the rights of nature. Coming from all over the world at the invitation of
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Alors que se tient actuellement à Rome le 2e symposium international consacré par la FAO à l’agroécologie au service des objectifs du développement durable (ODD), l’ONU annonce que l’agroécologie pourrait être l’une des solutions pour répondre aux défis à venir de l’humanité : nourrir et sauver la planète. Pour satisfaire les
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La France a été désignée pays hôte de la 7e plénière de l’IPBES – surnommée « le Giec de la biodiversité » – lors de la clôture de la 6e session, qui se tenait cette année à Medellin (Colombie). La 7e session plénière de la Plateforme intergouvernementale sur la
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Parisians rightly put air pollution at the top of their environmental agenda. Indeed, while air quality is improving in Île-de-France and Paris, it remains unsatisfactory throughout the country and too many citizens are still exposed to pollution levels in excess of
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Résultat d’un an de réflexions collectives avec des acteurs majeurs du secteur de l’agroalimentaire, un rapport de l’association Noé propose 6 recommandations pour transformer de manière ambitieuse leurs filières d’approvisionnement et participer ainsi à restaurer la biodiversité des milieux agricoles. Rassembler acteurs de l’agroécologie et des filières industrielles dans
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A "Digital and Environment" White Paper of 26 proposals has just been presented on Monday 19 March to the Secretaries of State Brune Poirson (ecology) and Mounir Mahjoubi (digital). Objective: to launch the debate among public players to put the potential for digital transformation at the service of the ecological transition. It is published
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According to a recent report, the number of wild animals on Earth has halved over the past 40 years. The sixth mass extinction of species is now underway. Not since the end of the dinosaurs have so many animal species disappeared from the Earth. The causes of this situation are indeed
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The objective of carbon neutrality in 2050 seemed unrealistic, even questionable: why go beyond the Paris Accord, which provides for achieving carbon neutrality "only" before the end of the century? The pace of political life and the change of government have given rise to a totally different
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