L’histoire des technologies et des énergies est une source d’inspiration précieuse pour aller vers la transition écologique. C’est ce que pense, avec beaucoup de bon sens, une équipe internationale de chercheurs, qui a créé le site paleo-energetique.org. Le site souhaite « établir une contre-histoire de l’énergie : ressusciter les techniques
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L’IDDRI et l’ambassade du Danemark organisent un webimaire sur le thème « Relance verte : défis et meilleures pratiques en France et au Danemark », le jeudi 17 septembre, de 11h à 12h30. La France et le Danemark ont des approches profondément complémentaires de la lutte contre les changements climatiques. La France
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Zone Sweet Zone – La marche comme projet urbain, d’Yvan Detraz – Editions Wildproject, 10 septembre 2020 – 180 pages Centres-villes sans voiture, plans de déplacements doux, randonnée périurbaine, sentiers métropolitains (GR2013, Sentier du Grand Paris…) : la marche en ville et dans les périphéries est désormais au cœur de nos
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Villes et territoires de l'après-pétrole, le paysage au cœur de la transition, Collectif d'auteurs - Editions Le Moniteur - Sortie le 19 août 2020 - 320 Pages As the European Landscape Convention celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2020 and as environmental emergencies accumulate, the Collectif Paysages de
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The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is ever more pressing. Various forms of action are available to Governments to achieve this goal. The economic instrument is one of them and taxation is one of its modalities. With the collapse in the price of a barrel of oil, which is likely to become
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The demand for cobalt is skyrocketing. It is proportional to the deployment of our electric cars and our use of digital technology; because without cobalt, there are no batteries. People die for it, children suffer for it, livelihoods, education, neighbourhoods, the environment and personal safety.
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Scientists, environmentalists, young people concerned about their future, all observers of climate change have been shouting it for years. Political inaction and pusillanimity in the fight against climate change are leading us straight to an unliveable world. What we knew less about, and which
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Solar energy, in its various forms, could supply not only the bulk of the world's electricity, but also more than two-thirds of the world's primary energy production, according to several recent scientific studies, and would be unrivalled in terms of competitiveness. This energy transition would halve our
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The increase in the tax on fuel prices was the trigger for the movement of the yellow vests, believing that this tax weighs too heavily on the wallets of the poorest. Moreover, they consider that this tax was only very partially attributed to environmental protection. "But
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A Renewable Future: Mapping the Energy Transition, by Richard Heinberg and David Fridley - Preface by Matthieu Auzanneau - Edition Ecosociété - Released February 20, 2020 - 264 Pages At a time when climate change is beginning to make its effects seriously felt, we must
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Elisabeth 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
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The seas and oceans represent more than 70 % of the earth's surface. This is a gigantic manna of energy that is not yet really exploited. A green, perfectly renewable energy that could produce a significant part of the world's electricity consumption. A colossal challenge that is driving innovators to
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The Strategic Committee for the "Waste Transformation and Recovery" Sector, whose contract was signed on January 18 under the aegis of the National Council for Industry (CNI) between the Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, the Ministry of the Economy and Finance and the sector
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In 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
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François de Rugy and Emmanuelle Wargon validated this Friday 26 April 2019 the agreement for the implementation of the PROFEEL programme, which aims to develop innovation in the service of the energy renovation of buildings. This agreement also associates Julien Denormandie, the Minister in charge of Urban Affairs and Housing,
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Watty at school is an innovative educational tool that helps accelerate the energy transition. The materials created with a specialized pedagogical team aim to develop the imagination and creativity of the students. Through their playful aspects, they allow children to memorize the eco-gestures to be reproduced at home. Watty at
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Twelve months after the launch of a major national plan, the energy renovation of buildings seems to be at a standstill, according to the Cler - Network for Energy Transition. In the face of the current climate change, it is urgent that acceleration strategies and concrete responses are implemented, in particular
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IMT Atlantique annonce la création d’une nouvelle chaire industrielle dédiée à la conception, au déploiement et à l’exploitation des réseaux d’énergie du futur La chaire ValaDoE (VALeur Ajoutée DOnnées et Energie) est menée en partenariat avec la Région Pays de la Loire, Nantes Métropole, Enedis (1), Mines Saint-Étienne et
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This Friday, March 8, 2019, Energy Observer, the first hydrogen ship around the world, will be relaunched in Saint-Malo after a long optimization project. The technical objective of this project is precisely to test, validate and make reliable technological innovations under the harshest conditions, which will be those of
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Et si l’agriculture française devenait le premier fournisseur d’énergie renouvelable ? Car les enjeux liés à l’énergie, aux Gaz à effet de serre (GES) et au changement climatique interpellent de plus en plus les agriculteurs. Toutefois, les agriculteurs qui possèdent une quantité suffisante de déchets n’ont parfois pas les ressources financières
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