Do I have to say it again? The sixth extinction has already begun. Scientists tell us and say it again: this extinction is not due to a catastrophic natural event, but to man. The unnatural loss of biodiversity is accelerating, and if it continues, the planet will lose vast ecosystems and
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Freedom regained! headlines. After two and a half months of confinement, little by little, people come out, get together, relive, a little haggard, at the end of this strange period. The health crisis is dissipating, but it is giving way to a crisis.
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On Wednesday, May 27, four associations, Friends of the Earth France, Notre Affaire à Tous, Wild Legal and Maiouri Nature Guyane filed an appeal before the Council of State to obtain the cancellation of the decree of April 8, 2020, which generalizes the right of prefects to derogate from many regulatory standards,
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Medicine, biology, genetics, pharmacology, zoology, but also environmental sciences are of course in the front line in the fight against Covid-19. But, in the face of the coronavirus, and unlike the previous major epidemics that have hit the planet since the beginning of this century - avian flu, SARS, influenza, etc. - the virus is not a new phenomenon.
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At the end of May, when the Prime Minister has just announced a new deconfinement package, it is useful to make an initial transitional assessment of the Covid-19 epidemic. For Professor Jean-François Toussaint, who signs the following article, from the beginning of the crisis,
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Who better than artists and cultural actors to mobilize on societal and environmental issues? Based on this postulate, COAL association has decided to support the unavoidable role of creation and culture in the awareness and implementation of
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The need to trace the circulation of Covid-19 exposes to the four corners of the world the contradiction between two problems at the antipodes of each other. How can the dizzying dilemma between public health and fundamental freedoms be resolved? Restrictions on movement, limitation of gatherings, applications for tracing individual movements, drones of
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The pandemic at Covid-19 is not over, let summer come. Specialists predict that it will be hot and that the scorching temperatures will break records. This is already the case, this month of April and May in South-Eastern Europe, which is suffocating. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned this Tuesday 26 May
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"Tonight, I share with you what we know and what we don't know." (Emmanuel Macron, address to the French, 13 April 2020). Here is a President of the Republic openly claiming his ignorance while experts publicly acknowledge that Covid-19 is far from having revealed all
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The Italian architect Stefano Boeri is known worldwide for his green towers in Milan and his forest cities in China. After the passage of the Covid-19, he advocates a return to villages, the greening of cities and profound changes in lifestyles. Otherwise, our current cities
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Roubaix, alternative city, cosmopolitan city, bubbling, endearing, which reveals itself to whoever takes the trouble to listen and look at it. A city in its raw state, which has been able to take advantage of its past riches to create new ones in the spirit of the times, and of its abundant industrial heritage.
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However, in the uncertainty that now holds us back, there is one certainty: what we are experiencing - and are about to experience - is indecipherable with the software of the world before us. Impossible to invent a new human society with these references! The challenge had already been posed during
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On the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity celebrated on 22 May, whose theme this year is "Our Solutions are in Nature", UNESCO has posted on its website five exchanges between world-renowned experts in which they discuss the following topics
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While Bruno Le Maire announced on May 18th that a recovery plan for the automotive sector would be implemented within a fortnight, and that Emmanuel Macron will announce tomorrow his support plan for the automotive sector, the Nicolas Hulot Foundation publishes "Quelle stratégie pour le secteur automobile en France après la crise du Covid-19" (What strategy for the automotive sector in France after the Covid crisis?).
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Resuscitation, death, contamination... Almost 15 days after deconfinement, these indicators are rather positive. However, the authorities judge that it is too early to draw conclusions. And this, despite the opinion of scientists who no longer hesitate to say that the Covid-19 epidemic is behind us. Especially since there is news
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The month of April broke temperature records, heralding one of the hottest summers on record. But these pessimistic predictions are outweighed by reality. The heat wave we feared after the pandemic episode is already here. In the middle of May, the month of the sweet spring sung by Ronsard, the
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We can read and rethink everything through the Covid crisis: our institutions, our economic dynamics, our ecological and social policies. We can also read contributions from almost all sciences. Much has been said about the role of certain mathematical applications related to artificial intelligence.
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Véritable célébration du lien qui unit les créateurs de mode à la danse, l’exposition au CNCS de Moulins rouvre ses portes à compter du jeudi 21 mai. Entre les prestigieuses créations de Coco Chanel, avec les ballets russes, celles signées par Gianni Versace pour Maurice Béjart ou Christian Lacroix puis
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In our post-viral world, major issues concerning the environment, education, and international relations arise. UNESCO has invited leading women thinkers, specialists in fields ranging from climatology to international relations, physics and African studies, to express their vision of the challenges and opportunities.
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Do large office towers still have a future? The explosion of telework with the pandemic is giving ideas to companies who see it as a source of savings, even if it means changing the world of work in depth. Since the beginning of containment, business districts have emptied out, leaving
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