L’exposition à la chaleur urbaine extrême a considérablement augmenté depuis le début des années 1980, l’exposition totale ayant triplé au cours des 35 dernières années. Aujourd’hui, environ 1,7 milliard de personnes, soit près d’un quart de la population mondiale, vivent dans des zones urbaines où l’exposition à la chaleur extrême
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Did you know that? Concrete is responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions. If it were a country, it would be the world's third largest polluter... To address this issue, a French industrial startup, Materr'up, develops and produces green or eco-responsible concretes. Discovery. Concrete is everywhere: homes, buildings
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La revanche des villages, by Eric Charmes Edition Seuil " La République des idées ", January 2019 - 112 Pages The opposition between town and country is outdated. Attracted by the dream of "the city in the country", peri-urban dwellers now account for a quarter of the French population. In some cities, they
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Hotter summers, houses closer to the trees: fires continue to ravage Mediterranean forests every year, and it will be necessary to change mentalities and behaviour to hope to reverse the trend, say researchers. Is the forest burning more than before? In France, forest fires do not
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Urbanisation gained on natural or cultivated areas, expansion of industrial or commercial infrastructures, roads, car parks, ... all contribute to a complete and often irreversible change in land use. Few people are aware of this, but France is particularly affected by this phenomenon, which leads to the loss of biodiversity and farms.
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