Etiket: climate crisis
One day in a future without plastic
Imagine the scene. It is any given day in the year 2030. Walk into a supermarket. At first glance, everything looks exactly the same as it did in the 1920s.…
The world must cut its emissions in half by 2030
The Intergovernmental Panel of Experts on Climate Change calls for urgent measures to avoid extreme global warming Experts call for a substantial reduction in fossil fuels The planet is headed…
Fossil fuel debate delays big report on climate solutions
Scientists and governments debate against the clock the approval of the latest analysis of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The final wording of the text, which was to…
this is how waste is sent from rich countries to poor ones
10 billion tons annuals; this is the volume of waste generated by humanity in the time it takes the Earth to go around the Sun. The amount of garbage generated…
Editorial energy prices | The EU energy dilemma
From the start of the ukrainian war, the European Union is mired in a security crisis, but also an energy crisis due to its dependence on Russian gas, oil and…
UN approves the first international agreement against plastic
175 countries commit to drawing up plans to reduce the impact of plastic throughout its life cycle “It is the most important global commitment since the Paris Agreement“, argues Inger…
Editorial IPCC report | a vulnerable world
Between the multiplication of reports on the climate change and the appearance of other emergencies, such as the covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, it is possible that public…
Leave the car, take the van
The human being is contradictory by nature, but in moments of paradigm shift, the polarization of our own mind is triggered. An example is, today, the widespread assumption that climate…