With water increasingly scarce, sustainable management has become essential to preserving both the quantity and quality of this vital resource. The estimates that “at least one in four people will live in a country with chronic or recurring fresh water shortage by 2050”. According to the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), average water […]
Read articleAnnounced in late August 2022, France’s Green Fund was rolled out in January 2023 to support regional authorities and their public and private partners involved in accelerating the green transition. A budget of €2 billion was distributed among regional prefects, who then allocated the credit depending on the specific needs of each region.
Read articleAs we become ever more numerous on this blue planet, we are also building ever more. Unfortunately the artificialisation of soils, and their resulting impermeability, can have severe consequences for biodiversity, aquatic ecosystems and rainwater management, as well as for the health and quality of life, of urban residents. Combating ground impermeability, through rendering it […]
Read articlePFAS, comprising per- and polyfluoroalkyls, make up a very large group of chemicals first created at the start of the 1940s. Today, these substances exist in their thousands. These synthetic chemicals are particularly resistant to water and oils, are both chemically and thermally extremely stable and possess low surface tension. PFOA and PFOS are the most commonly found, and the most studied along with PFCA and PFHx
Read articleThe 2030 French Biodiversity Strategy, presented at the end of November, sets out four key pillars, 40 measures and over 200 actions. It focuses on combatting the five pressures faced by biodiversity: the destruction and artificialisation of natural environments, over-exploitation of resources, climate change, pollution...
Read articleGlobal warming, pollution of waters by micropollutants, health problems linked to the bioaccumulation of toxic chemical substances, or the upsetting of hormonal function by endocrine disruptors are all essentially consequences of human activities. And they are not the only ones. The eutrophication of aquatic environments is another topic of major concern, as much for human […]
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