While it remains too soon to assess the economic implications, the heatwaves of 2019’s summer have undeniably broken records and people have seen the direct effects at various levels. Now, we look back at the June and July episodes and their main impacts.
Read articleAccording to the Grand View Research consulting company, smart city markets have recorded annual growth of 13% since 2014. This figure reflects how significant this area has become in respect to environmental issues in recent years.
Read articleTo determine whether the development of a given country is sustainable, we compare the ecological footprint to the biocapacity. Discover why and how!
Read articleThe 1.5°C global warming limit: an unreachable goal In early October the IPCC will publish is special report on the impacts of a global warming of 1.5°C. Although until now the reports of this already thirty-year-old institution(1) represented an evaluation of the state of knowledge in scientific literature, it now includes the analysis of socio-economic […]
Read articleFrance’s ecological debt in deepening In France, overshoot day is here. Put another way, if the whole world lived like the French, humanity would have started using more ecological resources that the Earth can regenerate in a whole year from 5 May, three months earlier than the global deficit date (calculated to be 2 August […]
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