Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ : 7 out of 8 safety limits reached
To a new study published in Nature, “Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,”.
Air pollution
We are drowning in wasted resources and it’s killing us.
Our entire society is built on wasting everything, including the most basic necessities : energy, water and food. The very first step towards actual sustainability is to drastically slash the amount of waste in these three.
Paris’ tremendous transformation towards more cycling and less driving
In recent years, the French capital has seen some serious improvements on its cycling infrastructure and biking has increasingly become part of daily life and commuting.
Killing King Coal is the First Step Towards Halving Our Emissions
As I have spent some sleepless nights since the latest IPCC report on how Mankind has to halve its carbon emissions by 2030. For both the European Union and the United States of America, the first step in doing so is killing King Coal. As we shall see, this is already currently happening, it is the moral …
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Electric buses are a solution to our cities’ worst problems
A lot of news and noise surround electric cars but another vehicle is also benefitting largely from elecrification: buses. Running not for just a little bit in the morning and in the evening, they run all day, and sometimes, even part of the night. Tranporting not just one or two people to work at a …
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Four cheap solutions to climate change
Climate change can be fixed by switching from cars to bikes, planting trees in our cities, tapping into energy efficiency’s potential and ditching coal and natural gas for solar and wind. Learn out more in this article.
Climate leadership is now in Asia
With the US and the EU lagging on climate action, India, China and South Korea are moving forward and showing leadership on this vital topic.
India and China go full speed against climate change
While the United States are wondering what will happen next on climate change mitigation in their country, both India and China have recently unvealed very ambitious targets to fight local air pollution and global climate change.
World Energy Outlook 2016 and global CO2 emissions
Every year in late November, it is the same thing: the very respected International Energy Agency publishes its World Energy Outlook. This year’s edition is interesting in more than one aspect.
China’s holistic approach to combatting climate change
For long, China was seen as a climate villain, fuelling its amazing economic growth by burning more and more coal. But times are changing, and the People’s Republic is emerging as a climate leader.