Environmental challenges

The urgent need to act on wastewater management and sanitation provision

Water, climate and the environment. The fates of these three…...

21 Nov 2022

Environmental challenges

Biodiversity conservation: (another) key environmental issue

Global biodiversity is declining at a rate unprecedented in human…...

09 Sep 2022

Environmental challenges

What are the solutions for combatting ocean pollution?

The decision by the United Nations to dedicate the decade…...

28 Jun 2022

Environmental challenges

Oceans, an essential but fragile element of life on Earth

If it’s a well-known fact that water was essential for…...

28 Jun 2022

Environmental challenges

Green chemistry, our hopes for a cleaner and more efficient world

Chemistry is omnipresent in our daily lives. Toothpaste, plastics and…...

07 Feb 2022

Environmental challenges

Net-zero economy: what action should companies take?

Ford, Nike, Microsoft, Danone… one after the other, global companies…...

19 Jan 2022

Environmental challenges

From industry to transport, decarbonised hydrogen projects are on the rise

Against the twin backdrop of a global economic recovery and…...

13 Jan 2022

Environmental challenges

Green Hydrogen: a major strategic challenge for countries worldwide

After coal, oil and gas – hydrogen? With fossil fuels…...

12 Jan 2022

Environmental challenges

Hydrogen, future driver of the green revolution

Does hydrogen hold the key to decarbonising our societies? The…...

11 Jan 2022

Environmental challenges

Seaweed: towards a greener future

“Some algae are a delicacy fit for the most honoured…...

10 Jun 2021

Environmental challenges

Harnessing decarbonized energy to power growth

Good for the planet or good for the economy? With…...

09 Jun 2021

Environmental challenges

The future of the oceans: an environmental challenge, with an economic impact

Oceans cover 71% of our planet. While human activity is…...

08 Apr 2021

Environmental challenges

Digital pollution: A crossroads for the challenges of today

The health crisis of 2020 has accelerated the growth of…...

15 Mar 2021

Environmental challenges

Hydrogen: challenges and opportunities

A source of energy that produces no greenhouse gases, gives…...

15 Feb 2021

Environmental challenges

MaaS: forget transport, think mobility

Is it time to stop seeing travel as a succession…...

19 Jan 2021

Environmental challenges

Ecosystem crisis: Covid-19 at the origin of an (essential) realisation?

SARS, Zika, Ebola...and now Covid-19. While the origin of the…...

27 Aug 2020

Environmental challenges

Time to think about common answers to environmental and social problems

Worries about the end of the world, or just making…...

11 Jun 2020

Environmental challenges

Will Covid-19 serve as a stimulus for the energy transition? The French example.

An energy transition already well underway Since the LTECV law…...

04 Jun 2020

Environmental challenges

Access to sanitation: a major human and cultural challenge

Around 4.5 billion people do not have access to safe…...

25 May 2020

Environmental challenges

2020: The year to take action in favour of biodiversity?

The 2010s was the warmest decade ever recovered since measurements…...

24 Mar 2020

Environmental challenges

Hydrogen, a sound choice for the energy transition

Hydrogen (H2) is the most abundant chemical element in the…...

23 Mar 2020

Environmental challenges

Can flexible packaging do without plastic?

According to the European directive on packaging, all packaging placed…...

25 Feb 2020

Environmental challenges

Plastic pollution is a global challenge

“Each human being on average ingests five grams of plastic…...

01 Oct 2019

Environmental challenges

Putting food waste on the table

The figures are dizzying. Some 1.3 billion tonnes of food…...

17 Sep 2019

Environmental challenges

How exceptional weather events caused the 4th world economy to falter in 2018

It would be a mistake to think that the macroeconomic…...

27 Jun 2019

Environmental challenges

Towards an energy-optimised aircraft

The aerospace sector was already thinking hard about saving energy…...

25 Apr 2019

Environmental challenges

India’s blue-sky growth story is clouded by environmental sustainability

The case for Indian growth is an example of the…...

01 Mar 2019

Environmental challenges

The Paris Agreement, a decisive but still inadequate step towards climate change mitigation

Although the Earth has already been through phases of global…...

22 Nov 2018

Environmental challenges

Resource management: naturally and inevitably disruptive

The combination of heavier demand and scarcer resources is pushing…...

26 Jul 2018

Environmental challenges

Aquaculture, a sustainable response to food challenges?

By 2050, agriculture will have to feed more than 9.7…...

27 Apr 2018