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L'impératif de résilience pour la planète

POTSDAM – À l'heure où la crise du COVID-19 se termine et où les gouvernements tentent de consolider des économies en chute libre, bien des gens vont être tentés de revenir sur leurs enga...

To save the planet, we need to listen to the Earth’s natural systems

More than 600 cities have announced measures to tackle climate change, and more than 680 of the world’s largest corporations have committed to cut greenhouse-gas emissions in line with th...

Alerte pour les systèmes planétaires

POTSDAM – Plus de 600 villes ont annoncé des mesures de lutte contre le changement climatique, et plus de 680 des plus grandes entreprises au monde se sont engagées à réduire leurs émissi...

Pour la neutralité carbone

POTSDAM – Le sommet du G20 se tient cette semaine à Osaka. Le secrétaire général de l'ONU, Antonio Guterres, y prendra la parole avant de se rendre à Abou Dhabi pour finaliser l'organisat...

Mettre un terme à l'addiction au charbon en Allemagne

BERLIN – L'Allemagne est sur le point de mettre un terme à son addiction au charbon. L'année dernière, le gouvernement a créé une « commission charbon » de 28 membres - comprenant des sci...

Digital technology can cut global emissions by 15%. Here’s how

The time for action is now.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution can lead us to a zero-carbon future - if we act now

I can’t give you a precise date, but some time in the past two years the world crossed a threshold and incremental action on climate change was off the menu. To keep temperatures below 2°...

We have the tools to fight climate change. It’s time to start using them

Stepping in to the COP23 climate talks in Bonn, Germany, is like wandering through an alternative reality. At no point in these vast cavernous rooms are you confronted with the sheer urge...

We can still rescue this planet from climate change. Here's how

I and my colleagues have spent a decade or more trying to get a handle on tipping points in complex systems. A tipping point is when something changes rapidly to a new state - like water ...

The seafood industry must pull our oceans back from the brink

The phrases a drop in the ocean or plenty more fish in the sea expose a worldview of the oceans as an infinite, resilient resource. This needs updating. The oceans are finite, fragile and...

5 reasons why the economy is failing the environment, and humanity

The world has entered the Anthropocene. We are today a "big world on a small planet" where the economy exerts phenomenal pressure on Earth. There is no free natural capital left. All rema...

Can this revolution save our warming planet?

Professor Klaus Schwab argues convincingly we are on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution - the focus for discussions in Davos this year.

What kind of Earth will future generations inherit?

Will some countries be 100% renewable by 2030?

Fight against global warming needs stronger political leadership