The eco-anxiety as new harm before the courts
Eco-anxiety is something that could be appended to the long list of harms from climate change. This term has been used for the first time in 2017 by the American Psychological Association. It...
Développement durable & Energies renouvelables
Eco-anxiety is something that could be appended to the long list of harms from climate change. This term has been used for the first time in 2017 by the American Psychological Association. It...
Fleeing the region where they live every day because of present and future environmental drifts, climate refugees are a reflection of global warming. Whether these population displacements are inter or intra-state, they mainly...
After having answered the question “How cognitive biases make us feel numb about the ecological issues?” and presented the five main mechanisms responsible for our collective inertia towards ecology issues in a previous...
Neurosciences tell us a lot about human nature. It might even explain human daily harmful conduct regarding environment. For instance, neurosciences help us depict the key drivers of individual inertia when it comes...
Agriculture is among the main causes of deforestation, since forests are burnt or cut down in order to create space for farming. Wild logging and illegal timber trade is responsible for 80% of the deforestation...
Hurricane Irma has become the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record, with its sustained winds of over 185 miles per hour for more than 24 hours. It has therefore been ranked in category 5...
Environmental migrants are individuals or groups who are forced to leave their homes temporarily or permanently because of an environmental accident (of natural or human origin) that have put their lives in jeopardy or...
Almost thirty countries spanning Latin America, the Caribbean and Southern Africa have expressed their willingness to join the Global Efficient Appliances and Equipment Partnership Programme, recently launched by UNEP, which seeks to accelerate the...
On 18th and 19th November, as the U.N. conference enters its final week in Warsaw, the World Coal Association and Poland’s Economy Ministry are organizing a conference billed as “the coal industry’s most important...
When the ice melts is quoted, we think first of wildlife and rising sea levels, some opportunistic business men think this font allows the development of new offshore gas resources and oil. But can we...