Although the agreements reached at last November's COP26 in Glasgow induce a possible increase in global temperatures by 2.4 degrees Celsius, the 200 countries present have agreed on a transition to renewable energy. Specifically, they signed the acceleration of the...

We, residents of the countries of the North, lead a rather frantic pace of life in general. The harassing supply of consumption catalyzes the desire to always have the latest novelties and to want to replace our goods sometimes broken, sometimes become bland in our...

  An ancient technique used by the first peoples of the Amazon to shape soil fertility is being taken up today and could play a potential role in climate change mitigation. The vastest wild area in the world, the lungs of the planet, the largest pool of...

At COP26, which ended in early November, more than 100 political leaders agreed to halt deforestation by 2030. Canada, Russia, China, Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, the United Kingdom and Brazil, where important areas of the Amazon...

The livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people depend on forest resources [1]. These people reside in the southern regions and represent about 20% of the world’s population! Are they completely sovereign of their incomes and their forests…? Forests provide essential...

The second industrial revolution at the turn of the 20th century was marked by the production of electricity, gas, and oil: it forged the world as we know it. The fruit of the important work of women and men has made mechanisation of economies; agriculture...

The Covid-19 pandemic has been an opportunity for companies to rethink their working models. Telework, in particular, was praised for its alleged benefits for employees and the environment. It is widely accepted that remote work helps reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)...

The largest tree on the planet is found in California. General Sherman is a 2, 500 years old redwood that sequestered more than 1439 tons of atmospheric carbon during its terrestrial life[1]. Few trees can compete with it while the impact of human activities on the...

When the challenges of the climate crisis are addressed, the net-zero emissions target is instantly raised. This goal has been the backbone of the international community’s climate action plans since the ratification of the Paris Agreement in 2015[1]. In itself, this...