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Category Archives: Sustainability
Durban conference: enough to face climate change?
For the first time since the ratification of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 20 years ago, all countries have accepted the idea of a global and legally binding treaty that would limit the emission of greenhouse … Continue reading
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What future for the CO2-allowances market after Kyoto?
In 1987, the publication of the Brundtland report gave birth to the concept of sustainable development which means “a way of development that meets present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Afterwards, protracted … Continue reading
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No sustainable waste management without responsible incineration
Population growth, consumerism and industrial development have led to an increase of waste. Sustainable waste management is crucial to meet the environmental challenges of our society. Indeed, the increasing cost of waste makes the problem even more urgent to resolve. … Continue reading
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Green economy: Investing in the future
The commitments and concrete measures taken by several governments to stimulate the so called “sustainable development” have become a catalyst for growth in several sectors. The evolution in renewable energy, energy efficiency and power grids in particular over the last … Continue reading
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The electric vehicle acceleration! Part 2: The Manufacturers
Looking at the crisis in demand, the automobile constructors have understood that their success went for a big part with the major technical rupture which represents the progressive giving up of the motor on combustibles. The other part of their … Continue reading
The forest, a major stake in Copenhagen
How to limit the warming of planet to only 2°C from here 2100? Certainly not by dissociating the fight against the deforestation from the attenuation strategies of the climate change. With approximately 20% of the world gas emissions with greenhouse … Continue reading
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The electric vehicle acceleration! Part 1: Public authorities
Beginning of 2008, electric car was only a vague assumption not yet credible, causing the irony of the skeptics. It from now on entered in a realistic process which will emerge in the next quarters in an industrial phase and … Continue reading
Internet box and TV decoder: an excessive electric consumption
The electric consumption profile of households is constantly changing. Lately electronic equipments have been increasing in homes: electronic picture frames, communicating rabbits, home automation devices, battery chargers, etc. The computer and audiovisual annual bill of households is getting higher and … Continue reading
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Clean water, the comeback in Europe?
Among the big challenges of the European Parliament elected last June, environment, and in particular water management, predominates. Published in 2000, the water framework directive resumed the various regulations in effect in Europe with the ambitious objective to restore the … Continue reading
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Progressive tariffs for electricity
Already applied in some states of the USA and in Japan, progressive tariffs consist in invoicing a more expensive kWh to customers who would consume more electricity. Although not very intuitive, this innovation has been welcomed in the regions where … Continue reading
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