Copenhague, ville la plus sûre et la plus éco...

Une équipe de chercheurs américains, dirigée notamment par l’océanographe Lihini Aluwihare, vient de publier l’une des analyses chimiques les plus vastes jamais menées sur les océans. Plus de 2 300 échantillons d’eau de mer, prélevés entre 2017 et 2022 aux quatre coins du globe, ...  Show more

Parmi toutes les énergies renouvelables, le solaire photovoltaïque apparaît aujourd’hui comme l’un des piliers de la transition énergétique. Selon l’ONU, début 2026, produire de l’électricité grâce au Soleil est désormais environ 41 % moins coûteux que les énergies fossiles. Un b ...  Show more

"If we can unlock the full potential of our cities, we can minimize the price the planet pays for hosting us in our growing numbers," says Marvin Rees, the Mayor of Bristol, UK. Rees notes that while sustainable infrastructure already exists in many parts of the world -- like ele ...  Show more

Almost 60% of the world’s population live in cities. And this trend is expected to continue - by 2050 nearly 7 of 10 people will live in urban environments.  Although more than 80% of global GDP is generated in cities, there are challenges: increasing carbon emissions and environ ...  Show more

America's once-vibrant small-to-midsize cities--Syracuse, Worcester, Akron, Flint, Rockford, and others--increasingly resemble urban wastelands. Gutted by deindustrialization, outsourcing, and middle-class flight, disproportionately devastated by metro freeway systems that laid w ...  Show more

Confronting climate change makes for better cities and a better quality of life, says Heidi Sørensen, director of the climate agency for the city of Oslo, Norway. From construction sites without noise pollution to fully electric transportation, she details the exciting green tran ...  Show more