by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Oct 16, 2020 | Sea & coast
Making ships “greener” is not limited to changing their engines, even if this is an important part of the process because of its considerable impact on the climate, the environment and health. Solutions exist at all stages of the life cycle of ships....
by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Sep 17, 2020 | Plastic, Sea & coast
Everyone’s talking about plastic pollution in the oceans, but what’s actually being done? Given the scale of the problem, is it enough to get rid of plastic straws and stirrers, or do we need to look at the sector’s entire value chain? Is the circularity approach...
by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Jul 31, 2020 | Sea & coast
The European Commission’s 2020 report on the blue economy offers a broad perspective on the performance of those EU economic sectors related to the ocean and coastline. For its third edition, it explores in detail the environmental dimension of the blue economy. The...
by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Jul 30, 2020 | Sea & coast
As from 7 July the French government includes a Ministry of Marine Affairs, headed by Annick Girardin (1). This new Ministry’s remit is set out in a decree appearing in the Official Gazette of 17 July. The Minister of Marine Affairs sets out and implements government...
by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Jun 4, 2020 | Sea & coast
Ecological and energy transition of ports, sustainable or future ports, EcoPorts… There’s no shortage of vocabulary in the port sector describing the many activities underway to preserve the environment and climate. These initiatives multiply as the regulations...
by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Apr 16, 2020 | Sea & coast
Whether brown, red, green or blue, unicellular microalgae or multicellular macroalgae are all photosynthetic organisms. Although the spread of macroalgal blooms (green tides, sargassum blooms, etc.) have given them a bad name in recent years, the many properties of...
