by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Jan 17, 2020 | Circular economy
Accurate knowledge of the quantity of raw materials consumed by an economy is a pre-requisite for any circular economy policy. From this perspective the ad-hoc indicator is the material footprint. This is currently calculated using a methodology developed by Eurostat...
by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Jan 9, 2020 | Biodiversity, Sea & coast, Water
Environmental matters are more central than ever to issues surrounding the seas and oceans. In late 2018, the French government’s Strategic Contract for Maritime Industries placed particular emphasis on the decarbonisation of propulsion and on-board energy (‘green...
by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Dec 19, 2019 | Resources - Climate
Faced with climate change, humankind has long believed that, given its capacity for inventing and deploying solutions to limit GHG emissions, when the time comes it would equally be capable of implementing suitable adaptation solutions. However, it should firstly be...
by Pollutec | Dec 12, 2019 | Sea & coast
In 2009, France organised “Grenelle de la Mer” (“Grenelle of the Sea”) – a multi-party round table on maritime issues based on the same framework as the “Grenelle de l’Environnement” (“Grenelle of the Environment”) held two years earlier (i.e. five-party...
by Pollutec | Dec 6, 2019 | Pollutec, Water
Accounting for almost a third of exhibitors, water ranks alongside waste as one of the cornerstones of Pollutec. That’s even more the case for particular sub-sectors such as pumps and piping, for which Pollutec is the only major industry event. These traditional show...
by Hélène Bouillon-Duparc | Dec 2, 2019 | Energy
Heating currently accounts for almost half of final energy consumption in France, but remains largely reliant on fossil fuels. At the end of 2018, the percentage of consumed heating originating from renewable sources stood at just 19.9%, while the objective set for...
