Planet

π Energy π Planet

Is it time to think about critical resources for fusion energy?

With Jacques Treiner, Research Associate at Université Paris Cité and Chair of the Shift Project Expert Group, Gérard Bonhomme, Professor Emeritus at Université de Lorraine and Chair of the Energy & Environment Committee of the French Physics Society

On December 2nd, 2025
4 min reading time

Nuclear fusion’s dependence on scarce resources could hamper the deployment of reactors in the future.

π Space π Planet

Carbon footprint and space activities: an ambiguous common ground

With Jürgen Knödlseder, CNRS Research Director in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Loïs Miraux, Engineer and Researcher at Institut d’économie de l’énergie (CEA)

On November 12th, 2025
4 min reading time

Currently, greenhouse gas emissions from space activities are difficult to measure and mitigate.

π Geopolitics π Planet

Russia's strategy to control Arctic resources

With Florian Vidal, Researcher at the Arctic University of Norway and associate researcher at the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Future Energy at Paris Cité University

On October 1st, 2025
4 min reading time

The Russian military presence is intensifying in this rich region, where it is already recovering significant quantities of fossil fuels.

π Space π Planet

The extent of glacier melt measured from space

With Étienne Berthier, Glaciologist at CNRS, Fabien Maussion, Associate Professor at Bristol Glaciology Centre at University of Bristol

On September 24th, 2025
4 min reading time

Mapped using satellite data, regular monitoring of glaciers reveals that their melting has accelerated in recent years.

π Planet π Health and biotech

Eating fewer animals reduces emissions, but by how much?

With Joël Aubin, Research Engineer at INRAE

On June 25th, 2025
4 min reading time

A reduction in animal protein consumption among adults in France could lead to a decrease of the impact of food on climate change, acidification and land use.

π Economics π Planet π Geopolitics

Can green finance weather the Trump storm?

With Peter Tankov, Professor of Quantitative Finance at ENSAE (IP Paris), Olivier David Zerbib, Researcher at CREST and Assistant Professor at ENSAE (IP Paris)

On June 25th, 2025
6 min reading time

In the age of Trump, green finance is being called into question for political reasons as the climate emergency intensifies.