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What happens afterwards? The lifecycle of renewable energy facilities

Analysing the lifecycle provides a clearer insight into the real impact that green energy production facilities have on the environment. Lifecycle assessments are a key tool for taking another step…

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Breaking stereotypes about mining work: human challenges at a unique worksite

VINCI is one of the main constructors of what will be the world’s longest rail tunnel. The worksite presents multiple technical, logistical and human challenges that include unexpected geological…

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Excavated and contaminated soil: a premium material for recycling

The need to preserve non-renewable mineral resources, whether from quarries or river and stream beds, is prompting construction firms to treat and decontaminate the soil excavated at their worksites with…

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Marina Lévy - Companies at the heart of ocean conservation issues

Marina Lévy, oceanographer, research director at the CNRS and ocean advisor to the president of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), examines the state of the oceans…

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Renewable energies

Storage, transport and recycling: three major challenges for renewable energies. How can infrastructure support the electrification of energy use? How can networks be adapted and environmental impact limited throughout the entire life cycle of renewable energies, whose deployment is essential to the decarbonisation of our economies? Insight into the technical and ecological challenges of renewable energies (RE).

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Adaptation

According to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions projected for 2030 must be reduced by 28% in order to meet the target of limiting global warming to 2°C set out in the Paris Agreement. While mitigating CO2 emissions is a priority, it goes hand in hand with concrete actions to make our living environments safer and more resilient. Heatwaves, storms, rising sea levels... Faced with climate change and its cascading effects, there is one watchword for protection: adaptation.

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