Energy

Patricia Crifo
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COP29: crucial decisions to protect small island states

Patricia Crifo, Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Shinichi Mizuno, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Andres Rocha, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Seiji Leung, Master's Student at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On November 21st, 2024
6 min reading time
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High-speed rail: does developing rail always protect the environment?

Patricia Perennes, Doctor of Economics specialised in Transport

On November 21st, 2024
5 min reading time
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Generative AI: energy consumption soars

Anne-Laure Ligozat, Professor of Computer Science at ENSIIE and LISN, Alex De Vries , PhD Student at the School of Business and Economics at the University of Amsterdam

On November 13th, 2024
4 min reading time

With the popularity of generative AI, the energy consumption of artificial intelligence is exploding.

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Why the Anthropocene has divided the scientific community

Jan Piotrowski, Professor of Quaternary Geology at Aarhus University and Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Michel Magny, Emeritus Research Director at CNRS, Erle Ellis, Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland

On November 6th, 2024
5 min reading time

The scientific community is debating the Anthropocene as a new geological epoch, characterised by the impact of man on the planet.

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Bitcoin: electricity consumption comparable to that of Poland

Jean-Paul Delahaye, Mathematician and Emeritus Professor at Université de Lille

On October 30th, 2024
4 min reading time

As the price of bitcoin soars, so does the environmental cost of cryptocurrencies in general.

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Infographic: Which countries emit the most greenhouse gases?

Étienne Mathias, Head of Agriculture, Forestry and Land use at Citepa

On October 2nd, 2024
4 min reading time

In 2022, 53.8 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) were released into the atmosphere by human activities.