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With the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Cuba suddenly faced a 50% drop in its fossil fuel supply, and was forced to radically restructure its production and consumption patterns. The aim of the internship is to gain a better understanding of this restructuring, first by carrying out an analysis…
Contexte Le World Economic Forum produit annuellement un document d’évaluation de perception des risques systémiques basé sur des dires d’experts ; ces interconnexions sont représentées graphiquement sur la figure ci-dessous, telles qu’elles ont été décrites pour l’année 2023. Cinq grandes catégories de risques peuvent être identifiées : économiques, géopolitiques, environnementaux,…
The question of the limits to growth in our modern societies was raised on a large scale for the first time, both in scientific circles and among the general public, by the publication of the ‘Meadows Report’ (Limits to Growth, Universe Books, 1972), fifty years ago now1. This question focuses…
The objective of this internship is to facilitate the development of alternative approaches to the organisation of the production and consumption of goods and services that are aligned with planetary limits and whose organisational choices can be collectively determined through democratic processes.In light of the aforementioned considerations, this internship topic…
Context The SCALABLE research project is funded by ADEME and involves the LESSEM laboratory (INRAE Grenoble), the STEEP team at Inria Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Énergie Environnement, the TerriFlux company, and the territories participating in the Greater Grenoble Inter-Territorial Food Project. The SCALABLE project focuses on biomass of agricultural origin (BOA) at…
Concept de vulnérabilité métabolique Le concept de “vulnérabilité métabolique”, récemment introduit par (Bahers et al., 2019), prolonge celui de “vulnérabilité environnementale”. Si les travaux se référant à la vulnérabilité environnementale (Mathis et al., 2016) s’attachent à interroger les dispositions d’une société à être plus ou moins bien préparée à supporter…
1 Background and scientific issues Environment and Planetary Boundaries – LP Post-industrial human societies have become a force that can alter planetary boundaries: Climate change ; Biosphere integrity ; Soil denaturation ; Disruption of the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles ; Overexploitation of fresh water ; Atmospheric aerosol load ; Ocean…
1 Overall issue 1.1 Planetary boundaries The problem of planetary limits [Rockström et al., 2009] is urgent and vital for our current societies. This problem was highlighted 50 years ago by the Meadows report which was commissioned by the Club of Rome and published in 1972 [Meadows et al., 1972].…
Context Scientific and social context The issue of energy transition is a key political issue at national and international level in the fight against climate change, and various national and international agencies, think tanks and NGOs have put forward energy transition scenarios. The vast majority of these scenarios focus on…
Subject The world is at the dawn of a possible energy transition unprecedented in the history of humanity. The necessity to shift from fossils fuels—being in the meantime the source of today’s wealth and the cause of climate change—to low-carbon energies seems indisputable. However, the feasibility of existing transition scenarios…
