Humanity is closer to the Apocalypse than ever. It is now certain that Human-kind can annihilate itself either with WMDs or through the irreversible deterioration of its survival conditions. The tipping point is not to come, but already passed, and what was once considered impossible is now...

In this book, James Garvey considers ethical issues concerning current climate changes.  He uses scientific data from main international research organizations and principles of moral philosophy and demonstrates that each protagonist (individuals and countries) is morally responsible for the...

Palm oil today amounts for 30% of vegetal oil in the world; it is used in the production of a wide range of goods and no substitute has been found. It grows in tropical climates, with serious environmental consequences, in terms of deforestation, global warming etc. These last ten years, several...

Our economic and social model is not lasting. While the depletion of our fossil energy sources is, at the current consumption rate and without any viable alternative, inescapable, we wonder how to explain why renewable energies and initiatives in favour of energy independence are so little...

Coming back to the origins of mankind, Hervé Kempf retraces the great divergence between continents observed with the development of capitalism, and the great convergence at work since a few years. But we have to take into account that we now facing a "green wall", due to the finiteness of raw...