The French Bill on Agriculture’s Future was submitted by the government in November 2013, echoing a two-decades-old process of integration of environmental stakes to public policy. One of the goals of this law is to promote the conciliation of economic, social and environmental performance on...

Bolivia is the poorest country in South America. As such, it is often described as a region subject to food insecurity. What does exactly this concept mean and how is it expressed in Bolivia? Agroecology is an issue increasingly invoked in Bolivia to respond to this situation by actors different...

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...

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...