"Cutting useful subsidies while showing blind confidence in immature technologies are two sides of the same inertia," warns Jean-Yves Pidoux, the former director of the SIL.
Published for the first time by the AES, this tool dedicated to the security of the electricity supply paints a potentially critical picture of the country's situation within a quarter of a century.
At the crossroads of science, society and public policy, the professor at the University of Geneva develops energy scenarios aimed at supporting the transition to carbon neutrality.
In a new report titled "Global Tipping Points", scientists estimate that the window for action to prevent certain harmful and irreversible tipping points is closing rapidly.
"PFAS do not constitute an abstract risk, but a tangible threat that calls for science-based responses through the most thorough analyses possible," explains Henri Klunge, chemical engineer and founder of Alcane Conseils.
Olivier Hamant, a biologist-philosopher, aims to make organizations robust so they can withstand the turmoil to come. A critic of the performance dogma, the biologist will give a lecture at the University of Lausanne on October 31 as part of the Écotopiales.
"Since time immemorial, myths and legends have served to interpret the world, offering an interpretation that allows an intelligible and meaningful model to be set against the anxiety of the unknown," explains Colin Pahlisch, artistic director of the Écotopiales festival.
A 28-year-old French-American, the EPFZ researcher has been rewarded for her method that allows europium — a critical metal used in fluorescent lamps and screens — to be recovered in a cleaner, simpler and more sustainable way. Profile.
In a context of attacks on science — mainly in the United States — Anna Fontcuberta i Morral stresses that "one of her main missions is to strengthen dialogue with the public." Interview with the woman who took the reins of EPFL at the beginning of the year.
Two opposing models are facing off. On the one hand, high-power reactors such as EPRs, which rely on the centralization of production with high-power units; on the other hand, modern, small reactors with an electrical capacity ranging between 10 MW and 300 MW.
