Plastics, in all their diverse forms and applications, are embedded in modern life. Their omnipresence, persistence, and potential toxicity pose serious questions for environmental health.
Chemical pollution is a major threat to water quality worldwide. A group of synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has emerged as a significant concern.
En septembre 2024, un groupe d’étudiant-e-s et d’enseignants de l’Institut des sciences de l’environnement de l’Université de Genève a pu se rendre en Suède pour faire des recherches sur l’évolution du climat.
It is crucial to remember that hydropolitics remains politics. We need to broaden our notion of hydropolitical data to include discourses and discursive practices that shape the constantly evolving governance of transboundary waters.
More than three people were murdered each week in 2018, with countless more criminalised, for defending their land and our environment. What can be done about this crisis ?
Last year, four rivers were granted legal rights. These rivers are rights-bearing entities whose rights can be enforced by local communities and individuals in court.
The water-energy-food nexus is a concept evolving in both research and policy, two tracks that do not often intersect. It is timely to reflect on how to bring these together in a functioning science-policy-practice interface.
