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Crise pétrolière, effondrement, émeutes de la faim ?

Crise pétrolière, effondrement, émeutes de la faim ? Jean-Marc Jancovici

Activistes criminalisés : l’ultime signal d’un monde en déclin ?

The World Sufficiency Lab is a non-profit and independent think-to-do tank, whose mission is to serve as the primary resource and voice for sufficiency worldwide.

Sujet tabou, la droite aurait pourtant beaucoup à gagner en se saisissant de ces dossiers, analyse Ferréol Delmas, directeur général du think tank Ecologie responsable.

Le think-tank de Jean-Marc Jancovici propose d’imposer un plafond de consommation énergétique au secteur du numérique pour limiter son empreinte carbone.

In a simulation game, five off-the-shelf large language models or LLMs were confronted with fictional crisis situations that resembled Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or China’s threat to Taiwan. The results? Almost all of the AI models showed a preference to escalate aggressively, use firepower indiscriminately and turn crises into shooting wars — even to the point of launching nuclear weapons.

Earth’s average temperature rose more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in 2024 for the first time – a critical threshold in the climate crisis. At the same time, major armed conflicts continue to rage in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere. What should be increasingly clear is that war now needs to be understood as unfolding in the shadow of climate breakdown. The relationship between war and climate change is complex. But here are three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war.

The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good

According to Carbon Tracker’s analysis, fossil fuel companies are cutting capital investment, slashing exploration, and paying record dividends — like Saudi Aramco’s $10 billion payout — rather than building future growth. It’s a strategy that signals retreat, not resilience. “The energy transition isn’t being led by incumbents,” Mark Campanale warns. “It’s happening around them.”

News and views on the coming collapse

This Contemplation is the result of my beginning to put together a different one that’s focussing upon an academic article I’ve been reading (Collapse, Environment, and Society) but that got me thinking about the academic ‘debate’ regarding what ‘societal collapse’ is, how it may–or may not–unfold for our current experiment in large, complex societies, and how things are perceived in the moment by those experiencing societal change. The ‘debate’ (centred more-or-less on the question: Do societies actually ‘collapse’ or are they ‘merely’ shifting/transforming/adapting to changing conditions?) is rather ‘academic’ in that in the grand scheme of things it’s intellectually interesting but doesn’t have much to do with the on-the-ground, real-life experiences and concerns of most humans in a society–especially if they are experiencing some of the more ‘problematic’ consequences of collapse/transformation.

When people reflect on how their actions shape the future, they are more likely to support solutions to present-day issues like poverty and inequality.

Olivier Hamant, chercheur en biologie et en biophysique, est invité chez Thinkerview. Cela donne l'interview la plus inspirante de la chaîne selon moi. Il y présente le concept de robustesse, l'outil qui permet de faire face à un monde fluctuant. Il répond toujours avec justesse et beaucoup d'humilité, quel plaisir d'avoir un intervenant de ce niveau. Je vous invite vraiment à regarder l'interview en entier, c'est une masterclass.

Face à des incidents suspects en Ukraine et à des informations relayées par le Robert Lansing Institute, l'Europe se prépare à une possible vague d'attentats-suicides orchestrée par la Russie

Yuval Noah Harari, renowned historian and author of “Nexus,” explores the indelible impact of AI on human society. We discuss his iconoclastic views on information networks, the inextricable link between technology and political systems, and actionable ways to navigate our rapidly changing world.

The network of Atlantic ocean currents keeping the Earth's climate stable are far closer to collapse than first estimated, scientists warn.

Olivier Hamant : chercheur en biologie et biophysique.

Arctic Sea ice reaches it's minimum extent each year around the middle of September. This year is one of the lowest in recorded history. Ocean temperatures have been so 'off the charts' in 2023 and 2024 that scientists fear those waters have reached their capacity to mop up after us humans and are now starting to release that energy. On our current trajectory, by 2100, our planet will reach a temperature not seen for 3 MILLION years!. So...what's the plan???

Rarement un homme comme Charles Gave aura été capable d'enchainer autant de mensonges en 30mn comme il l'a fait sur Thinkerview.