L’adaptation au changement climatique

Changement climatique et toponymie. Étude de la répartition ancienne du hêtre à travers ses traces toponymiques

In this paper we evaluate the feasibility of estimating the previous distribution of a tree species, the beech, from the analysis of toponyms presently in use and referring to this species. Specialists from toponymy, agromomy and geometics have been involved. Toponyms are a precious source of information about past distribution: more than 6100 toponyms referring to beech have been detected. MOT...

[Des centres de médecine plus écologiques: Responsabilité environnementale en médecine familiale].

Bien avant la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le changement climatique de 2015 à Paris, en France, les ouvrages locaux et internationaux en médecine expliquaient et documentaient les préoccupations sur l’utilisation des ressources dans les milieux médicaux2,3. La Dre Margaret Chan, directrice générale de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé, mettait le monde au défi d’envisager la conférence su...

The Cooperative Contextual Change Model: a systemic approach to implement change while preserving stability (Le Modèle de Changement Coopératif Contextuel: une approche systémique au changement dans la stabilité)

Change and stability: putting these two concepts together may appear contradictory. In fact, their coupling constitutes one of the most important paradoxes contemporary business leaders and managers have to face in their day-to-day action. When resistance to change appears, it is often considered as a negative by-product of the change process, instead of being seen as warning against instabilit...

Éditorial: Informatique et changement de société

Benchmarking Climate-Carbon Model Simulations against Forest FACE Data

Terrestrial carbon fluxes are an important factor in regulating concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). In this study, we use a coupled climate model with interactive biogeochemistry to benchmark the simulation of net primary productivity (NPP) and its response to elevated atmospheric CO2. Short-term field experiments such as Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) studies have ex...