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Healthcare

Digital tools to support quality of life in cancer care

From monitoring to community—digital tools in action Remote monitoring and self-management Digital health solutions enable continuous monitoring of patients, allowing for real-time tracking of ...

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Healthcare

Impact of climate change on women’s health: Focus on temperate regions

Perinatal Health and Pregnancy: Increased Vulnerability Maternal complications and heightened infectious risks during pregnancy For pregnant women, episodes of extreme heat are associated with a ...

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Healthcare

What are the challenges in managing neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs)?

What is meant by neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs)? A neurodevelopmental disorder is identified when, from a very young age, the functioning of one of the brain networks involved in motor skills, ...

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Healthcare

How MedTech is revolutionizing medical remote monitoring

What technologies are used for medical remote monitoring? Medical remote monitoring requires appropriate equipment, including sensors, mobile applications and digital platforms, AI, integrated ...

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Cross-sector

Beyond the carbon footprint analysis: How to ensure one’s compatibility with a low-carbon future?

The carbon footprint analysis vs. compatibility with a low-carbon future By performing a carbon footprint analysis, companies must consider 3 types of emissions (scopes). Scope 1 corresponds to ...

Challenge #1: Protecting the Population Protecting against natural and environmental risks Extreme weather events are increasing in both frequency and intensity: floods, soil shrink-swell, coastal erosion, wildfires, mountain hazards, etc. To protect the population against these new climate-related risks, prevention must be improved and territories must be adapted. This includes limiting the effects of the shrink-swell of clay soils, which weaken infrastructures and buildings. The adaptation plan calls for improved soil analysis and mapping, the development of soil stabilization techniques, and the adaptation of construction practices. In addition, integrating nature-based solutions—such as preserving and restoring wetlands, forests, and coastal areas—should help mitigate floods, coastal erosion, urban heat islands, droughts, and wildfires. Finally, the plan also aims to rethink insurance and financing systems to effectively cover climate risks, including in areas facing increasing damage due to climate change. Ensuring suitable living and working conditions Living and working conditions must also evolve in response to heatwaves and other climate constraints. Adaptation includes transforming housing, buildings, and urban spaces (improved insulation, reflective materials, greening, etc.), as well as developing and installing sustainable cooling solutions (geothermal energy, passive ventilation, district cooling networks, etc.). The plan includes adapting working conditions for the most exposed professions and vulnerable populations, for instance by adjusting working hours to reduce exposure to high temperatures, or ensuring access to tempered water and effective ventilation. Protecting against health risks linked to climate change Climate change also increases health risks, as the frequency and intensity of heatwaves, pollution-related illnesses, and vector-borne diseases are expected to rise. As such, environmental, human, and animal health are all under threat. To mitigate this, the plan calls for enhanced monitoring of emerging diseases and air quality, along with the implementation of alert systems when health risks increase, such as during heatwaves. Challenge #2: Adapting Territories and Ensuring the Continuity of Infrastructure and Essential Services Strengthening local authority capacities and territorial planning Adapting territories to climate change requires better integration of climate issues into local policies. To this end, the adaptation plan provides for making accurate and up-to-date climate data available to local authorities, along with technical and strategic support to inform their decisions and facilitate the integration of climate warming trajectories into all public planning documents. This support is provided in part by Regional Climate Expert Groups (GREC), which offer scientific expertise in addition to the technical expertise provided by state operators such as ADEME, CEREMA, and BRGM. To reinforce local authorities’ capacity for action, public funding will now be more heavily directed towards projects that enhance territorial resilience and take future climate risks into account—particularly those relying on nature-based solutions. Additionally, the plan includes updating technical standards and frameworks with a climate component to ensure they also consider future climate conditions within an adaptation logic. Learn how our team can support your climate resilience projects > Preserving water resources To ensure resilient and efficient water resource management, the implementation of the

Energy - Environment - Mobility

Focus on Two Key Challenges in the French National Climate Change Adaptation Plan

Challenge n°1: Protecting the Population Protecting against natural and environmental risks Extreme weather events are increasing in both frequency and intensity: floods, soil shrink-swell, ...

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Healthcare

3 innovative initiatives that demonstrate the benefits of multidisciplinary patient care

The acceleration of outpatient care in France Initiated by the government in the context of the 2016, “Modernization of our healthcare system law,” the outpatient shift refers to the transfer ...

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Agrifood

Ultra-processed foods: convenience at a cost?

What are ultra-processed foods? To avoid confusion between consumer perceptions and the food industry’s framing of UPFs, Brazilian researchers developed the NOVA framework in 2009. This framework ...

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Agrifood

Precision Fermentation: How Microorganisms Are Revolutionising The Food Industry?

What Is Precision Fermentation And What Is So Exciting About It? Although it has massively grown in popularity in recent years with increased research efforts and funding, precision fermentation ...

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Healthcare

Patient Co-Creation In Healthcare Innovation: Why Involving Patients In Decision Making Is No Longer Optional

What Is Co-Creation In Healthcare? The concept of co-creation, also called co-design or co-production, has been already well studied. Co-creation is defined as “a joint effort of citizens and ...

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Digital tools to support quality of life in cancer care

Impact of climate change on women’s health: Focus on temperate regions

What are the challenges in managing neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs)?

How MedTech is revolutionizing medical remote monitoring

Beyond the carbon footprint analysis: How to ensure one’s compatibility with a low-carbon future?

Focus on Two Key Challenges in the French National Climate Change Adaptation Plan

3 innovative initiatives that demonstrate the benefits of multidisciplinary patient care

Ultra-processed foods: convenience at a cost?

Precision Fermentation: How Microorganisms Are Revolutionising The Food Industry?

Patient Co-Creation In Healthcare Innovation: Why Involving Patients In Decision Making Is No Longer Optional