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Source: Siavash Ghabezloo,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is no secret that our planet is going through a critical period during which the environmental conditions essential to human life are deteriorating due to human activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Better life quality at the expense of the climate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Over the past centuries, continued efforts to improve our quality of life have led to the radical transformation of our societies. For millennia, the energy provided by trees, water, wind, and animals was sufficient, but then the industrial revolution, which began just over two centuries ago, led to the emergence of innovative machines requiring more energy. Advances in the industrial, agricultural and medical fields fueled an unprecedented rise in the world’s population, which in turn generated an ever-increasing demand for energy. Although our rate of energy consumption has occasionally been slowed by various crises, we have invariably regained momentum, displaying a generally linear behavior over the last century (see figure below). In about 100 years, the world\u2019s population has quadrupled, while our energy consumption has increased tenfold. This increase in energy needs has been mainly sparked, and driven, by the discovery and exploitation of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Global primary energy consumption depending of Wolrd Population. Source: Siavash Ghabezloo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This energy expansion, combined with growing food needs, has led to an alarming increase in greenhouse gas emissions and contributed to the current climate change of which we can see tangible effects today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking action for the energy transition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Against this backdrop, we are faced with the urgent need for an ecological and energy transition to respond to climate change and mitigate its impact. A key objective of this transition is to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2<\/sub>) emissions into the atmosphere, for which three key fields of action have been identified:<\/p>\n\n\n\n