Biodiversité

Les derniers résultats montrent que de manière générale, le changement climatique s’impose en 2022 comme le principal sujet de préoccupation des Français. À l’échelle de leur lieu de vie, c’est la pollution de l’air qui suscite le plus les inquiétudes des enquêtés. Jugeant que c’est d’abord aux pouvoirs publics d’agir, ils restent relativement peu disposés à transformer leurs modes de vie pour protéger l’environnement.

Hard and soft plastics are the most common types of waste encountered at altitude by mountaineers, the first survey of its kind has found — with two thirds of mountaineers spotting litter most or every time they set foot on a mountain.While much attention in recent years has gone to the impact of waste – including plastic waste - in the world´s oceans, pollution in mountain regions has rarely made the headlines.A new global survey, led by Björn Alfthan and Laurent Fouinat from GRID-Arendal, sought the voices of mountain guides, mountaineers and other mountain enthusiasts to shed light on the extent and nature of waste pollution in the mountains.