Fossil fuel power stationA fossil fuel power station is a thermal power station which burns a fossil fuel, such as coal or natural gas, to produce electricity. Fossil fuel power stations have machinery to convert the heat energy of combustion into mechanical energy, which then operates an electrical generator. The prime mover may be a steam turbine, a gas turbine or, in small plants, a reciprocating gas engine. All plants use the energy extracted from the expansion of a hot gas, either steam or combustion gases.
Sustainable consumptionSustainable consumption (sometimes abbreviated to "SC") is the use of products and services in ways that minimizes impacts on the environment. Sustainable consumption is done in a way that needs are met for present humans but also for future generations. Sustainable consumption is often paralleled with sustainable production; consumption refers to use and disposal (or recycling) not just by individuals and households, but also by governments, businesses, and other organizations.
Whole genome sequencingWhole genome sequencing (WGS), also known as full genome sequencing, complete genome sequencing, or entire genome sequencing, is the process of determining the entirety, or nearly the entirety, of the DNA sequence of an organism's genome at a single time. This entails sequencing all of an organism's chromosomal DNA as well as DNA contained in the mitochondria and, for plants, in the chloroplast. Whole genome sequencing has largely been used as a research tool, but was being introduced to clinics in 2014.
Sustainable food systemA sustainable food system is a type of food system that provides healthy food to people and creates sustainable environmental, economic, and social systems that surround food. Sustainable food systems start with the development of sustainable agricultural practices, development of more sustainable food distribution systems, creation of sustainable diets, and reduction of food waste throughout the system. Sustainable food systems have been argued to be central to many or all 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Sustainable livingSustainable living describes a lifestyle that attempts to reduce the use of Earth's natural resources by an individual or society. Its practitioners often attempt to reduce their ecological footprint (including their carbon footprint) by altering their home designs and methods of transportation, energy consumption and diet. Its proponents aim to conduct their lives in ways that are consistent with sustainability, naturally balanced, and respectful of humanity's symbiotic relationship with the Earth's natural ecology.
Désinvestissement des énergies fossilesvignette|Début 2021, institutions ont désinvesti milliards de dollars de l'industrie des énergies fossiles. vignette|Manifestation pour le climat et le désinvestissement des énergies fossiles (Berlin, 2015). vignette|Étudiants réclamant que leur université désinvestisse des énergies fossiles (États-Unis, 2013). Le désinvestissement des énergies fossiles est l'élimination des placements (actions, obligations et fonds d'investissement) des entreprises impliquées dans l'extraction de combustibles fossiles (charbon, pétrole et gaz), dans le but de réduire le réchauffement climatique en s'attaquant à ses causes.
Développement durablevignette|Diagramme de Venn du développement durable, à l'intersection de trois préoccupations, dites « les trois piliers du développement durable ».Les descriptions des intersections partielles peuvent varier. Le développement durable (, parfois traduit par développement soutenable) est une conception du développement qui s'inscrit dans une perspective de long terme et en intégrant les contraintes environnementales et sociales à l'économie.
Agriculture durableL'agriculture durable (anciennement soutenable, traduction alternative de l'anglais sustainable) est l'application à l'agriculture des principes du développement durable tels que définis par la communauté internationale à Rio de Janeiro en . Il s'agit d'un système de production agricole qui vise à assurer une production pérenne de nourriture, de bois et de fibres en respectant les limites écologiques, économiques et sociales qui assurent la maintenance dans le temps de cette production.
Fiscalité noirevignette|Aides aux énergies fossiles par personne en 2019, Monde. Par opposition à la « fiscalité verte », pour l'OCDE, la « fiscalité noire » désigne deux types d'aides susceptibles d'avoir des effets pervers : les aides directes distribuées au secteur des énergies fossiles et non renouvelables.
Oil refineryAn oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha. Petrochemical feedstock like ethylene and propylene can also be produced directly by cracking crude oil without the need of using refined products of crude oil such as naphtha. The crude oil feedstock has typically been processed by an oil production plant.
