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Good Planet is a French-based NGO founded by photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand. This website aims to raise global awareness of environmental challenges through news, information and commentary. Good Planet hopes to advance knowledge from all viewpoints to encourage debate on how we can best protect the planet.

NEWS

Sorry, most of the news are only available in French language for the moment.

15/03/2010 • Greenhouse gas

MEXICO - BRUXELLES - Le Mexique a pressé lundi les dirigeants européens de débloquer les fonds promis en 2010 pour aider les...

15/03/2010 • Water right

SWITZERLAND - GENÈVE - Quelque 87% de la population mondiale ont un accès à l'eau potable mais 39% sont toujours dépourvus...

15/03/2010 • Food

JAPAN - TOKYO - A l'heure où les bars éteignent leurs néons dans le quartier de Ginza, la journée commence au marché voisin de...

15/03/2010 • CITES

QATAR - DOHA - La diplomatie du thon rouge agite déjà les couloirs de la conférence sur le commerce des espèces sauvages...

DEBATES

Why scientists must be the new climate sceptics

New Scientist

The source of the problems is been well documented: the leaked emails from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, UK,...

The case of the mysterious seafood

The first victim was a Caucasian male in his late 30s. He...

Biodiversity, it’s now or never

Or so it often seems. It is easy to forget that all of...

ISSUES

GG emissions are still climbing

Greenhouse gas emissions which are seen as the main cause of global warming are not decreasing. If this trend does not change, some experts estimate that the Earth's main carbon sinks will reach saturation point in a few years. Developed countries still pollute the most: half the emissions are still produced by only...

	The Right to Water One communal problem stops developed and developing countries agreeing on the question of the right to water: some want...
	Food Today, 850 million people in the world are undernourished. Yet, the Earth produces enough food for everyone. At the...

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GREEN TIPS

Intelligent electricity

In Washington State, an electrical network offers some 300 homes an intelligent energy supply. The principle...

INITIATIVE

Mountain Wilderness veille sur la montagne

Lorsqu’ils ont perdu la guerre, en 1945, les Italiens ont abandonné...

VIDEOS

11/03/2010	There's some scary creatures in the ocean... none more scary than plastic....	11/03/2010	On the small Danish island of Bornholm, a coalition of governments,...
10/03/2010	Fifty percent of traffic accidents happen at intersections. Gary Lauder...	03/03/2010	One of four scenarios exploring what the world will be like for the...