Environment

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Solutions to shortages include recycling wastewater, collecting rainwater and removing salt from seawater

A French start-up is using bioluminescence technology in a town south west of Paris to create a ‘living laboratory’

‘They eat anything, have no natural predator in France and are spreading’ says amphibian expert

He defied the highest French court to turn the mast off and ‘the difference in the cows was remarkable’

Small plug-in solar panels could ‘democratise solar energy for all’, a new brigade in Colomiers challenges fly-tippers and more in our eco-news round-up

Campaigners say the five to 10 metre buffers should be extended to 100 metres to reduce the risk to health

And tobacconists warn smokers of wildfire risks - we look at current environmental initiatives

There are over 1,300 French chemical plants or other sites classed under EU directives as posing a particular risk to the surrounding environment

The ‘amazing’ dogs are fast and efficient at finding small, silent leaks that other technology cannot trace

And an ice-rink in Niort is melted to water trees - we look at current initiatives aimed at supporting the environment

An award-winning concept by three French students is under review by technical experts and could offer the city solutions for cooling and biodiversity

Experts tell us how they would use the €500million fund to lower temperatures in built up areas

Coastal towns and cities such as Antibes and Cannes have already begun preparing for a potential tsunami

Analysts say the government will not hit its target of recycling 100% of plastics by 2025 even with massive investment in the Normandy factory

Former UN climate official adds France has plenty of space to build wind and solar power plants but must do it now