The CNRS set out six major societal challenges in its last Objectives and Performance Contract (COP) signed with the French state to which it aims to make a substantial contribution through the…

The aim of the 'Climate, Biodiversity and Sustainable Societies' research programming agency is to provide the required knowledge to support making the habitability of the planet and sustainable…

Thanks to its international foundation, the CNRS contributes to many major discoveries alongside its foreign partners. It takes part in planetary scientific and technological challenges, in…

Based on rigorous methodology, and ensuring both quality and objectivity, institutional scientific expertise aims to enlighten public decision making and debates relating to major societal issues.