Article | REF: BM2500 V1

Thermal engines - Next-generation reciprocating engines

Author: Georges DESCOMBES

Publication date: July 10, 2025 | Lire en français

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2. Decarbonizing mobility

2.1 COP21

In December 2015, the Paris Climate Agreement was the long-awaited event after some twenty years of international procrastination since Rio in 1992. It was the historic global agreement signed by nearly 200 heads of state and government under the leadership of the French government at the time (2012 to 2017). Since then, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has tirelessly warned of the need to switch to a carbon-free paradigm.

The world's climate and health problems call for the emergence of this new carbon-free paradigm, from which thermal energy production machines dedicated to mobility and stationary power units are no exception. It's time to put a stop to the deleterious use of hydrocarbons, and to detoxify, knowing that the trend...

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