[ News listing ](/en/news " News listing") 03 Dec. 2015 From 4 to 10 December, the Grand Palais hosts Solutions COP21, a unique operation that promotes climate solutions. Among the many stakeholders present, several of the Foundation’s partners will be participating in the discussions and presentations that are open to the public. ![COP21](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/12/Cop21-2_0.jpg.webp?h=4c8c62b7&itok=5uTxiPZA "COP21") On Friday 4 December at 4:00 pm, the experience of the association Unis-Cité, [supported for six years by the Foundation](/en/actions/projects/14EB1749,unis-cite.htm), will be made available to the conference entitled *[Mobilising young people for the environment and the climate through civic service](http://www.solutionscop21.org/en/?event=mobiliser-les-jeunes-pour-lenvironnement-et-le-climat-a-travers-le-service-civique).* Every year 450 civic service volunteers become "Médiaterres", and are sent out by Unis-Cité into 70 social housing areas in France. There, they educate families about the eco-actions they can use to both reduce their bills and protect the environment. On Saturday 5 December at 11 am, the Tara Expedition team will explain [the role of the oceans](http://www.solutionscop21.org/en/?event=climat-et-oceans) in regulating the climate. In conference space no. 1, representatives of the initiative, of which the Veolia Foundation is a [long-term sponsor](/en/actions/projects/9EN1226,tara-oceans.htm), will explain how the oceans produce 50% of the oxygen we breathe and sequester nearly 25% of CO₂ emissions. On Sunday, 6 December at 3:00 pm, conference space no. 5 will host the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for [a presentation of biodiversity and its challenges](http://www.solutionscop21.org/en/?event=biodiversite-et-climat). [The Veolia Foundation has supported this organization since 2012](/en/actions/projects/14EB1477,uicn-france.htm), along with Olivier Darné’s [Parti poétique](/en/actions/projects/9EN1204,parti-poetique.htm), also involved in conference with Fabien Verfaillie, an expert on flora and fauna from 2EI Veolia. ![](/sites/g/files/dvc3696/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/image/2015/12/Invitation_rencontre_debat_0.jpg.webp?h=95e9df29&itok=fP2b7yJS "Prix du Livre Environnement - Invitation rencontre débat COP21") Prix du Livre Environnement - Invitation rencontre débat COP21 At the same time and until 4:00 pm, Dominique Bourg, author of “*Dictionnaire de la pensée écologique”* and winner of the Environment Book Prize 2015 organized by the Veolia Foundation, will be present for a debate followed by a book signing. Finally, on Thursday 10 December at 11:45 am and again at 4:45 pm, the Université Virtuelle Environnement & Développement Durable (UVED) will hold educational mini-conferences. In 30 minutes the audiences will be invited to learn about the challenges of climate change by following some of the modules included in [a MOOC developed with the support of the Veolia Foundation](/en/medias/latest-news/2015-09-29,opening-registration-mooc-uved.htm). * * * # COP21 Solutions at the Grand Palais In an area of over 4000 m², 60 conferences will be open to the public between 4 and 10 December. They will help to show a wide audience the numerous products, services, processes and innovations - existing and in the planning – for fighting climate change and its impacts from all over the world. This exhibition space doubles as a contributory web platform dubbed the [Climate solutions hub](http://www.climatesolutionsplatform.org/), available online in French and English. In total it brings together over a hundred public and private stakeholders including the Veolia Group, which is present in the Grand Palais (stand B2). > **PRACTICAL INFORMATION** Entrance via Avenue Winston Churchill (extension of the Pont Alexandre III). Metro: Champs-Elysées Clémenceau (L1 and L13). Bus: 83, 93, 72, 42 and Balabus. Find the complete programme on www.solutionscop21.org