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The Ides of the Climate Crisis /  Éloi Laurent, Project Syndicate, 13/03/2019Societies that have been rendered socially and  politically fragile by inequality will be ill-prepared to face the  environmental shocks from climate change. And as ecological conditions  continue to deteriorate, we should expect to witness an explosion of  injustices, new and old... lireFlexitaérien, mode d’emploi: mérites comparés de l’avion et du train / Olivier Razemon, l'Interconnexion n'est plus assurée, 9/03/2019Flexitaérien, néologisme assumé, désignera celui qui ne  prend pas systématiquement l’avion, qui essaie de l’éviter, parce que  l’avion, ça pollue, ça fait du bruit, et surtout ça émet énormément de  CO2... lireOverheating About Global Warming / Bjørn Lomborg, Project Syndicate, 13/03/2019   Decades of climate-change exaggeration in the  West have produced frightened children, febrile headlines, and  unrealistic political promises. The world needs a cooler approach that  addresses climate change smartly without scaring us needlessly and that  pays heed to the many other challenges facing the planet... lire Coal is king in India— and will likely remain so / Samantha Gross, Planet Policy, 8/03/2019In conversations about avoiding the worst impacts of climate change,  removing coal from the world’s energy system is always at the top of the  list of solutions. Here in the United States, inexpensive natural gas  has out-competed coal in the power system, bringing about a 40 percent decline in coal-fired generation over the last decade. However, coal is still king in other parts of the world... lire Les cerisiers de Fukushima / Franck Guarnieri, Aurélien Portelli et Sébastien Travadel, Mines ParisTech, The Conversation, 8/03/2019 En ce mois de mars 2019, l’accident de Fukushima paraît intégré à notre  imaginaire comme un souvenir traumatisant, une date de commémoration  nous rappelant notre fragilité face à la démesure des forces naturelles.  Huit ans déjà qu’un séisme sans précédent a secoué le Tohôku et que des  vagues de près de vingt mètres ont balayé le site de Daiichi... lireFighting Climate Change Means Fighting Organized Crime / Robert Muggah, Adriana Abdenur and Ilona Szabó, Project Syndicate, 12/03/2019 While almost every government in the world has  recognized the need to move to a carbon-free economy, another front in  the climate crisis has gone largely ignored. Without a concerted effort  to crack down on the criminal activities that are threatening natural  carbon sinks such as the Amazon basin, emissions reductions could be for  naught... lire