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A Key Moment is Coming for the IPCC’s Future / Robert Stavins, An economic view of the environment, 8/07/2015About six month ago, I posted an essay at this blog (The IPCC at a Crossroads, February 26, 2015) highlighting some of the challenges faced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which plays an important role in global climate change policy around the world... lire la suiteDes océans plus hauts de six mètres ? / Sylvestre Huet, SCIENCES²}, 10/07/2015Le changement climatique peut-il élever le niveau marin de 6 mètres ? Ce matin, la revue Science publie un article qui relance le débat sur une menace de long terme résultant de nos émissions massives de gaz à effet de serre. Relance, car ce débat existe depuis longtemps dans les labos de climatologie. Il repose sur un constat simple, directement issu de la paléoclimatologie et des géosciences... lire la suiteSaudi Arabia field report: Another potential oil crisis in the Middle East / Yukari Hino, Brookings blog, 2/07/2015Saudi Arabia is the biggest oil exporter in the world. However, this status may be threatened as a result of domestic oil consumption. Several recent studies predict that Saudi Arabia will be a net oil importer by 2030 or 2038. Other regional energy exporters such as the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Iran have worked to control their domestic consumption to address the skyrocketing costs, economic distortions, and potential vulnerabilities of high rates of internal energy utilization... lire la suite