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COP21 : les points durs restent à régler / Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, CNRS, the Conversation, 8/12/2015Après quatre années de négociations, le Groupe de travail spécial de la Plateforme de Durban pour une action renforcée (ADP) est parvenu, comme requis par la présidence française de la COP, à remettre sa copie samedi dernier, à l’issue de la première semaine des négociations climat de Paris... lire la suiteAnthropocène : peut-on concilier lucidité et optimisme ? / Alain Grandjean, Chroniques de l'anthropocène, 8/12/2015L’ampleur et l’étendue des  impacts sociaux et environnementaux présents et à venir de l’activité humaine sont écrasants pour le moral. La dépression ou le fatalisme peuvent saisir d’entrée de jeu celui ou celle qui ouvre les yeux.  Du coup certains préfèrent s’installer dans le déni sous une forme une autre : le diagnostic est mal fondé (climato-scepticisme), la technologie va nous sauver (techno-optimisme), pensons à autre chose (politique de l’autruche)... lire la suiteCOP21, et après ? / David Desforges, avocat, L'observatoire énergies d'entreprises, 9/12/2015La COP21 se tient à Paris et achève ses travaux le 11 décembre. Un accord, qui doit être contraignant, est en cours de négociation. Si la prise de conscience collective se construit, les actes individuels ne suffiront pas. David Desforges en est convaincu : la réponse au défi du réchauffement climatique reposera sur une innovation technologique majeure. Les entreprises y travaillent... lire la suiteThe Incredible Shrinking Climate Agreement? / Daniel Bodansky, Opinio Juris, 9/12/2015“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from COP to COP.” For many, that might be the slogan of the UN climate change regime. Or, to mix literary metaphors, the COPs are reminiscent of Sartre’s No Exit, where hell consisted of being locked in a room talking to the same small group of people for eternity... lire la suiteHow India Could Actually Reach Its Audacious Solar Targets / Varun Sivaram, Energy, Security, and Climate, 8/12/2015Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has set a dramatic target for solar power: 100 Gigawatts (GW) by 2022, or more than half of all solar installed to date globally by the end of 2014... lire la suiteSuccess in the Paris Climate Negotiations in Broader Context / Hari Osofsky, Opinio Juris, 9/12/2015(...) From my observation of the first Comité de Paris and hallway conversations on Monday, December 7, the parties still seem on track to reach some sort of agreement in Paris, though perhaps not by the Friday deadline. While there are certainly some differences yet to be resolved, the tone appears to be unusually cooperative at this stage according to those who have attended many of these negotiations.... lire la suiteA tribute to the founding giant of the global environment movement / Anita Gordon, Development in a changing climate, 8/12/2015Today at the COP21 climate talks in Paris, people will gather and pay tribute to the life, vision and accomplishments of Maurice Strong who passed away November 27, 2015 on the eve of COP 21. When he died in Ottawa at the age of 86, the world lost a crucial voice on the global environment and the urgent need for climate action. Ironically, Strong died on the eve of the Paris climate conference - for which he had laid the foundation over the last 45 years. With his death, we lost a giant in the environment and climate change movement... lire la suiteCautious optimism for climate finance and aid at Paris climate talks / Shawn Dhar and Alexandria Icenhower , Planet Policy, 8/12/2015The Copenhagen Accord in 2009 was the first time that the financial implications of reducing carbon emissions globally were outlined. While the accord was not legally binding, delegates from all attending countries agreed to “take note” of the accord, and developed countries agreed to mobilize $100 billion per year by 2020 to fight climate change, among other pledges.. lire la suiteClimate finance for sustainable infrastructure / Shawn Dhar and Alexandria Icenhower , Planet Policy, 8/12/2015The main goal of the climate negotiations at COP21 will be to draft an agreement that will limit global temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. To transition to a low-carbon economy, climate finance—and, in particular, financing for infrastructure—will be crucial to future plans.. lire la suite