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C’est la mi-temps à la COP21: où en sommes-nous? / Thomas Spencer, Climate 365, 8/12/2015À mi-parcours, où en sont les négociations a la COP21 ? Se dirige-t-on vers un résultat positif ? Ce billet analyse d’abord trois signaux positifs à l’oeuvre depuis l’arrivée des ministres dans les négociations, et s’intéresse ensuite aux questions de fond... lireLa décarbonation profonde, un outil stratégique pour contrôler la pollution locale de l’air dans les villes chinoises / Henri Waisman, Climate 365, 8/12/2015Les autorités locales de Pékin ont augmenté l’alerte de la pollution de l’air qui est passée d’orange à rouge, le plus sévère degré d’avertissement. Cette alerte prend effet le 8 décembre à 7h00 jusqu’au 10 décembre midi, selon la déclaration du Bureau municipal de protection de l’environnement de Pékin... lireCrunch Issues in Paris / Daniel Bodansky, Opinion Juris, 8/12/2015In an earlier post, I expressed cautious optimism that the Paris conference will succeed in adopting a legal agreement that requires countries to formulate and submit emission reduction plans, provides for international transparency and review, and establishes a process for countries to periodically ratchet up their efforts. But although the broad outlines of the agreement have been apparent for several years, a number of important issues remain to be resolved, on which the conference could still founder... lireEnvironnement : comment changer nos comportements ? / Sylvie Granon, professeur des universités, CNRS le journal,  7/12/2015Alors que la COP 21 bat son plein, la neurobiologiste Sylvie Granon explique pourquoi nous percevons de manière beaucoup moins aigüe le risque environnemental que le risque terroriste… Et suggère quelques pistes pour modifier les comportements qui en découlent... lireQuel impact du commerce international sur le changement climatique ? / Cecilia Bellora  blog CEPII, 8/12/2015Outre la hausse des émissions dues au transport des marchandises, le commerce influe sur le changement climatique en modifiant les techniques et les spécialisations productives. L’effet global dépend des avantages comparatifs, des politiques environnementales et de la nature des accords commerciaux... lireThe Renewable Energy Revolution / John A. Mathews, professor of Strategy at Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Sydney, Project syndicate, 8/12/2015In the United States and Europe, the benefits of renewable energy are predominantly seen as environmental. Energy from the wind and sun can offset the need to burn fossil fuels, helping to mitigate climate change... lireGetting Policies Right on the Road from Paris: How the Clean Energy Solutions Center Can Help Countries Implement Their INDCs / Nils Vikmång, State Secretary for Energy, Ministry of the Environment and Energy of Sweden, Santiago Creuheras, Director General for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability, Deputy Ministry for Planning and Energy Transition, Mexico’s Ministry of Energy, SENER, and Dave Turk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Climate and Technology, U.S. Department of Energy, IISD blog, 7/12/2015Negotiators from more than 190 countries are meeting in Paris this week to reach a global climate agreement. As the international community works to ensure that the agreement will be inclusive, fair, and ambitious, the critical question on everyone's mind is “What's Next?”... lireAn historic climate agreement hangs in the balance: A dispatch from the Paris climate conference / Timmons Roberts, Planet Policy, 7/12/2015“Paris is doomed to succeed,” said Adil Najam, former negotiator for the Group of 77 developing countries and former chancellor of the Pakistan education system,in the run-up to the major climate negotiations. Now director of the Pardee School of International Affairs at Boston University, Najam prognosticated that an agreement would be reached, but it will be inadequate to address the task at hand... lire