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Les promesses pour la COP-21 loin des 2°C (bis) / Sylvestre Huet, {Sciences2}, 2/09/2015Même réalisées, les "promesses" des États pour la COP-21 sont insuffisantes pour éviter un dérapage climatique supérieur à 2°C, annonce le consortium Climate action tracker. Une analyse qui porte sur les documents envoyés au secrétariat de la Convention Climat de l'ONU. Parmi eux les experts du CAT ont analysé les promesses de 56 pays, dont ceux de l'Union Européenne, qui représentent 64,5% des émissions mondiales de 2010... lire la suiteA la COP21 : un accord global, juste et réaliste ?, Idées pour le développement (blog AFD), 18/08/2015Adaptation, Résilience, Financement, Solidarité, Justice… sont quelques mots qui résonnent dans les négociations climatiques. A quels enjeux doit répondre la grande conférence sur le Climat qui se tiendra en décembre à Paris ? Entretien avec Teresa Ribera, directrice de l’Iddri... lire la suiteA Key Element for the Forthcoming Paris Climate Agreement / Robert Stavins, An economic view of the environment, 1/09/2015The upcoming Paris climate negotiations will constitute a critical step in the ongoing international process to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Whether the Paris outcome will be sufficiently ambitious to put the world on a path towards limiting global average warming to 2o C, as agreed in Cancun, remains to be seen. In general, greater ambition is more easily realized when costs are low. Market-based mechanisms are an important element in the portfolio of actions that can lead to cost-effective solutions. Linkage – between and among market and non-market systems for reducing GHG emissions – is a closely-related key element... lire la suiteObama walking a razor’s edge in Alaska on climate change: President’s trip to the Arctic requires two contradictory ideas be held in mind / Timmons Roberts, Planet Policy, 1/09/2015In the summer of 1978, my grandfather George Washington Timmons, my cousin George, and I took the train from the Midwest across Canada and the ferry up the Pacific coast to Alaska. There we met up with my brother Steve, who was living in Anchorage... lire la suiteWho Will Suffer Most from Climate Change? / Bill Gates, Project Syndicate, 1/09/2015A few years ago, Melinda and I visited with a group of rice farmers in Bihar, India, one of the most flood-prone regions of the country. All of them were extremely poor and depended on the rice they grew to feed and support their families. When the monsoon rains arrived each year, the rivers would swell, threatening to flood their farms and ruin their crops... lire la suite