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Gaz et électricité à tous les étages / Claude Crampes et Thomas-Olivier Léautier, TSE debate, 25/02/2016Difficile d’aborder un pan de la politique sans lui trouver un lien avec des problèmes d’énergie et, symétriquement, la plupart des décisions prises en matière énergétique ont des effets multiples, difficiles à prévoir et maitriser, sur de nombreux domaines de la vie sociale. On peut donc comprendre, sans pour autant l’approuver, pourquoi les gouvernants n’aiment pas abandonner à des régulateurs sectoriels et aux autorités de la concurrence le contrôle d’une industrie aussi essentielle. On comprend mieux aussi la réticence des gouvernements nationaux à laisser Bruxelles construire une Union de l’énergie. Pourtant, ils ont beaucoup à y gagner... lireEnergy Union / Claude Crampes et Thomas-Olivier Léautier, TSE debate, 25/02/2016It is difficult to find a facet of politics which does not relate, in some way, to energy issues. Conversely, most decisions relating to energy have a range of knock-on effects (many of them hard to predict and manage) on many aspects of social life. It is therefore understandable (without condoning such behaviour) that governments are reluctant to abandon control of this vital industry to regulators and competition authorities. It is also easy to understand the reticence of national governments to let Brussels build an Energy Union. Yet they would have much to gain from such an endeavour... lireLa France a-t-elle vraiment besoin de routes solaires ? / Richard Robert et Olivier Daniélo, Telos, 24/02/2016Si le développement du solaire photovoltaïque en France a été tardif, on assiste en ce moment à un rattrapage. Des politiques publiques restent nécessaires pour développer et renforcer ce secteur qui n’a pas encore atteint sa maturité. Mais entre effets d’annonce, d’un côté, confusion entre intérêts industriels et intérêt public, de l’autre, ces politiques ne sont pas toujours bien conçues. La récente décision de lancer 1000 kilomètres de routes solaires en est un cas d’école... lireCOP21 : la contrainte, c’est maintenant / David Desforges, l'Obervatoire énergies d'entreprises, 24/02/2016Un accord a donc été adopté à Paris. Il sera ouvert à la signature à New York à partir du 22 avril 2016. Son entrée en vigueur sera subordonnée à un double critère : 55 pays représentant 55 % des émissions devront le ratifier. Au-delà de l’enthousiasme déclenché par son adoption, la question s’est rapidement posée de savoir ce qu’il signifiait pour les entreprises... lireEducation and Sustainability / Steven Cohen, Executive Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, the Energy Collective, 23/02/2016In case you haven't noticed, this is a presidential election year and there is a lot of huffing and puffing about test scores and educational achievement. According to some of our politicians, our poor education system is causing America to fall behind in the great race to dominate the global brain-based economy. Perhaps, but I don't think so. Peter Drucker, the management guru I most admire, once said you can't manage something unless you can measure it... lireInfrastructure for a Sustainable Future / Zia Qureshi, nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former Director, Development Economics, at the World Bank, Project Syndicate, 24/02/2016Infrastructure is a powerful driver of economic growth and inclusive development, capable of boosting aggregate demand today and laying the foundations for future growth. It is also a key element of the climate-change agenda. Done badly, infrastructure is a major part of the problem; done right, it is a major part of the solution... lireNational Reporting under the International Climate Regime: Towards Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals / Elena Kosolapova, IISD Policy update, 185/02/2016Critical for the post-2015 development agenda, the year 2015 saw the adoption of four key agreements. Resolution A/RES/70/1, titled 'Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,' which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in September, includes the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and accompanying targets. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda was adopted by the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, and some of its elements were incorporated into the 2030 Agenda as well. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction was adopted in March by the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. Closing out the year, the Paris Agreement was adopted by the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)... lire