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◊ The United States’ Contribution to the Fight Against Climate Change / Thomas Spencer, Henri Waisman, Céline Ramstein, Climat 365, blog Iddri, 1/4/2015 http://www.blog-iddri.org/2015/04/01/la-contribution-des-etats-unis-a-la-lutte-contre-le-changement-climatique/The United States released yesterday details of its national contribution to the ongoing international negotiations on climate change, which should be concluded with a new agreement at the end of the year in Paris. This step follows similar recent announcements from Switzerland, the EU, Norway and Mexico...◊ President Obama unveils U.S. climate action plan: Brookings experts weigh in / Tim Boersma, Timmons Roberts and Philip A. Wallach, PlanetPolicy, blog Brookings,  1/04/2015 http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/planetpolicy/posts/2015/04/01-obama-us-climate-action-plan-boersma-roberts-wallachAhead of COP21, the climate change conference in Paris in December, President Obama officially submitted the U.S. climate action plan to the United Nations committing to a 26-28 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2025...◊ Fighting Climate Change Region by Region / Philippe Couillard, Premier of Québec, Iñigo Urkullu, President of the Basque Country &#38; Jay Weatherill, Premier of South Australia, Project Syndicate, 1/04/2015 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/subnational-climate-change-fight-by-philippe-couillard-et-al-2015-04A new global agreement to address climate change is taking shape, with the United States joining the European Union in formally submitting its plan to cut greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The US has sent a strong signal by being one of the first to offer this commitment to concrete climate action. In the days ahead, many other countries, including China and India, are expected to add their plans to the mix...◊ « L’Europe de l’énergie jouera son rôle à condition d’envoyer les bons signaux », l'Observatoire énergies d'entreprise, 1/04/2015 http://www.observatoire-energies-entreprises.fr/leurope-de-lenergie-jouera-son-role-a-condition-denvoyer-les-bons-signaux/Alors que Jean-Claude Juncker vient de décider de relancer l’Europe de l’énergie, le paysage européen pourrait devenir de plus en plus interconnecté. Quelles évolutions pour les industriels ? Le point de vue de Jacques Percebois, professeur émérite à l’Université de Montpellier (34) et parrain de l’Observatoire...◊ Why the Sustainable Development Goals Matter / Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate, 30/03/2015 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sustainable-development-goals-shift-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2015-03Following the progress made under the Millennium Development Goals, which guided global development efforts in the years 2000-2015, the world’s governments are currently negotiating a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the period 2016-2030. The MDGs focused on ending extreme poverty, hunger, and preventable disease, and were the most important global development goals in the United Nations’ history...◊ Une politique monétaire au service de l'investissement européen et du climat / Etienne Espagne, Michel Aglietta &#38; Vincent Aussilloux, Huffington Post, 26/03/2015 http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/etienne-espagne/politique-monetaire-union-europeenne_b_6932464.html"Là où croît le péril, croît aussi ce qui sauve", écrivait le poète allemand Hölderlin dans son évocation célèbre de l'île grecque de "Patmos". Un message porteur d'espoir pour l'Union européenne en 2015 ? Cette année s'annonce en effet périlleuse pour l'économie du continent mais aussi riche de nouvelles opportunités...