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Le projet de loi sur la transition énergétique pour une croissance verte / Jean-Pierre Bompard, blog Alter éco, 1/06/2015Le titre de la loi peut faire sourire tant il est souvent artificiel de faire référence à la croissance verte. En effet pour l’instant nous n’avons pas d’indicateurs permettant d’approcher un contenu de croissance s’approchant du développement durable. Un travail est en cours autour de France-Stratégie et du CESE pour « encercler » le PIB par des indicateurs qualitatifs qui s’éloignent de la marchandisation de toutes les activités humaines... lire la suiteCarbon pricing is achieving critical mass as governments learn from one another / Thomas Kerr, Development in a changing climate, 31/05/2015Over the past two weeks, hundreds of global business and government leaders meeting in Paris and Barcelona demonstrated the growing support for ambitious climate policies.... lire la suiteBC and LNG: Better Late or Never / Mark Jaccard and Tom Gunton, Sustainability Suspicions, 29/05/2015Our LNG discussion has certainly changed from 2013, when Christy Clark’s “Debt-Free B.C.” slogan promised voters huge tax revenues from exporting the “world’s cleanest LNG.” Industry calls the shots today, threatening to invest elsewhere unless government quickly delivers on tax breaks, minimalist royalties, and environmental deregulation. It’s a sobering time... lire la suiteParis Can't Be Another Copenhagen / Kevin Rudd, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 25/05/2015As a former prime minister of Australia, I understand something of the political costs leaders must bear in aiming to reconcile the long-term interests of the planet with short-term national interests. After attending the 2009 Copenhagen summit on climate change, I was attacked back home for either doing too much or too little in trying to bring about a binding global agreement... lire la suite