McKinsey helps WEF Davos rethink decarbonisation

McKinsey helps WEF Davos rethink decarbonisation

Even if there are reservations about McKinsey, the global strategic advisor, it must be acknowledged that it is a rich source of information and analysis. In its role as a substantial supporter of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Read more

COP29: the congress had no fun in Baku

COP29: the congress had no fun in Baku

At the end of an unbearable suspense, the tens of thousands of useless climate activists gathered in Baku managed to produce three documents that are difficult to read for the layperson in me.

It was the hagglers in particular Read more

Latest climate scoop: “scientists” advocate a double emergency

Latest climate scoop: “scientists” advocate a double emergency

Once again, we must unearth a study whose aim is to reinforce the climate cause and its urgency. It has just been published (1) in Nature, one leading scientific journal. It shows that, now that it has finally been Read more

The frightening power of the carbon budget

The frightening power of the carbon budget

In response to a climate threat attributed to human activity, the 2015 Paris Agreement stipulates that ongoing warming should not exceed 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Attributing the main cause to concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, only Read more

Hydrogen takes on the colour of CO2

Hydrogen takes on the colour of CO2

Correction!  An attentive reader points out that the oxygen balance in the atmosphere would remain zero if the hydrogen produced were ultimately burnt, either directly or via synthetic fuels. The considerations in this article therefore only concern the Read more

Weather is not climate

Temperature anomalies rate of change

Hardly a day goes by without us being told that, no matter where on the planet, any difficult weather condition is attributable to climate change. Media impatience is thus fuelled by misleading assertions serving the interests of a climate Read more

ECHR Climate Verdict: the Court vs. the Swiss People

ECHR Climate Verdict: the Court vs. the Swiss People

It was always to be expected that the judicialization of the climate issue would become one of the principal avenues of climate activism. That threat must be taken even more seriously following the recent ruling by the European Court Read more

La science du comportement à l’aide de la communication climatiste

La science du comportement à l’aide de la communication climatiste

Atlantico, média internet français, m’a prié de commenter un article de science comportementale récemment paru qui analyse l’impact que divers messages peuvent avoir sur l’opinion à propos des politiques climatiques. Étant manifestement peu qualifié pour intervenir dans de telles Read more