Among the climate community, the social cost of carbon corresponds to the net balance between harms and benefits resulting from a given climate change, mostly expressed in a global temperature increase considered to be caused by anthropogenic CO2. Its Read more
Sabordage collectif et vert
Il m’appert que l’Europe se programme un sabordage collectif. La Commission Européenne vient d’annoncer avec fanfare deux volets de son « pacte vert européen » (EU Green Deal) pour plus de biodiversité et une production Read more
Carbon goes away
When the World coughs and stops working, less energy is consumed, and less riches are produced. Along with this sudden event, less carbon is emitted to the atmosphere, a logical consequence albeit a disturbing one for climatic bureaucrats. Why? Read more
Worth Reading and Reacting
In a recent and masterful article, Bjorn Lomborg dismisses the totally exaggerated and misguided current climate policies. A must-read. Read more
La palme à l’huile
Lors d’un petit déjeuner familial au lendemain de Noël, mon petit neveu, 7 ans, nous interpella à propos de sa tartine de Nutella, pâte de noisette gorgée d’huile de palme, pour rappeler le mal qu’il fallait en penser. Cet Read more
Carbon Business
One of the policies to reduce the impact of carbon dioxide on the climate is for states to auction a limited quantity of emission allowances each year and let an open market determine their value. Thanks to this policy, Read more
Chinese Consolidation
Once upon a time, the transfer of know-how to Asian horizons consisted in moving production to enable Western companies to achieve cost reductions and to access large promising markets. Those days are over, it is now required that all Read more
Accord sous tension électrique
Un des volets restants à régler avec l’Union européenne (UE) est celui de l’électricité. Y a-t-il un besoin impératif de conclure un accord à ce sujet, dans l’intérêt de qui et sous quelles conditions ?
La situation
La Read more