Qui pourrait s’opposer à la biodiversité ? Comme personne ne désire se faire accuser d’être un ennemi de la nature, on pourrait penser que, le 22 septembre prochain, le peuple et les cantons suisses accepteront allègrement une initiative qui Read more
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Energy in 2023: modest trends confirmed
Primary energy consumption worldwide has continued to rise at an average annual rate of 0.94% over the last five years, mainly driven by non-OECD countries, which are also increasing their consumption of fossil fuels.Less conventional analyses are needed to Read more
Qui en tire son parti ?
Mes voisins ont élu. Personne ne sait vraiment à qui cela aura profité, sauf qu’un piège s’est refermé sur chacun.
Vote de rejet du parti gouvernemental, aussi étatiste que les autres, au premier tour.
Au second tour, vote du Read more
Le parti d’en sourire
Vue de la Suisse, la France n’a rien d’abracadabradantesque, elle est simplement elle-même, une exception comme toutes les autres. Comme il n’est pas de bon ton de se mêler des affres politiques de ses voisins, je me contenterai de Read more
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
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
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

