Catégorie Climate change
Climat : mettre la géo-ingénierie solaire sur le même plan que la décarbonation est « très dangereux »
Après la publication du rapport « One Atmosphere » destiné au Programme des Nations unies pour l’Environnement (PNUE), le climatologue Roland Séférian fait le point sur l’avancée des débats autour des techniques de modification du climat. Par Rémi Noyon·Publié le 12 mars 2023 La géo-ingénierie solaire désigne un ensemble de techniques qui visent à refroidir l’atmosphère en réfléchissant une […]
Protectionnisme vert : Joe Biden défend son plan de soutien aux énergies renouvelables
Le président américain a défendu mardi dans son discours sur l’état de l’Union son grand plan climat voté l’été dernier et qui prévoit plus de 430 milliards de dollars d’investissements, dont 370 milliards pour subventionner l’industrie des énergies vertes et des véhicules électriques fabriqués dans le pays. Mais ces subventions massives en faveur de la transition […]
ANALYSIS-With cash infusion, developing nations boost sun-dimming research
OSLO, Feb 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Stepping into a “minefield” about how to slow global warming, scientists in developing nations have won new funds to study whether dimming sunshine by mimicking volcanic eruptions can be a sufficiently safe way to temporarily cool a hotter planet. Research into “solar geoengineering”, perhaps using planes or balloons […]
Environment and International Trade: The New European Posture
Pascal Lamy & Geneviève Pons International trade and the environment: a complex and debated relationship at the theoretical level, though certain principles now seem to be established, if not recognized Since the 1990s, when environmental issues — and in particular climate change — began to occupy a prominent place in international affairs, the relationship between […]
Politico trade – SUSTAINABLE TRADE COALITION LAUNCH
The EU, Kenya, New Zealand and Ecuador will today launch a Global Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “We are delighted that the U.S. is joining the new global coalition of trade ministers on climate,” EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis said on Tuesday evening, after meeting his U.S. counterpart Katherine […]
GT12 – Make-or-break: Including multilateral environmental agreements as “essential elements” in EU free trade agreements
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are a critical tool for aligning the EU’s trade and environmental agendas. FTAs can encourage the ratification and implementation of commitments made under Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). To address limitations of existing MEA references in FTAs, momentum is building in the EU to elevate MEA provisions to the status of “essential […]
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