A French think tank for European integration and free economy
on February 6th, 2009 |
The Grenelle Environment Forum established to tackle the environmental challenge must take into account the need for institutional reform – summarized by the term “ecological democracy.” Yet the groups responsible for the Grenelle Environment process are missing this opportunity. For the most part, their proposals are limited to marginal reform and to merely asking the […]
Read more
on February 6th, 2009 |
Twenty years: that is the timeframe that we have adopted to restore the Earth’s climate. If we fail, our countries will be unable to survive the three-fold population, global warming and energy crisis that will culminate in 2030. Although the Grenelle Environment Round Table marked a new threshold in France in the effort to raise […]
Read more
on February 6th, 2009 |
In the context of an unstable global economy, three of the principal polluting nations China, India and the United States have, up to now, been reluctant to ratify any binding agreement on climate change. Consequently, it has been difficult for the European Union to commit to an ambitious environmental strategy without risking the competitiveness […]
Read more
on January 20th, 2009 |
In November 2006, the French government announced the concept of introducing a carbon tax (so called CO2 tax) on imports originating from countries refusing to commit to the Kyoto Protocol. The French initiative stems from the fact that non-compliance with the Kyoto Protocol leads to a competitive disadvantage that would adversely affect European exports. This […]
Read more