N° 77 - January 2015 - What international climate agreement in 2015?
Issue editor: Richard Lavergne
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Foreword: Laurence TUBIANA,
ambassador in charge of negotiations on climate change, special representative for the 2015 Paris Climate Conference
Introduction: Richard LAVERGNE,
Conseiller du Directeur général de l’Énergie et du Climat et Conseiller « Énergie-Climat » du Commissaire général au Développement durable, ministère de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie
1 - General context
The Paris Climate Conference: What kind of international agreement in 2015?
Sylvie Lemmet,
director of European and International Affairs (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy),
Paul Watkinson,
head of the team of international negotiations on the climate (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy),
and
Damien Navizet,
head of the Bureau of Climate Change and Energy Control (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy)
What agreement in Paris in 2015?
Michel Colombier,
scientific director of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI),
and
Teresa Ribera,
director of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) and a former state secretary in the Spanish government
The tragedy of global warming: From the fifth IPCC report to the 2015 Paris Climate Conference
Dominique Auverlot,
head of the Department of Sustainable Development (France Strategy, Prime Minister’s Office)
Changes in global energy: will they be led by policies or driven by events?
Fatih BIROL,
Chief Economist, International Energy Agency
Which approach should Europe adopt to reach an international agreement?
Laurent Michel,
director-general of Energy and Climate (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy)
and
Maxime Durande,
head of the Carbon Markets Bureau in the Directorate of Energy and Climate (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy)
Legal questions about negotiating a new international climate agreement
Sandrine Maljean-Dubois,
senior researcher at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), director of CERIC (UMR 7318 CNRS-Aix-Marseille University)
and
Matthieu Wemaëre,
lawyer at the Paris and Brussels bars, associate researcher at CERIC (UMR 7318 CNRS-Aix-Marseille University)
An economic analysis of climate negotiations: Deciphering a set of incentives for participating, acting and making commitments
Jean-Paul Albertini
and
Baptiste Perrissin Fabert
from the General Commissariat on Sustainable Development (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy)
The implications of cognitive and ethical positions for national climate strategies
Olivier Godard,
senior researcher at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), laboratory on econometrics (UMR 7176, CNRS-École polytechnique)
2 - Major players’ strategies
Transparent national strategies for long-term decarbonization in compliance with the 2°C goal: The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project
Michel Colombier
and
Henri Waisman
from the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
Industry: Decarbonization of the economy and international competition
Patrick Criqui,
senior researcher at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), head of a team on the economics of sustainable development and energy in PACTE Laboratory (CNRS-UGA, Grenoble)
and
Claire Tutenuit,
chief representative of Entreprises pour l’Environnement (EPE)
International climate negotiations: The transfer of technology
Matthieu Glachant,
professor of economics at MINES ParisTech, PSL-Research University and director of CERNA-Centre d’Économie Industrielle
Acting efficiently on climate change
Olivier Appert,
president of the French Energy Council
and
Jean-Eudes Moncomble,
secretary-general of the French Energy Council
Local authorities, key players for the success of the 21st Climate Conference
Ronan Dantec,
senator from Loire-Atlantique, vice-president of the Committee on Sustainable Development, Infrastructures, Equipment and Territorial Development (Ecologisty Party group in the French Senate)
Labor-union initiatives on the climate and a fair transition
Marylise Léon,
national secretary of CFDT Sustainable Development
Cities, indispensable for the fight against climate change
Michèle Pappalardo,
chief counsel at the Cour des Comptes, “federator” of Mieux Vivre en Ville, co-facilitator of Vivapolis
and
Loïc Batel,
rapporteur at the Cour des Comptes, former member of the Agence Française de Développement
An economic approach to “losses and damages”
Thomas Roulleau,
Direction of the Treasury (Ministry of Finances and Public Accounts and Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Digital Technology)
3 - The key role for economic and financial instruments
To implicate the private sector in funding: The Kyoto mechanisms and SUMO policies
Benoît Leguet,
senior researcher on climate
and
Romain Morel,
project head in the team on climate research
Financing the low-carbon transition in a fragile world economy
Jean-Charles Hourcade,
Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement (CIRED)
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