N° 83 - July 2016 - Where is environmental science headed?
Issue editor: Claire Tutenuit
Ingénieur général des Mines honoraire, ancien secrétaire général du COMES
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Foreword: Thierry Mandon,
state secretary assigned to Research
Introduction: Claire Tutenuit,
general representative of the association Enterprises pour l’Environnement
1 - Evolving knowledge
After the Paris Conference, which science for the climate?
Hervé Le Treut,
LMD-IPSL, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
Thoughts about converging issues related to agriculture, the food supply, environment and climate
Jean-François Soussana,
National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRA), Paris
From ecology to ecological engineering
Luc Abbadie
and
Yann Dusza,
Institut d’Écologie et des Sciences de l’Environnement de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Where are the sciences related to biodiversity headed?
Pierre-Edouard Guillain,
director of the Foundation for Research on Biodiversity,
and
Jean-François Silvain,
research director at Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and president of the Foundation for Research on Biodiversity
The third National Health Environment Plan’s chapter on research
Philippe Hubert,
director of chronic risks at the Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS)
The place of the oceans in environmental science
Françoise Gaill,
senior researcher emeritus at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Economists and environmental issues
Christian de Perthuis,
professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine, chair of Climate Economics
How is the environment changing economics?
Antonin Pottier,
CERNA (Centre d’Économie Industrielle), Mines ParisTech
2 - The science-society dialog
Global warming: The prospects of relations between science, politics and society
Valérie Masson-Delmotte
and
Jean Jouzel,
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, University of Paris Saclay
The environment’s place in national research strategies
François Houllier,
director-general of the National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRA) and president of AllEnvi
Scientific controversies about health and the environment
Marc Mortureux,
department on risk-prevention, Ministry of the Ecology, Energy and the Sea
The expectations of a firm, such as Veolia, with regard to environmental science
Dr. Philip Abraham,
director of Research & Innovation at Veolia
At Michelin: Research oriented by sustainable mobility
Terry Gettys,
director of R&D and member of Michelin’s executive committee
Where next for global environmental research? The answer is Future Earth
Corinne Le Quéré,
professor and director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Research,
and
Asher Minns,
head of communication for Future Earth Europe at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
A dramatic art for science?
David Wahl,
author of La Visite curieuse et secrète
Environmental science and theology: The exemplary Laudato Si’ encyclical
Father Frédéric Louzeau,
director of the pole of research at the Collège des Bernardins, Paris
Miscellany
Low oil prices and the international financial crisis: A risky pair
Dominique Dron,
engineer from École des Mines,
and
Didier Pillet,
chief engineer from École des Mines. Both hold positions at the Conseil Général de l’Économie.
The oil market at the crossroads of geology, economics and geopolitics
Olivier Appert,
advisor at the Energy Center, Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) and member of the Academy of Technologies
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