Flux continu

On this day, October 27, 1990, the British Magazine the Economist had a cover story about “global warming” and international agreements.

Le but de cette fiche est de passer en revue les différents gaz à effet de serre, puis de comprendre comment les scientifiques obtiennent des données historiques les concernant et la manière dont les émissions sont mesurées aujourd’hui. Cette fiche sera aussi l’occasion de détailler certaines des problématiques que peut poser la comptabilité carbone, et d’analyser comment elle s’inscrit dans un cadre politique qui lui est indissociable.

Some narratives in international development hold that ending poverty and achieving good lives for all will require every country to reach the levels of GDP per capita that currently characterise high-income countries. However, this would require increasing total global output and resource use several times over, dramatically exacerbating ecological breakdown. Furthermore, universal convergence along these lines is unlikely within the imperialist structure of the existing world economy. Here we demonstrate that this dilemma can be resolved with a different approach, rooted in recent needs-based analyses of poverty and development. Strategies for development should not pursue capitalist growth and increased aggregate production as such, but should rather increase the specific forms of production that are necessary to improve capabilities and meet human needs at a high standard, while ensuring universal access to key goods and services through public provisioning and decommodification. At the same time, in high

La question des inégalités est complexe : étudier les inégalités signifie s’intéresser à la manière dont des biens ou des richesses sont distribués à différentes échelles (locale, nationale ou internationale). La notion d’inégalités est souvent associée à celle de pauvreté qui désigne, elle, une insuffisance financière, matérielle, etc.

EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’ […] The European way of life is being jeopardised by environmental degradation, a report has found, with EU officials warning against weakening green rules. The continent has made “important progress” in cutting planet-heating pollution, according to the European Environment Agency, but the death of wildlife and breakdown of the climate are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy.

Qui dit PIB, dit consommation d’énergie : transport, construction, usines, etc. L'Union européenne importe massivement du pétrole, du gaz fossile, du charbon, de l’uranium et des panneaux photovoltaïques de pays plus ou moins fiables. Cette dépendance rend notre économie vulnérable.

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Traduction d’un article très bien documenté de Kris de Decker, rédacteur pour le Low-Tech Magazine[1] (par manque de temps, je n’ai pas reproduit ici les dizaines de références données par l’auteur). Publié en 2021, le texte détaille pourquoi il est illusoire d’espérer réduire drastiquement les émissions de GES et stopper la dévastation des milieux vivants sans remise en cause profonde du système de santé moderne.

Identifying the socio-economic drivers behind greenhouse gas emissions is crucial to design mitigation policies. Existing studies predominantly analyze short-term CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, neglecting long-term trends and other GHGs. We examine the drivers of all greenhouse gas emissions between 1820–2050 globally and regionally. The Industrial Revolution triggered sustained emission growth worldwide—initially through fossil fuel use in industrialized economies but also as a result of agricultural expansion and deforestation. Globally, technological innovation and energy mix changes prevented 31 (17–42) Gt CO2e emissions over two centuries. Yet these gains were dwarfed by 81 (64–97) Gt CO2e resulting from economic expansion, with regional drivers diverging sharply: population growth dominated in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, while rising affluence was the main driver of emissions elsewhere. Meeting climate targets now requires the carbon intensity of GDP to decline 3 times faster than the global

The European Commission said Friday it intends to scrap new rules against greenwashing after they hit a roadblock in the final stretch from conservative lawmakers calling them too onerous for businesses.