At the current rate, the global carbon budget of 580 GtCO2 would be exhausted in less than 15 years. Central banks can play a crucial role in the fight against climate change, especially as it threatens financial stability and economic activity.
Researchers show that SRI investors appropriate the vocabulary of impact assessment without adopting its practices, which is akin to greenwashing.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could prove crucial in the fight against global warming. CCS remains controversial for financial and political reasons: deployment measures are sometimes referred to as “climate inaction levers”.
In circular economy, materials, water or energy waste and losses are retained as they can create value if put back into the economic system.
Beyond the physical risks of global warming, there is a “transition risk” for the financial system resulting from the ecological transition.
En 2007, seulement 1% des investissements étaient responsables socialement et environnementalement, contre 20 à 30% aujourd’hui.
Global warming forces us to project ourselves into a very different world, where the question of energy is crucial. Technological innovation is at the centre of many scenarios, and not without reason: major breakthroughs have already taken place over the last ten years.
Transport is the main CO2-emitting sector: it accounted for 31% of French greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. The national low-carbon strategy has generated 5 actions to taken in order to decarbonise transport of goods, such as moderating transport demand.
Arome and Arpège are two meteorological models used by Météo-France to simulate the atmosphere of metropolitan France and the entire planet, respectively.
