This presentation of the findings of Nuclear energy and renewables : System effects in low-carbon electricity systems (recently published by OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency) analyzes the interactions between “variable renewables and dispatchable energy technologies” (mainly wind and solar...

The present thesis focuses on the definition of potential Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (or other successor mechanism) financial flows at the horizon of 2020 and 2050 and on their impact on recipient countries’ economies. The analysis is completed by an overview of the current CDM...

China uses more than 60 percent of coal in its energy mix. This heavy reliance has strong environmental consequences notably with SO2 and CO2 emissions for which China is the world first emitter. This already has tremendous implications on a local, regional and global scale. Therefore, there is...

Le régime de l’assurance des catastrophes naturelles en France est actuellement en équilibre. Cependant, un évènement majeur peut le déséquilibrer et l’Etat peut être appelé en garantie. Des événements climatiques récents ont conduit à l’élaboration d’une réforme,...

Les rapports entre les entreprises et la société constituent un champ qui a été peu pris en compte par les sciences sociales. Pourtant, la vie quotidienne est largement déterminée par ce que font - ou ne font pas - les entreprises. Acteurs économiques omniprésents, elles jouent...

The problem of inter-generational preservation and management of socio-environmental entities, like biodiversity, and so, the valuation of these entities for their own sake, is a central issue for sustainability. The ecocentric approach of Sustainable Development (SD) tackles this problematic by...