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Le Mécanisme d’Ajustement Carbone aux Frontières, politique environnementale ou protectionnisme vert ?

RésuméLe MACF est un instrument de politique climatique fort impactant la scène internationale. Préservant la compétitivité européenne sur le marché intérieur et désavantageant les économies en développement, son objectif purement environnemental est remis en question. Ses failles, externes comme internes, semblent toutefois résolvables plutôt que disqualifiantes. Télécharger la publication en…

Nourrir le monde autrement : promesses, limites et conditions d’une transition à grande échelle

RésuméDégradation des écosystèmes, fragilité des agriculteurs, persistance de la faim et de la sous-nutrition, croissance de l’obésité et des maladies liées au régime alimentaire, le modèle agricole industriel montre ses limites. Les alternatives et leurs promesses agronomiques foisonnent mais sont-ils scalables sans perdre leurs bénéfices écologiques ? Télécharger la publication…

Tracking Trust: Blockchains in the Global Supply Chain

Download the post in English (PDF) In 2013, lasagnas sold throughout Europe tested positive for horsemeat. It took health authorities several weeks to trace the source of the problem, navigating a tangle of subcontractors, intermediaries, and paperwork scattered across multiple countries. Five years later in the United States, E. coli…

Critical Minerals: The Blind Spot of The Energy Transition?

AbstractThe energy transition is not dematerialization—it shifts dependency from fossil fuels to critical minerals, reproducing social, environmental, and epistemic injustices in the Global South. Ethical sourcing alone is insufficient; demand must be addressed. Download the post in English (PDF) The recent collapse, in November 2025, of a makeshift bridge at…

From Risk to Opportunity: Rethinking Green Finance in the Banking Sector

Download the post in English (PDF) Télécharger la publication en français (PDF) A profound market shift is redefining the banking sector: 65% of savers globally now demand investment options aligned with their environmental values (Accenture, 2024). Far from being a niche trend anymore, this powerful convergence of consumer demand and…

Is Ethical Fashion an Illusion?

Download the post in English (PDF) Télécharger la publication en français (PDF) Fashion stands at a crossroads between creativity and collapse. Once celebrated as a symbol of individuality and progress, it has become one of the most polluting industries on earth, driven by an economy of acceleration and disposability. With…

Why does the discount rate choice change everything in climate policy?

Download the post in English (PDF) Télécharger la publication en français (PDF) Climate change mitigation is fundamentally marked by a profound time imbalance: costs are immediate, borne by present generations, while the benefits unfold decades or even centuries later. Economists rely on a tool referred to as “discounting” in order…

Climatic Capitalism: Oxymoron or New Paradigm?

Download the post in English (PDF) Télécharger la publication en français (PDF) Aldous Huxley once confided: “I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself” (Point Counter Point). If Huxley sought to change the world, the climate…

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