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Geoengineering is worth the risk — provided we regulate it properly
Techniques such as solar radiation modification could play a key role in fighting climate change Pascal Lamy The writer is chair of the Climate Overshoot Commission and former Director General of the World Trade Organization If all global pledges and commitments to climate action are satisfied, we are going to experience an increase of 2.4 […]
Macron intends to keep control on French commissioner’s appointment in Brussels
With no majority emerging in the French parliament following the 7 July legislative elections, President Emmanuel Macron has to deal with opposition parties trying to interfere in the appointment of a future French commissioner. Visiting Brussels on Wednesday (10 July), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France Insoumise (LFI, The Left), said that the Nouveau Front Populaire […]
“Extrema-direita ainda não fez descarrilar integração europeia”, mas isso pode mudar se governar em França, alerta ex-conselheiro de Delors
Pascal Lamy, antigo diretor-geral da OMC e ex-comissário europeu do Comércio, “provavelmente” não teria corrido o “risco” de Macron ao convocar eleições antecipadas. Em entrevista ao Expresso, fala numa “situação perigosa” não apenas para França, mas para toda a União Europeia, caso o partido de Le Pen forme governo. A distância entre a UE e […]
Second round of French election ‘extremely uncertain’ following far-right surge, Pascal Lamy says
Pascal Lamy, vice president of the Paris Peace Forum and former director general of the WTO, weighs in on the likely outcomes of the second round of France’s parliamentary elections. Link to the video interview
Législatives 2024 : l’appel de 70 économistes internationaux pour « regagner la confiance des peuples »
Soixante-dix économistes internationaux signent la « Déclaration de Berlin », que « Le Monde » reproduit en exclusivité dans la presse francophone, un texte appelant à une refondation des politiques économiques européennes pour « accroître le bien-être du plus grand nombre ». Les démocraties libérales sont actuellement confrontées à une vague de défiance populaire, qui porte à la fois sur leur […]
The great geoengineering gamble
Climate experiments rightly raise hackles but we need to find out whether these fixes could work Amid rising global temperatures and widespread heatwaves, metaphorical storm clouds are gathering. Last month, a city council in California voted unanimously to halt an experiment into a potential climate-fixing technology. The trial, which university researchers had already begun, involved […]
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