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20 October

Can COP15 on biodiversity result in a global framework as ambitious as the Paris Agreement for the climate?

2023-08-08T11:44:40+02:00

This Conference of the Parties is the governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the first international treaty that takes into account all aspects of biological diversity. COP 15 is particularly important in view of the current and accelerating erosion of biodiversity. Only "far-reaching economic, social, [...]

Can COP15 on biodiversity result in a global framework as ambitious as the Paris Agreement for the climate?2023-08-08T11:44:40+02:00
12 October

Sustainability norms and standards: ready to meet the requirements of the new international accounting standards IFRS S1 and S2?

2022-10-31T12:04:57+01:00

These two new standards define how a company discloses information about sustainability-related factors that may enhance or detract from a company's ability to create value. This exercise requires identifying the main internal and external risks, testing the sensitivity to different scenarios, and reporting on them periodically. In 2022, [...]

Sustainability norms and standards: ready to meet the requirements of the new international accounting standards IFRS S1 and S2?2022-10-31T12:04:57+01:00
23 June

EU Parliament ratifies the creation of the first carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM)

2023-05-02T10:01:33+02:00

It is an environmental protectionist measure that aims to tax imported emissions at the European carbon price and to reduce the risks of relocation to "free-riding" countries. On 22nd of June, the European Parliament voted to create a carbon border adjustment mechanism. The creation of this border carbon tax [...]

EU Parliament ratifies the creation of the first carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM)2023-05-02T10:01:33+02:00
23 May

Agriculture: Targeting Net Zero Emissions

2023-05-02T10:01:03+02:00

the pressure on the agricultural sector to accelerate the reduction of its environmental footprint and the decarbonisation of its value chain will increase These methodologies will facilitate the consideration of the role of the agricultural sector in the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and will allow actors along the value chain [...]

Agriculture: Targeting Net Zero Emissions2023-05-02T10:01:03+02:00
28 February

Focus: Methane’s role in the decarbonisation of companies

2022-12-05T14:28:48+01:00

The reduction of methane emissions is now a condition for achieving the +1.5 degree scenario of the Paris Climate Agreement. International conventions evolve to support the reduction of the methane greenhouse effect  The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in August 2021, assesses [...]

Focus: Methane’s role in the decarbonisation of companies2022-12-05T14:28:48+01:00
7 February

The French climate priorities on the menu of the French Presidency of the EU

2023-06-12T15:27:02+02:00

The role of the EU Council Presidency is to push the European project both in the legislative field and in the field of social acceptability, without which the transformation of the European growth model will not become reality. A road show of more than 400 events is planned from 1 January [...]

The French climate priorities on the menu of the French Presidency of the EU2023-06-12T15:27:02+02:00
20 December

Post COP-26 : the priorities for Europe in 2022

2023-06-12T15:22:25+02:00

The challenges of European diplomacy are considerable: increasing the commitments of the Parties, influencing the promise made by the developed countries to the developing countries to mobilise 100 billion dollars annually between 2020 and 2025, making the Paris Agreement fully operational, or moving towards the harmonisation of reference documents. 13 new [...]

Post COP-26 : the priorities for Europe in 20222023-06-12T15:22:25+02:00
15 October

The European Climate Law: context, challenges and opportunities

2022-10-18T05:28:52+02:00

The European Climate Law is a regulation which, unlike a directive, is directly incorporated into European Union law and into the domestic law of all its Member States, without any national transposition measures. The Climate Package, also said  « Fit for 55 », is a set of legislative proposals that should more materialize [...]

The European Climate Law: context, challenges and opportunities2022-10-18T05:28:52+02:00
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