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Climate Alliance Mapping Project

▻https://climatealliancemap.org/about/project-background

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n 2009, scientists and world leaders agreed that the increase in global temperature should be held below 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels in order to prevent dangerous climate change. And in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, country governments agreed to hold global temperatures below the 2°C target and pursue the more ambitious goal of 1.5°C. In 2012, a study by the International Energy Agency concluded that no more than 1/3 of known fossil fuel reserves could be used before 2050 if the world is to limit global temperature increase to 2°C. Therefore, at least 2/3 of known fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground.

In a recent study in Nature, McGlade and Elkins (2015) use economic modeling to develop an argument about where and which types of fossil fuels should remain in the ground in order to meet the target of 2 °C. Considering different emissions scenarios and the projected costs of energy resources, they conclude that globally, a third of oil reserves, half of gas reserves and over 80 percent of current coal reserves should remain unused from 2010 to 2050. Their model is based on the economically-optimal solution, which maximizes ‘social welfare’ (or the sum of consumer and producer surplus).

#amazonie #climat #peuples_autochtone #cartographie #énergie

5 Upheavals To Expect Along The New Silk Road In 2017
▻http://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2016/12/28/5-upheavals-to-expect-from-the-new-silk-road-in-2017

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The New Silk Road is a multifaceted, multinational initiative to establish a network of enhanced overland and maritime economic corridors extending between China and Europe, better integrating a region that consists of over 60 countries and 60% of the population, 75% of the energy resources, and 70% of GDP in the world. It’s potentially an earth-shaking, paradigm-breaking disruption that would more fluidly connect the economic giants of China, Russia, Iran, India, and Europe into a loosely affiliated geo-economic bloc that could shift the balance of global power.

#bouleversements #route_de_la_soie

How Japan and Russia Cooperate in the Arctic | The Diplomat
▻http://thediplomat.com/2016/03/how-japan-and-russia-cooperate-in-the-arctic

D’autant plus intéressant ce rapprochement que la Russie et le Japon se regardent toujours « de loin » tant que la questions des Kouriles ne sera pas réglée.

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Japanese policymakers expressed diplomatic interest in the Arctic – a region rapidly being transformed by climate change –as early as 2009, when the country officially submitted an application to become a Permanent Observer in the Arctic Council.

Japan’s bid (supported by, surprise, Russia), was approved in May 2013, along with China and South Korea’s. This instance of Russo-Japanese cooperation, particularly notable because Russia did not show such support for China, foreshadows the ways in which Japan will continue to try to leverage its ties with Russia in the Arctic. Japan benefits from cooperating with Russia because doing so will increase resource-poor Japan’s access to energy resources in and sea routes through the region.

Cursed by Coal: Mining the Navajo Nation
▻http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/cursed-by-coal-mining-the-navajo-nation

There’s a resource curse on the Navajo Nation. The 27,000-square-mile reservation straddling parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah has an extremely high abundance of many energy resources —...

EU seeks to renew talks on Trans-Caspian pipeline - AzerNews
▻http://www.azernews.az/oil_and_gas/72248.html

Both Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, two Caspian littoral countries, are interested in using alternative routes for transportation of energy resources from the resource-rich Caspian region to European markets.
Talks on the construction of the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline between Turkmenistan, the EU, and other countries have been held regularly since late 1990s.
The negotiation process intensified after the EU issued a mandate to start negotiations on the preparation of an agreement between the EU, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan on the Trans-Caspian project in September 2011.
Ashgabat believes that the agreement between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan is sufficient for laying a pipe under the Caspian Sea.
Baku has expressed readiness to create transit opportunities and provide means to take advantage of them, as reported by representatives of Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR.
Azerbaijan will benefit from transportation of gas through the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline because the implementation of this project will make Azerbaijan not only a supplier of gas, but also a transit country.
However, Iran and Russia have expressed their skepticism towards the project, saying that the construction of the pipeline may damage the Caspian Sea ecology.

Trajet alternatif ? Voyons, de quel autre trajet ?
Mmh, heureusement les voisins attentifs à l’écologie veillent…

Syria, Russia and Ukraine - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/04/08/sysi-a08.html

Syria, Russia and Ukraine
By Jean Shaoul
8 April 2014

The targeting of Russia by the United States and other NATO powers is an attempt to control the former Soviet Republics in the Caucasian landmass that provide both vital energy resources and transport routes between Asia, Europe and Africa. This may appear as being in conflict with the Obama administration’s declared “pivot to Asia” that is aimed at reducing the role of China and its regional allies, Iran and Russia in the world economy. In reality, it is part of the same strategy for world domination.

#syrie #russie #ukraine

Putin: Russia to reopen Soviet-era Arctic military base | Reuters
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/16/us-russia-arctic-idUSBRE98F0VX20130916

(Reuters) - Russia is reopening a Soviet-era military base in the Arctic, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, part of a drive to make the northern coast a global shipping route and secure the region’s vast energy resources.

Two decades after abandoning it, Russia has sent 10 warships behind four nuclear-powered ice breakers to the base on the Novosibirsk Islands, a show of force as it resumes a permanent naval presence in the thawing region.

The flotilla was led by Russia’s flagship nuclear-powered cruiser, Peter the Great, along the Northern Sea Route, which connects Europe to Asia across Russian waters from the Kara Gate to the Bering Strait.

#russie #arctique #géostratégie