Les Rendez-vous de l’Eco “Climate neutrality, challenges of the agroecological transition”

As part of the "Rendez-vous de l'Éco" series, the Faculty of Economics, in partnership with Midi Libre, is organizing a conference-debate on the theme: Climate neutrality, challenges of the agroecological transition.

In just a few years, climate neutrality has become the long-term goal of climate change mitigation policies around the world. To achieve this, our societies must undergo a rapid double transformation. On the one hand, they must accelerate the pace of the low-carbon energy transition in order to phase out fossil fuels, which account for around 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions. On the other hand, we must initiate the agroecological transition, which is the main lever for strengthening natural carbon sinks and effectively reducing emissions from agriculture. One of the greatest challenges in building a carbon-neutral world will be to coordinate these two transformations, which involve different approaches. 

Speakers:

• Christian de PERTHUIS, Professor at Paris Dauphine University – Founder of the Climate Economics Chair, author of “Fossil Carbon, Living Carbon: Towards a New Climate Economy”;
• Patrice BURGER, Founder and Director of the Association du Centre d’actions et de réalisations internationales (Cari).