Peter Mandelson European Commissioner responsible for trade supports this week in le figaro, "Only that growth will rise to the challenge of climate change". He wondered if it could not "channel dynamics of trade in favour of solving the problem of climate change? . "If the answer is yes, he said that" we need to think differently about climate change and competitiveness. " Indeed, in the short term, the environmental dynamic lead to a loss of competitiveness, but over the long term this will be taken into account to Europe to have a comparative advantage in this strategic sector. The EU, the first global economy will not responded to this challenge by relying on market dynamics as a "punitive" approach would be "bad policy"


As for him to echo, Alain-Gerard Slama, always in Le Figaro, warned in his column against "totalitarian temptation" which threatens the ecology in France. Noting that "the environmental threat is not a fantasy" he believes that "from this balance, two attitudes are possible: the attitude wise and democratic, respectful of civil liberty, which is moving towards a realistic approach, or the attitude inspired by the "totalitarian Marxism-Leninism […], alter globalisation movement and environmentalists" who "are based on the complete prohibition and thorough planning."


From the side of Liberation, Sabine Cessou teaches us that "The Netherlands are preparing for the rising waters." Despite the closure of the "last major programme to strengthen dikes, erected about 5585 km along the shores of the Rhine and Meuse […] the Government felt urgent late October, while reviewing disaster" because of the mounted water levels and climate change. The memories of the 1953 floods that had caused a storm in the North Sea and had died in 1800, as well as "The flooding of New Orleans, in the United States in September 2005" are in everyone's minds.
But "If the necessary measures are taken in time, we will not be inundated. At least one major storm is loosed in the North Sea. "That's the risk, even tenuous, which pushes the Hague today to anticipate this threat, with the costs involved.


Global warming "The European Commission wishes to restrict drastically the emission of greenhouse gases." Indeed, according to the Tribune "The Brussels administration wants the European Union to set a target of 30% reduction in its emissions by 2020 compared to 1990." But that goal seems illusory. On the one hand this "target was deemed too high placed by the heads of state and government of Twenty-Five," and secondly "ambition is even higher than the Twenty-Five are already be hard pressed to meet their targets for limiting emissions 5% by 2012 "while France is already unable to meet" the Commission "regarding its plan of CO2 quota allocation awarded to the most polluting industries.

Decidedly peak on the release of greenhouse gases, "Brussels wants to cap carbon emissions in aviation." Although the airlines support the principle to participate in an emissions trading carbon ", they remain worried. It must be said that "the impact of the latter would be 2.9 billion euros in 2011." According to a document that has procured La Tribune "Brussels recognizes that companies should reflect, in large measure, or even full, the implementation costs on to their customers. Result: the price of a roundtrip ticket could rise by 4.6 euros to 39.6 euros. "


Returning to complete this review to EU Trade Commissioner of the EU, which "rejects the idea of" green tax "against countries that have not ratified Kyoto." This idea championed by Dominique de Villepin is considered by Peter Mandelson as "too difficult to implement and contrary to the spirit of international cooperation." It must be said that "non-participation in the Kyoto Protocol is not illegal, and it is not an obligation under the WTO," says he. Moreover, "how could this have been choose the products affected by this green tax". But beyond these considerations La Tribune believes that "such a measure would undermine international cooperation on the fight against global warming."