Peak oil and the miracle of shale oil
In July 2023, the Shift Project was featured in the annals of Les Mines. You’ll find a summary below, and the full article to download. By Michel LEPETIT Vice-president of […]
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“Insurers have long deceived themselves about their capacity to adapt to global warming”
Michel Lepetit, THE SHIFT PROJECT Vice-president, insurer and energy historian, calls on the insurance industry to unite to overcome the major crisis resulting from the accumulation of catastrophes related to […]
Energy and inflation: dangerous liaisons
Article published in « INSTITUTIONNELS » n°67 – La lettre d’information trimestrielle de l’association de investisseurs institutionnels »- pages 15-19 – Octobre 2022 with some additional charts. The author Michel Lepetit would […]
How to improve the energy and carbon performance of buildings in Europe? The Shift Project answers consultation on the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Reducing the carbon and energy footprint of buildings is a key element for Europe to reach carbon neutrality, given that the building sector amount for 40% of Europe’s final energy […]
Is monetary policy (carbon) neutral ?
This paper, addressed by The Shift Project VP Michel Lepetit[1] to Esther L. George (President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Texas) and Robert S. Kaplan […]
“Carbonalyser”: the browser extension which reveals the climate impact of internet navigation
The add-on “Carbonalyser” allows to visualize the electricity consumption and greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions that your Internet browsing leads to. Since october 2019 and thanks to Orange Labs, it is also available as an app: Mobile Carbonalyser. Visualizing it will get you to understand that impacts of digital technologies on climate change and natural resources […]
How can I reduce the size of a video in 5 minutes while maintaining a good quality? [GUIDE]
The Shift Project wishes to provide all video producers with a 4-page Guide that will help them reduce the size of a video while maintaining a good quality. Why this Guide? The aim is to contribute to digital sobriety, in order to avoid climate chaos and slow the depletion of resources. Video data-flows account for […]
Extractive industries bound for change: a video analysis by Matthieu Auzanneau
Matthieu Auzanneau, the executive director of the Shift Project and the author of Or noir, la grande histoire du pétrole (La Découverte, 2015) explains in this educative video why extractive […]
What Is the Future of European Forests Confronted with Climate Change and the Carbon Neutrality Objective?
André-Jean Guérina,and Felix Lallemand publish an article in the Revue Forestière, on the future ofthe Europen Forest and the wood industry . Their work was carried out at The Shift Project, to elaborate the […]