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Foresight: understanding the methodology

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Carbon capture faces its technological and economic limits

Paula Coussy, Head of CO2 Externalities Project at IFPEN, Florent Guillou, Process Design Engineer and Project Manager at IFPEN, Raphaël Huyghe, Program Manager at IFPEN in the Chemistry for Industry Results Center

On February 19th, 2025
4 min reading time

To achieve the target of capturing 450 million tonnes of CO2 by 2050, various decarbonisation strategies must be considered.

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Will weaknesses in the US economy resist Trump's strategy?

Patrick Artus, Head Economist at Natixis

On February 12th, 2025
4 min reading time

With the US's comparative advantages, protectionism would be ineffective for the country, unlike a policy of free trade for goods and services.

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China has a monopoly on rare earth metals

Mathieu Xémard, project leader at Centre Interdisciplinaire d'Études pour la Défense et la Sécurité (IP Paris)

On January 29th, 2025
4 min reading time

China's monopoly on rare earths raises the question of possible solutions for diversifying this market to the benefit of international players.

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Bitcoin: electricity consumption comparable to that of Poland

Jean-Paul Delahaye, Mathematician and Emeritus Professor at Université de Lille

On October 30th, 2024
4 min reading time

As the price of bitcoin soars, so does the environmental cost of cryptocurrencies in general.

Sara Signorelli
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Nobel Prize in Economics: understanding gender inequalities in employment

Sara Signorelli , Assistant professor at CREST at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Roland Rathelot, Professor of Economics at ENSAE (IP Paris)

On September 9th, 2024
5 min reading time
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Saudi Arabia, a future mining power?

Emmanuel Hache, Assistant and Economist-Prospector at IFP Énergies nouvelles and Research Director at IRIS, Candice Roche, Research Fellow in Geopolitics of Metals and Ecological Transition at IFPEN, Vincent d’Herbemont, Civil engineer in the economics and environmental assessment department at IFP énergies nouvelles

On April 16th, 2024
7 min reading time

Through its "Vision 2030" project, Saudi Arabia is demonstrating its ambition to become a leader in low-carbon technologies.