Alain Grandjean in 2009

Alain Grandjean (born 1955) is a French economist, climatologist,and businessman. Alongside Jean-Marc Jancovici, he co-founded Carbone 4. Grandjean is a member of the High Council on Climate,[1] and the president of the Fondation pour la nature et l'homme [ar; fr] since 2019.[2]

Biography

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Grandjean graduated from École polytechnique[3] – X in 1975 – and from ENSAE (National school for statistics and economical administration)[4] in 1980. He holds a PhD in environmental economy (1983).[5]

Institutional works

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Alain Grandjean has been a member of the Ecological committee[6] and the Strategy committee of Fondation Nicolas-Hulot pour la nature et l'homme since 2005. He is one of the authors of the "Carbon Tax" chapter of the Ecological Pact [fr] of Nicolas Hulot. He is also a member of the panel of experts in "The Shift Project" think tank, and a member of the Economic Council for sustainable development [fr] – advising the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Sustainable Development and Energy.

He joined the first Quinet committee of the Centre d'Analyse Stratégique, on the setting up of a carbon benchmark value. He represented the Fondation Hulot at the 1st workshop (Energy-climate) of the "Grenelle de l'environnement", the Rocard committee on the "climate-energy contribution [fr]"[7] (also known as "carbon tax") as well as the Juppé/Rocard committee[8] on a large scale national loan known as Grand Emprunt [fr; zh].[9]

He co-chairs with Pascal Canfin the "Mobilizing fundings for climate"[10] mission instigated by French President François Hollande prior to the COP 21. He also co-chairs with Pascal Canfin and Gérard Mestrallet, the "mission on European-level carbon pricing"[11] requested by Segolène Royal – then French minister for the Environment and President of the COP21.

He takes part to the second Quinet committee for France Strategy on a carbon benchmark value.[12] He then takes part the AcTE committee (on accelerating the ecological transition) within the French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, founded by Nicolas Hulot, with Jean-Dominique Senard as chairman.[13]

Works

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Climat : un haut conseil pour orienter le gouvernement". Le Monde.fr (in French). 27 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Alain Grandjean est le nouveau président de la fondation Nicolas-Hulot". environnement-magazine.fr (in French). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Fiche de Alain Grandjean". kx.polytechniciens.com, le site de l'Association des anciens élèves et diplômés de l'École polytechnique (in French). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. ^ En tant qu'école d'application, après sa sortie de l'École polytechnique en 1978.
  5. ^ Grandjean, Alain; Prud'Homme, Rémy (1983). Calcul économique et environnement : l'aménagement hydro-électrique du... sudoc.fr (Thesis). Retrieved 12 April 2023..
  6. ^ Liste des membres du comité de veille écologie de la FNH Archived 2012-08-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ Rocard, Michel. "Rapport de la conférence des experts et de la table ronde sur la contribution Climat et Energie". vie publique .fr – french government works repository.
  8. ^ Juppé, Alain; Rocard, Michel (19 November 2009). "Investir pour l'avenir" (PDF). French Government. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Le Point – Actualité Politique, Monde, France, Économie, High-Tech, Culture". Le Point.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  10. ^ Grandjean, Alain; Canfin, Pascal (19 June 2015). "Mobiliser les financements pour le climat – une feuille de route pour une économie décarbonnée". vie publique.fr. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  11. ^ Canfin, Pascal; Grandjean, Alain; Mestrallet, Gérard (July 2016). "Rapport de mission – Propositions pour des prix du carbone alignés avec l'accord de Paris" (PDF). Ecologie.gouv.fr. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  12. ^ Philippe Collet (9 March 2018). "Climat : Alain Quinet chargé de piloter une nouvelle commission sur le prix du carbone". Actu-Environnement. Retrieved 14 June 2018..
  13. ^ "Transition écologique: des acteurs économiques pour "inspirer" le gouvernement". novethic.fr. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018..
  14. ^ Décret du 31 décembre 2013 portant promotion et nomination
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