Alain Grandjean Explained

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 since 2019.[2]

Biography

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

Institutional works

Alain Grandjean has been a member of the Ecological committee[5] 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 of Nicolas Hulot. He is also a member of the panel of experts within the "The Shift Project" think tank, and a member of the – 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 ""[6] (also known as "carbon tax") as well as the Juppé/Rocard committee[7] on .[8]

He co-chairs with Pascal Canfin the "Mobilizing fundings for climate"[9] 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"[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 28 November 2018 . 27 November 2018 . Climat : un haut conseil pour orienter le gouvernement . Le Monde.fr . fr.
  2. Web site: 31 January 2019 . Alain Grandjean est le nouveau président de la fondation Nicolas-Hulot . 31 January 2019 . environnement-magazine.fr . fr.
  3. Web site: Fiche de Alain Grandjean . 14 February 2019 . kx.polytechniciens.com, le site de l'Association des anciens élèves et diplômés de l'École polytechnique . fr.
  4. 12 April 2023 . Calcul économique et environnement : l'aménagement hydro-électrique du... . sudoc.fr . 1983 . Grandjean . Alain . Prud'Homme . Rémy. .
  5. http://www.fondation-nicolas-hulot.org/fondation/comite-de-veille-ecologique Liste des membres du comité de veille écologie de la FNH
  6. Web site: 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.
  7. Web site: Juppé . Alain . Rocard . Michel . 19 November 2009 . Investir pour l'avenir . 1 March 2024 . French Government.
  8. Web site: Le Point – Actualité Politique, Monde, France, Économie, High-Tech, Culture . 2024-03-03 . Le Point.fr . fr.
  9. Web site: Grandjean . Alain . Canfin . Pascal . 19 June 2015 . Mobiliser les financements pour le climat – une feuille de route pour une économie décarbonnée . 3 March 2024 . vie publique.fr.
  10. Web site: Canfin . Pascal . Grandjean . Alain . Mestrallet . Gérard . July 2016 . Rapport de mission – Propositions pour des prix du carbone alignés avec l'accord de Paris . 4 March 2024 . Ecologie.gouv.fr.
  11. Web site: 14 June 2018 . Philippe Collet . 9 March 2018 . Actu-Environnement . Climat : Alain Quinet chargé de piloter une nouvelle commission sur le prix du carbone . .
  12. Web site: 4 June 2018 . Transition écologique: des acteurs économiques pour "inspirer" le gouvernement . novethic.fr . 3 April 2018. .