Environmental Transformations

Laurence Tubiana, a Sciences Po professor and one of the Financial Times Magazine Women of 2015, gave Sciences Po students some feedback on the climate change agreement reached in Paris in December 2015.

In Paris for COP21, Arnold Schwarzenegger made a stop at Sciences Po for a discussion with students on climate issues. Watch his exclusive interview for Sciences Po. “We are accustomed to welcoming people from the political and state spheres, and we occasionally receive people from the performing arts world, but never before have we had the two worlds embodied in one person”, said Sciences Po President Frédéric Mion in his welcoming address to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Six months ago, Sciences Po students held “Make It Work”, a simulation of COP21 at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre. The experience showed that breaking free of the “classic” rules of negotiation may well be the key to success. In an interview at the end of the simulation, Laurence Tubiana, who is representing French foreign minister Laurent Fabius at the "real" COP21, outlined the lessons learned from this very serious game.

Meenakshi Raina is an Indian student enrolled in the Master of International Energy programme at the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po. She is passionate about sustainable development and climate change issues, and a keen participant in the Make It Work initiative.

Who can finance the transition to sustainable development and how? Patrick Bolton, professor at Columbia University, and Pierre Ducret, the CEO of Caisse des Dépôts Climat tried to answer this question in a conference held at Sciences Po on 4 June 2015.

The opening ceremony of the COP21 simulation was held on 29 May 2015 at the Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers. “If you succeed in signing an agreement, I will use it as an example during the real climate conference (COP21)”, said Laurence Tubiana, French Ambassador for Climate Negotiations, to the 200 students participating in this event. Discover what happened in the video.

Nathan Stewart is a Masters student at Sciences Po and a participant in the student simulation of the COP 21 talks that are taking place for real in December 2015. As part of the Ethiopian delegation, Nathan has been working with his group in preparation for the three days of climate talks that are taking place this weekend, 29 to 31 May.

Professor Bruno Latour during the simulation of climate negotiations at the Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers.

Seven months before the global climate conference taking place in Paris in December, 208 students from Sciences Po and other universities around the world will come together to participate in a unique simulation of the negotiations. This experiment will take place on 29, 30 & 31 May at the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers under the guidance of Bruno Latour, a professor at Sciences Po.

Al Gore gave a unique lecture on climate change on Monday 18 May 2015 at Sciences Po. Frédéric Mion, President of Sciences Po, and Jane D. Hartley, the US Ambassador to France, introduced this unique event. It took place under the banner of Make It Work, a Sciences Po initiative promoting dialogue on the climate.

Seven months before the global climate conference taking place in Paris, students from universities around the world will come together to participate in a unique simulation of the negotiations.

Climate conferences fail due to their focus on consequences and not causes. With this in mind, Sciences Po and its partners in the Make it Work initiative decided to organise a “real” simulation prior to the official conference Paris Climat 2015. The goal: test new methods of negotiation. An unparalleled experience that will take place the 29, 30 & 31 May at the Nanterre-Amandiers Theater.  

Conferences, inauguration of a vegetable garden, launch of a compost bin… From the 30 March to 3 April 2015, Sciences Po Environment, a student association, organised the Sustainable Week at Sciences Po.  Caroline Jeanmaire, President of Sciences Po Environment, talks about the week’s main events and reviews what is at stake one month before the COP 21 simulation at Sciences Po next May (fr). Watch the video (English subtitles available).