Save The Climate

Save The Climate, known in French as Sauvons le Climat, is a French association established in 2004 by Hervé Nifenecker, Roger Balian, Rémy Carle and Bernard Lerouge. Its work combines climate advocacy, public education and discussion of energy policy. The organization presents the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions as requiring a structural change in the energy system rather than relying only on individual behavior or isolated technological measures. The association's stated objective is to combat global warming and inform the public about issues central to sustainable development, environmental protection and energy. Its preferred policy direction has been to eliminate fossil-fuel use in France while retaining a substantial role for nuclear electricity and expanding renewable sources that provide heat, electricity or hydroelectric power. This position places it within the French energy-transition debate, where decarbonization, energy security, affordability and the future of nuclear generation are closely connected. A central element of Save The Climate's public work has been the NEGATEP energy scenario. Communicated extensively in 2011, the scenario emphasizes energy efficiency and the substitution of fossil fuels with low-carbon electricity, nuclear generation and renewable heat sources. It reflects the association's view that France's historically nuclear-heavy electricity system creates a different decarbonization pathway from those of countries that rely more heavily on coal or gas. The association also publishes explanatory material and participates in conferences, interviews and public debates. Its activities have included work on greenhouse-gas emissions, the role of carbon dioxide in the greenhouse effect, clean vehicles and long-term energy planning. In 2012, its president Jacques Masurel represented the organization at a French government conference on energy transition. The group has also been associated with public-facing events involving speakers such as Gérard Pierre and with a 2009 symposium on clean cars co-organized with Confrontations Europe. Save The Climate received recognition in the 2010 NGO Transparency Barometer produced by the French Prometheus Foundation, where it was reported to have received a score of 9 out of 10 and to have ranked twelfth among 107 evaluated organizations. In May 2012, the association was described as having five member associations and thousands of signatories to its manifesto. It has also been approved by the French government as an organization involved in popular education. The available reference material does not establish its current leadership, membership, financial scale or present operating status, so those details remain unspecified.

Save The Climate, or Sauvons le Climat, was created in France in 2004 by Hervé Nifenecker, Roger Balian, Rémy Carle and Bernard Lerouge. It emerged as an association focused on climate change, environmental education and energy policy. Rather than treating climate action solely as a matter of consumption changes, the organization has emphasized the need to transform the energy system and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Its preferred framework combines energy efficiency with low-carbon electricity and renewable heat. In the French context, this includes maintaining an important role for nuclear power while developing renewable sources and reducing the use of coal, oil and gas. The association's position reflects the particular structure of French electricity generation and its argument that national decarbonization strategies should account for existing infrastructure as well as emissions performance. During the late 2000s and early 2010s, Save The Climate developed a public profile through educational documents, press interviews, conferences and policy proposals. In 2009 it co-organized a symposium on clean cars with Confrontations Europe. In 2010 the French Prometheus Foundation's NGO Transparency Barometer reportedly gave it a score of 9 out of 10 and placed it twelfth among 107 organizations evaluated. The association's most prominent policy communication in the available record was the NEGATEP scenario, publicized particularly in 2011. The scenario stresses efficiency and the replacement of fossil fuels by a combination of renewable heat, hydroelectricity, nuclear power and other low-carbon electricity sources. It was presented as a way to control greenhouse-gas emissions while addressing the energy requirements of transport, buildings and industry. Save The Climate also circulated explanatory material about greenhouse gases and the relationship between carbon dioxide and the natural greenhouse effect. In 2012, an independent publication of a scientific explanation associated with arguments the organization had developed over several years was reported and discussed in the press. That year, the organization was represented by its president Jacques Masurel at the French government's energy-transition conference on 14–15 September. By May 2012, the association was described as comprising five member associations and having thousands of signatories to its manifesto. It was also approved by the French government as an organization engaged in popular education. Public references from the period mention appearances and interviews involving Gérard Pierre, Gérard Pierre's conference on long-term environmental prospects, and an interview with Hervé Nifenecker in his capacity as honorary chairman. The available sources do not provide reliable current information about the association's leadership, finances, membership or continuing activity.

• 2012

  Participation in energy-transition conference

  [1]Save the Climateen.wikipedia.org

  President Jacques Masurel represented Save The Climate at the French government's energy-transition conference held on 14–15 September.

• 2011

  NEGATEP scenario promoted

  [1]Save the Climateen.wikipedia.org

  The organization publicly developed and communicated its NEGATEP scenario for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions through efficiency and low-carbon energy substitution.

• 2010

  Transparency recognition

  [1]Save the Climateen.wikipedia.org

  The association was reported to have received a 9/10 transparency score and to have ranked twelfth among 107 NGOs in the Prometheus Foundation's transparency barometer.

• 2009

  Clean-cars symposium

  [1]Save the Climateen.wikipedia.org

  Save The Climate co-organized a symposium on clean vehicles with Confrontations Europe.

• 2004

  Association founded

  [1]Save the Climateen.wikipedia.org

  Save The Climate was established in France by Hervé Nifenecker, Roger Balian, Rémy Carle and Bernard Lerouge.

A French climate and energy-policy association that combines public education with advocacy for energy efficiency, fossil-fuel phaseout, nuclear power and renewable heat and electricity.

• 2011NEGATEP energy scenario

  France

  Save The Climate used the NEGATEP scenario to communicate a pathway for controlling greenhouse-gas emissions through energy efficiency and the replacement of fossil fuels with renewable heat, hydroelectricity, nuclear power and other low-carbon electricity.

  Outcome. The scenario became a central element of the association's public energy-policy communication; no independently verified policy adoption is established in the available material.

  Source

• 2011

  Emphasis on the NEGATEP decarbonization pathwayStrategy

  Background

  The association sought to explain how France could reduce greenhouse-gas emissions while taking account of its existing energy system.

  Action taken

  It promoted a strategy based on energy efficiency, the elimination of fossil fuels and a combination of nuclear, renewable heat, hydroelectricity and other low-carbon electricity.

  Aftermath

  The scenario became a prominent part of Save The Climate's public advocacy and educational output.

  Source

1. 1Save the Climateen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Save The Climate official websitesauvonsleclimat.org
3. 3Reaffirmer l'exigence de transparence, par Jacques Masurelhumanite.fr