Exclusive excerpt from Jacques Attali’s book — Jacques Attali is a rare voice on the global stage: special Adviser to French President Mitterrand for 10 years; founder of 4 international institutions: Action contre la faim, EUREKA, BERD and Positive Planet; his more than 80 books are available in 22 languages and have sold 9 million copies worldwide. …

The focus on the future will be the green transition and semiconductors — The past year has been the theater of harsh decisions from China’s leadership against so-called BAT — Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent. Didi is the next domino to fall as it was “asked” to accelerate its delisting from US stock exchanges, mere months after its IPO. Xi is wilfully jettisoning so-called Chinese…

the next phases for the 2022 campaign — Here are the hunches from last week on Pécresse’s next moves and what panned out: 1/her campaign will work double time to counter her Parisian image and talk up her non-Paris links (her husband has Corrèze roots for example). Watch for Pécresse in boots during hunting season for example: her…

the next phases for the 2022 campaign for Pécresse and Macron —

a conversation with Emma Pattee — COP26 starts in Glasgow this Sunday and much will be made of our individual carbon footprints and how to accelerate its reduction. Oregon-based climate journalist Emma Pattee coined a useful concept that goes beyond: the climate shadow. I reached out to Emma to understand its genesis.

renewables, nuclear and sovereignty —

a conversation with Alain Boublil, former industrial policy advisor to the French President and member of General Electric’s International Advisory Board —

A conversation with Margarita Quihuis — For all the mildly negative reviews that pop up regarding Clubhouse, I can point to very positive shared experiences in the sustainability space where I’ve met some outstanding individuals. One of those is Margarita Quihuis, whose involvement with PeaceX Ventures and the Peace Innovation Lab made her a must-interview…