1. France: an instrumentalization of global warming ? Emmanuel Martin Atlas Economic Research Foundation

2. 1. The limitations of rationality in science  Consensus and the scientific process  Division of labour in science  Information and reputation cascades  The influence of the general public debate  Computer models : lessons from economics and finance  Centralization of raw data

3. 2. Politics and the scientific process  President Sarkozy, Carbon & Ozone layer

4. 2. Politics and the scientific process  Borloo-Jouzel and the attack on scepticism.

5. 2. Politics and the scientific process  MP Deflesselles, the hockey stick, Copenhagen and « Russia »…

6. 3. A new market for French nuclear energy ?

7.  PM Fillon on French nuclear power strategy

8. 4. A new type of energy geostrategy ?  Russia, Europe, and the French way.

9. 4. A new type of energy geostrategy ?  Taking back Africa ?

10. Conclusions