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Valentin Vigier
Super El Niño

Super El Niño

The growing risk of a super El Niño should be seen as a warning sign and a reminder of a...

Carbon markets: balancing industrial sovereignty and climate credibility in Europe’s strategic choices

Carbon markets: balancing industrial sovereignty and climate credibility in Europe’s strategic choices

For two decades, the European carbon market (EU ETS[1]) has served as a foundational pillar of climate policy. By assigning...

Critical materials: the challenge of European sovereignty

According to the European Commission, a raw material is critical when it combines ‘high economic importance’ and ‘high vulnerability to...

Critical materials: the challenge of European sovereignty
Between ambition and reality: Europe faces up to the challenges of battery recycling

Between ambition and reality: Europe faces up to the challenges of battery recycling

The recent bankruptcy of Swiss electric vehicle (EV) battery champion Northvolt, which comes not long after that of Britishvolt in...

The challenges of European electrification

Valentin Vigier, Head of Responsible Investment Research, LFDE | The blackout on 28 April in Spain and Portugal breathed new...

The challenges of European electrification
The world's 5th largest economy under threat

The world's 5th largest economy under threat

Valentin Vigier, La Financière de l’Échiquier (LFDE) | March 2025 Every day, the equivalent of 500 containers of plastic waste...