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Environmental democracy facing reality

Name: La démocratie environnementale face à la réalité
Brand: Éditions Quae
SKU: 9782759240425
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ISBN: 978-2-7592-4042-5

Expertise and dialogue

by Michel Badré (author)

Collection: Sciences en questions

december 2024

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In our democratic society, how is the right to access information and participate in the preparation of decisions on major projects exercised? How does the exercise of these rights fit into the decision-making process?

The answers provided to these questions in the conduct of three sensitive projects, the subject of lively social debate, are described here: the mediation set up in 2017 by the government on the Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport project, the 2019 public debate on the radioactive materials and waste management plan, and the 2023 public debate on the launch of two new EPR2 nuclear reactors at Penly.

Michel Badré was involved in the debates on all three projects, in a position of independence from the decision-makers and stakeholders in favor of or opposed to the projects under discussion. What he offers here is personal feedback rather than theoretical reflection. His analysis shows that a shared understanding of the technical and social issues at stake, in all their complexity, makes these debates effective. It takes time, but it's the key to finding solutions that are accepted by society, and that meet the environmental challenges of our time.

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Environmental democracy facing reality

Summary

Table of contents

Preface

Introduction: Why this book?

Notre-Dame-des-Landes and the mediation of 2017

History of the project, from its birth to its abandonment

Other issues submitted for expert appraisal

What conclusions can be drawn from the work of the mediation mission?

The National Plan for the Management of Radioactive Materials and Wastes

The overall context of the plan and its development

Preparing for the public debate

Clarifying technical controversies

The course of the debate

The contributions of the debate

What should be concluded about the plan for the management of radioactive materials and waste?

EDF's program to launch new EPR2 reactors

The nuclear power context of the last 50 years

Preparing for and holding the debate

The follow-up of the debate

What conclusions can be drawn from the EPR2 debate?

Common questions and lessons learned

Why talk to each other?

How are decisions made on projects and programs?

Complexity and fluidity: can procedures be simplified?

What issues should be debated? What information should be used?

With whom to consult, and in what form?

What kind of dialogue between experts, politicians and the public?

Some final thoughts

Inclusive participation?

Discursive deliberation?

Results “acceptable in reason”?

List of abbreviations

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