n°23 Autumn : Sommaire

EDITORIAL
FOCUS Encouraging Results After Ten Years of Waste Management Policies During the ten years since passing a major law on waste management, France has made spectacular progress in changing not only the way people think, but actual practice as well, even though waste recovering still presents a major challenge.			KNOW-HOW Monitoring Ozone A major scientific experiment has been conducted in the South of France to improve understanding of photochemical pollution episodes and prevent their occurrence.
CASE BY CASE Spotlight on Lighting in the Tertiary Sector New technologies have enabled local authorities and companies to improve lighting and significantly reduce their electricity bills.			WORLDWIDE Decentralized Rural Electrification Training An English-speaking DRE (Decentralized Rural Electrification) training platform was set up in Zimbabwe in 2001. The programme could be of interest to other countries in the Southern tip of Africa with very strong renewable energy potential.

Editorial
	Lessons from a Summit The Political Declaration adopted at Johannesburg may not be as far-reaching as expected, but it does show that nations are capable of agreeing on a political text that is a world reference in a matter of universal concern. This aspect of the United Nations’role was all but forgotten for decades, notably due to the Cold War, and recently global environmental issues have brought North/South cooperation based on shared values back onto the agenda. The Summit could not go beyond this basic premise, and commitments that might have been included in the working Action Plan were rejected by the US. Nonetheless, Johannesburg represents a success for decentralized cooperation, which was a recurrent theme in debates and presentations. The issue was largely approached through the implementation of hundreds of “Type 2” initiatives prepared in advance: these refer to action proposals put forward by a group of countries working together. ADEME, as part of the French Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, put forward the theme of energy. It will continue to offer its active support for the six prepared initiatives, three of which have been endorsed by the French government. Pierre Radanne President of ADEME