Christian BRODHAG - Développement durable et RSE

Christian BRODHAG
31, rue du Docteur Paul Michelon
42100 Saint-Etienne, France
Cellular : + 33 6 12 43 28 97
Email : [email protected]
Born : 31 march 1952, Age 63
French. Maried.
A. Career at a glance
B. Innovation, science and technology
C. Contribution to SDG’s
D. Interventions in UN processes on Sustainable development
E. Sustainable development policies
Engagements on science, technology and innovation
Civil Engineer of Mines: 1974 at Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, specialty environmental science.
Doctor in Physics 1983 The research activities he carried out since 1995 relate to the environment,
sustainable development, social responsibility and innovation with more than 200 publications, in
journal with referee as well in popular and professional magazines and supervision of 14 PHD theses in
those subjects.
He participates in international processes on sustainable development as high civil servant in France in
the period 2004-2008, and through cooperation with developing countries (Francophonie) in 1996-2004,
and 2008 until today. Meanwhile he had activities with businesses, elective office, civil society
commissions, and development of information systems…
This alternation between academic activities and high level responsibilities specifically prepares him for a
mission that connects technology, science and innovation with sustainable development policies.
Having recognized early in 1998 the knowledge gap and the contributions that could be brought by
information and communication technologies, he developed various information systems and websites,
www.agora21.org, the francophone portal for Johannesburg Summit, www.mediaterre.org,
www.construction21.org, www.francophonieinnovation.org that would allow him to contribute to the
orientation of the online platform considered within the facilitation.
Thematic topics in the context of SDGs
His investment on some topics allow him to provide leadership on:
SDG4: higher education in science, engineering and innovation
SDG11: sustainable cities and building
SDG12: eco-design and sustainable consumption and production
SDG9: corporate social responsibility and innovation
On some other issues his knowledge allows him to contribute to sustainable development goals: SDG13,
SDG7, SDG16, SDG6:, SDG2, SDG15.
Skills to participate in a multi-stakeholder mission with a strong scientific and IT component
• Extensive knowledge of different environments (politics and elected positions, national
administration, international processes, academic, business organizations, civil society initiatives…)
of how they function and what is their "rationality".
• Deep understanding of innovation systems (international, national and local) and the related field of
information and knowledge.
• Leadership and personal ethics to create trust in complex and multi-stakeholder processes
• Interest in substantive issues, information, knowledge and technology in connection with politics,
governance and managerial processes, and economy
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A. Career at a glance
Civil Engineer of Mines: 1974 at Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, specialty environmental science
Doctor in Physics 1983: thesis on ceramic materials
The research activities he carried out since 1995 relate to the environment, sustainable development,
social responsibility and innovation with more than 200 publications, in journal with referee as well in
popular and professional magazines and supervision of 14 PHD theses in those subjects, allowed him to
create formal knowledge, action research in practice and transmission of scientific knowledge to
professionals and practitioners.
He participates in international processes on sustainable development as high civil servant in France in
the period 2004-2008, and through cooperation with developing countries (Francophonie) in 19962004,and 2008 until today (see details below §D).
Meanwhile he had activities with businesses, elective office, civil society commissions, and development
of information systems…
A1. Research and higher education
He is currently professor (Directeur de Recherche) at the National School of Mines of Saint-Etienne
(member of the Institut Mines Telecom) in the Institut Henri Fayol devoted to global industrial
performance and innovation
Its teaching activities at the School of Mines focus currently on environmental science, sustainable
development, social responsibility and innovation. He was previously responsible for lessons in
thermodynamics, materials science, energy systems, environmental science...
Research : Management, SME’s, innovation and social responsibility.
Delegate for sustainable development (Green campus) : In charge since 2008 of sustainability in the
school and participation in the working group on labelisation of higher education institutions in France
for CGE/CPU.
A2. High civil servant in France
2004 - 2008 Interministerial Delegate for Sustainable Development by the Prime Minister in charge of
implementation of French National Strategy for Sustainable development. On behalf of this responsibility
he conducted three main activities at international level:
 the first peer review process of National Sustainable Development Strategies, and its diffusion in
developing countries through Francophonie,
 he chairs the international Task Force on Sustainable Tourism Development (UNEP) in the Marrakech
process (10YFP) and
 he represents the French government in the ISO26000 negotiation on social responsibility of
organizations.
During this period he replaced the minister for different meetings as:
• Informal ministerial meeting on environment (Turku Finland, July 2006)
• Opening of the 10th plenary assembly of IPCC WG-I, 29 January 2007, Paris.
A3. Cooperation with developing countries through Francophonie
Most of his activities of cooperation with developing countries were conducted through the
International Organization of Francophonie (OIF).
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Information systems
Considering that the access to information in French was the main knowledge gap for Francophone
developing countries he initiates in 1998 at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne
the Internet portal www.agora21.org. He organized a Sommer University with the support of the
Francophonie: 1st edition 1999: "Sustainable development and information systems". 2nd edition 2000:
"Sustainable development and information for decision-making" (http://wwwv1.agora21.org/univ-etefr/). See details below §B1.
Capacity building of developing countries on sustainable development
Member of the Francophone delegation in sustainable development process (UNFCC CP, New York 1997,
Johannesburg 2002, Rio 2012 Summit and most CSD and HLPF) he was involved in activities of capacity
building for negotiators (trainings and workshops, side events, learning sessions, reference materials
such as glossaries, Internet websites) (see details below §D).
He developed since 1997 strong cooperation with Institute for Energy and Environment of the
Francophonie (IEPF OIF), on information and knowledge. Publication of glossaries for capacity building
for international negotiations (climate change, social responsibility…)
He was rapporteur of the workshop "Sustainable Development Strategies" of the International
Symposium, "Sustainability: Lessons and Prospects", Ouagadougou, 1 to 4 June 2004, in preparation for
the Summit of Heads of State Francophones on sustainable development
He chaired in 2006–2011 the Advisory Committee of the Institute for Energy and Environment of the
Francophonie (IEPF OIF) which became today’s Institute of Francophonie for sustainable development
(IFDD)
He participates to the organization with OIF, and was general rapporteur of the International forum for
sustainable development (8-9 February 2012 in Lyon) as part of the preparation for the UN Conference
on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20, in June 2012). 2 heads of state, and some ex-prime ministers and
ministers participated to the forum.
Social responsibility
He coordinated initiatives for CSR in Francophonie (in the ISO 26000 negotiation) and after the
publication of the norm he mobilized Francophone ambassadors to International Organizations (New
York in March 2011 and March 2012, Addis Ababa in October 2011, Geneva in November 2011, and
Brussels in February 2012).
A4. Activities with business:
Standardization of social responsibility
In 2001 – 2005 he chaired, in the French normalization body (AFNOR), the standardization committee on
sustainable development, developing a method through a PHD thesis under his direction (Karen Delchet)
that was applied to some hundreds of SME’s in France. This work was the base of French position for ISO
26000 negotiations.
Business associations
2008-2013: President of the French Institute of building energy performance (IFPEB) an association that
brings together the largest French companies from the construction, energy and real estate sectors
(www.ifpeb.fr/gb/). This association launched the Construction21 project.
2013- today: Chairman of the French national chapter of Construction21 and chairman of the
international non-profit association Construction21, which manages the network of Construction21
portals worldwide (www.construction21.org). Those portals are dedicated to professionals and
businesses and precisely devoted to innovations and initiatives for SDG11.
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Since 2009, he chairs the French national eco-design center “Pole Ecoconception”, a business association
which develops tools to support SMEs in the eco-design of products and services.
Since 2011 he is member of the Senior Advisory Group of the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) of
WBCSD, which has been drawn from internationally recognized experts to advise CSI on its strategy and
worldwide, multi-disciplinary issues.
A5. Elective office
1992-1998: Elected at the Regional Council of Region Rhône-Alpes, and different political activities and
responsibilities upstream.
He had a later experience (2008 - 2014) in the town assembly of Saint Etienne as City Councilor.
A6. Civil society commissions
At the national level he was, in 1996-1999, President of the French Commission for Sustainable
Development, which marked the beginning of his international activities in the field of sustainable
development, including participation to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development almost with no
interruption since CSD4 in 1996 and to Conferences of the Parties of the Climate Convention: (COP3,
COP4, COP5, COP10, COP15) (see detail after §D)
2002-2003: Member of the Commission of the “Charter of the environment” introduced in the French
Constitution, Committee Yves Coppens, with a strong involvement on precautionary principle debate
within the scientific community.
At a local level, he is presently vice president of the Development council which is a committee bringing
together civil society members to advise the city council of Saint-Etienne.
B. Innovation, science and technology
B1. Technology and transfer
In addition to participating in scientific conferences related to environment and sustainable
development, he participated in seminars for transfers to economic and political actors. Ex.:
 1er SITeau, Salon International des Technologies de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement. 14-18 janvier 2009,
Casablanca – Maroc
 2ème SITeau, Salon International des Technologies de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement, 17-19 juin 2010,
Casablanca on the theme "Water, urban policy and sustainable development"
 Christian Brodhag (2012). Gouvernance, responsabilité sociétale et développement durable. En route
pour Rio +20 : partenariat innovant pour une économie verte, Ministère Environnement Tunisie, Mai
2012, Tunis, Tunisia.
 Christian Brodhag, Yunhee Kim (2011). Corporation Social Responsibility (CSR) Driven Innovation.
2011 EU Korea Conference on Science and technology, Plenary Session: Toward Green Growth, Jul
2011, Paris, OECD, France. pp. IV-36
B2. Innovation
Since 2013 he is scientific and technical director of French innovation network set up by the International
Organization of Francophonie (OIF). He initiated the creation of the website
www.francophonieinnovation.org and he organized (as general rapporteur) The Namur forum on
innovation. (http://www.francophonie.org/Forum-francophone-de-l-innovation-45293.html)
He participated for the Francophonie in several international meetings and related events:
 1st Africa Innovation Summit (AIS), Praia Cabo Verde, 4-6 February 2014
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2nd Ministerial Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa, Rabat Morocco, October 2014
International Workshop Inter-university networking for capacity-building in STI policy: UNESCO ENIT,
Hammamet, Tunisia, 11-12 June 2015
B3. Science
In his relations with the scientific community he led for several years a reflection on the precautionary
principle
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Christian Brodhag (1997). Un dispositif pour l'application du principe de précaution.
Mines Responsabilité & Environnement, n°5, pp 43 51
Christian Brodhag (1997). Métrologie et principe de précaution. Bouchon Meunier
Evaluation Subjective - Méthodes Applications Et Enjeux, Association Ecrin, 1997
Christian Brodhag (1991). PCB, pyralène, dioxines - du problème réel au traitement
Bulletin d'information / Centre européen d'écologie humaine No 15
Christian Brodhag (1989). PCB livre blanc, ou le Pyralène dans tous ses états.
environnement des Verts.
Annales des
Bernadette.
médiatique.
Commission
B4. Creation and implementation of information systems
He created the Internet portal www.agora21.org in 1998 to give access to documentation on sustainable
development in French.
He organized a Summer University with the support of the Francophonie: 1st edition 1999: "Sustainable
development and information systems". 2nd edition 2000: "Sustainable development and information for
decision-making"(http://wwwv1.agora21.org/univ-ete-fr/)
He created in 2000, Agora 21 an association to support the www.agora21.org website and the
Francophone portal Earth Summit in Johannesburg (2002). Based on the network founded during the
Summer University, www.mediaterre.org was initiated and recognized by the United Nations as a Type II
initiative (http://www.mediaterre.org/static/apropos.html). Today this collaborative information system
on sustainable development in French has 10,500 registered members from Francophone countries: 42%
in Africa and 45% from Europe.
In 2005, the Agora 21 association merged with the Association of Practices for Sustainable Development
(APDD) in Saint-Etienne to create the International Centre for Resources and Innovation in Sustainable
Development (CIRIDD). CIRIDD has developed the software platform for www.construction21.org.
While these initiatives were conducted in French in partnership with OIF, he created the
www.construction21.org social media currently covering 10 countries on multilingual base: English,
French, Spanish, Italian, German, Romanian and Lithuanian. Each country has a portal in its own
language, in an architecture allowing translations through an English portal. Launched in Europe this
information system is being deployed in developing countries such as Morocco and Algeria, and aims to
cover 50 countries in 2020 on all continents.
Publications
 Seminar “Research Universities: Networking the Knowledge Economy”, seminar co-hosted by
OECD/Project IHERD, Sida/Sweden and Boston College, USA, 10-13 October 2012
 Christian Brodhag et Florent Breuil (2004), L’information pour le développement durable dans
l’espace francophone, Liaison Energie Francophone, Numéro 64 – 3ème trimestre 2004
 Christian Brodhag (2004). Réseaux, information et transaction. Colloque international francophone «
Développement durable : leçons et perspectives », Jun 2004, Ougadougou, Burkina Faso. A4 Technologies de l'information et de la communication et développement durable
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Christian Brodhag (2002). L'information d'aide à la décision pour le développement durable. Liaison
énergie francophonie, n°55-56-57 Numéro spécial Sommet de Johannesburg, pp 216-224
Christian Brodhag (2000), L’information d’aide à la décision pour le développement durable, Liaison
Energie Francophone, Numéros 55-56 et 57 – Johannesburg 2000
Christian Brodhag (2000). Information, Gouvernance et Développement Durable. International
Political Science Rev., Vol. 21 (3), pp. 311-327. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192512100213004>
Christian Brodhag. From rationality to governance: the decision process of sustainable development.
International Journal for Sustainable Development, 1999, Vol. 2 (No 3), pp. 388 - 396.
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJSD.1999.004337>
Christian Brodhag, Patrick Burlat (1998). Sustainable development: rationality and information
system. Conference of European Society for Ecological Economics, Mars 1998, Genève, Switzerland.
C. Contribution to SDG’s
Activities directly addressing SDG’s
Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning
opportunities for all (focused on 47 and 4b)
As delegate for sustainable development in Ecole des Mines he is committed to transmitting to students
the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development. A “pedagogy project” brings
students in touch with real situations and stakeholders. Some of those projects are directly connected to
cooperation with developing countries.
He was involved in the development of the framework and the label on Sustainable development of
universities and “grandes écoles” in France (CGE/CPU).
Vocational training
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Summer University on information for sustainable development 1999 et 2000 (see above §A3)
Currently being mounted a specialized master on “innovation policies and funding of the green
economy in Africa”, School of Mines Saint-Etienne France and Senghor Univ. of Alexandria, Egypt
Projects and research
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Supervision of PhD students from francophone developing countries. Ex: Christophe GBOSSOU,
“Implementation of an integrated center of excellence for the renewable energies. The case of the
solar energy in western Africa”, PHD Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, 2013.
Christian Brodhag, Christophe Gbossou. Pôle intégré d'excellence pour l'énergie : un processus
innovant. Liaison Énergie-Francophonie, 2011, Numéro 87, pp. 15-26
Publications on pedagogy and didactics of SD
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Christian Brodhag (2013), Research universities, technology transfer, and job creation: what
infrastructure, for what training?. Studies in Higher Education, 38(3), pp. 388-404 pp. online.
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2013.777149>
Christian Brodhag (2012). Higher education institutions framework and labeling for sustainable
development. Experience of France. Putting Sustainability into Business Practice: Improving the
Global Reach and Impact of Sustainability Centres, Symposium of Network for Business Sustainability,
Apr 2012, London, Canada.
Nathalie Lourdel, Natacha Gondran, Valérie Laforest, Bruno Debray, Christian Brodhag (2007).
Sustainable development cognitive map: a new method of evaluating student understanding.
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Volume 8 (Issue 2), Page: 170 - 182.
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14676370710726634>
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Nathalie Lourdel, Claire Harpet, Valérie Laforest, Natacha Gondran, Christian Brodhag (2006).
Sustainable development training by simulation of an industrial crisis. Journal of Design Research,
Vol5 (N°2), pp 188-200. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/JDR.2006.011362>
Nathalie Lourdel, Natacha Gondran, Valérie Laforest, Christian Brodhag (2005). Introduction of
sustainable development in engineers' curricula: Problematic and evaluation methods. International
Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Volume 6 (Issue 3), page 254 - 264.
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14676370510607223>
Information system
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The science portal in Mediaterre is especially dedicated to open dissemination of scientific
knowledge (publications and reports) : http://www.mediaterre.org/scientifiques/
Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
(focused on 11.3, 11.6, 11.b)
Development of information system on building and cities
2008-2013 He chairs the association IFPEB: knowledge exchange between large companies on
sustainable buildings
On this base he launches www.construction21.org (more details above §B4) with the primary objective
of buildings and which will be extended to urban solutions by City21 project that he will launch at the
COP21 in December 2015.
Local governance and evaluation
As Inter-ministerial Delegates on Sustainable development he conducted the development of the
national framework for territorial sustainable development projects (local Agenda 21) (2006) and the
implementation of a recognition process (2007) both process being still in activity today.
Publications
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Aurélien Boutaud, Christian Brodhag (2006). Le développement durable, du global au local. Une
analyse des outils d'évaluation des acteurs publics locaux. Natures Sciences Sociétés, 14, pp. 154-162.
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/nss:2006020>
Christian Brodhag, Aurélien Boutaud (2002). Les Agendas 21 locaux : enjeux, principes et applications
en Europe. Conférence-Atelier : Des mécanismes de prise de décision aux besoins en aide à la décision
dans le contexte des Agendas 21 locaux, Oct 2002, Montréal, Canada. pp. ...
Christian Brodhag. Gouvernance et évaluation dans le cadre du développement durable. Colloque
DIV-DATAR : Europe, villes et territoires, Nov 2000, Lille, France.
Christian Brodhag (1999). Vers de nouveaux systèmes d'acteurs du développement durable. Villes,
densités urbaines et développement durable, Oct 1999, Paris, France. pp. 19-21
Florent Breuil, Renate Husseini (1998), Christian Brodhag, Laurent Cogerino. Evaluation et méthode
de comparaison des Agendas 21 locaux. [Report]
Christian Brodhag. Le développement durable à l'épreuve de la gestion locale. Pouvoirs locaux, 1997,
N°34, pp. III
Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns (12.1, 12.5, 12.8)
As Inter-ministerial Delegate on Sustainable development he chairs for France the international Task
Force on Sustainable Tourism Development (UNEP) in the Marrakech process (10YFP).
He presented this experience of “Sustainable Tourism taskforce” during the multi-stakeholder dialogue
on partnerships for sustainable development, of the 14th session UN Commission on Sustainable
Development (CSD14), 11 May 2010
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He is president of the French national eco-design center “Pole Ecoconception”, a business association
which develops tools to support SMEs in the eco-design of products and services. This organization is a
member of the European network of eco-design center (ENEC) a platform to share knowledge,
experience and best practices (eg policies, instruments, tools, services, case studies etc.) in all aspects of
eco-design, from regional policy development and delivery to implementation in industry and education.
Publications
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Christian Brodhag (2010). A differentiated approach for sustainable consumption and production
policies. Natural Resources Forum, 2010, 34 (Special Issue: Sp. Iss. SI), pp. 63-70.
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-8947.2010.01276.x>
Christian Brodhag. Consommation durable et valeurs culturelles. Liaison énergie francophonie, 2005,
No. 68, pp. 65-71
Claude Fussler, Monique Barbut, Christian Brodhag, Abdeslam Dahman Saïdi et Farid Yaker (2005),
les enjeux de production et de consommation durables. Perspectives politiques, Liaison Energie
Francophone, Numéro 69 – 4ème trimestre 2005
Christian Brodhag (2002). Sustainable farming, terroir and food traditions. Les Dossiers de
l'environnement de l'INRA, No. 22, pp. 187-198
Christian Brodhag, Geneviève Verbrugge (1999). Consommation durable et valeurs culturelles.
Industry and Environment, vol. 22 (No. 4), pp. 43-46, Programme des Nations unies pour
l'environnement (PNUE)
Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive
industrialization and foster innovation (93, 94, 95, 9a, 9b)
and
sustainable
He addressed the SDG9 through integration of resource-use efficiency and adoption of clean and
environmentally sound technologies and on innovation.
Its contribution on eco-design has been developed on SCP sustainable development goal 12
The innovation has been developed on §B
Publications
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Natacha Gondran, Christian Brodhag (2004). Rôle des partenaires des PME/PMI dans l'amélioration
de leurs performances environnementales. Revue Internationales PME, 2004, Volume 16 (N°2),
pp.35-59
Natacha Gondran, Christian Brodhag (2002). Proposition of a Method to Distribute Environmental
Information to SMEs - Application to the French Context. W. Pillmann; K. Tochtermann. EnviroInfo
2002, Sep 2002, Vienne, France. pp. 395-402
Vincent Roche, Natacha Gondran, Valérie Laforest, Christian Brodhag (2000). Gouvernance et
environnement des petites et moyennes entreprises. Les Annales de la Recherche Urbaine, 2000, No.
86, pp. 49-56
Christian Brodhag. Les infrastructures de réseaux et l'environnement (1994). Annales des Mines,
Réalités Industrielles, 1994, Les réseaux de service public, pp 56-61
Christian Brodhag (1994). Pour concilier l'entreprise et l'environnement, il faut adopter une
approche systémique. Annales des Mines, Réalités Industrielles, L'énergie en France et dans le
monde, pp 41-44
Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (13.1, 13.2)
As Interministerial delegates for sustainable development he had the tutelage of the Interministerial
mission for climate change (MIES) and the Climate change observatory (ONERC) which organizes the
participation of France to the IPCC) and act on adaptation policies.
He opens, on behalf of French government the 10th plenary assembly of IPCC WG-I, 29 January 2007,
Paris
Involvement in Climate Change international process
Participation to COP and expert meeting of Francophone countries:
COP 15, Dec 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, for Francophonie
COP 10, Dec 2004 in Buenos Aires Participation on Side Events at UNFCCC COP-10, 2004 Buenos Aires,
Argentina: “French action in the field of climate change”. Presented by the French Government
COP 5, Nov 1999 in Bonn, Germany
COP 4, Nov 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
COP 3, Dec 1997 in Kyoto, Japan
Publication of glossary distributed at COP by Francophonie
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Glossaire du Climat. Christian Brodhag, Florent Breuil, ISBN 978-2-89481-058-3 , 2009
Glossaire du Climat. Florent Breuil, Christian Brodhag, Renate Husseini. 11e session de la Conférence
des Parties de la Convention cadre des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques et de la
première session de la Réunion des Parties du Protocole de Kyoto (Montréal, Canada-Québec, du 28
novembre au 9 décembre 2005), Nov 2005, Montréal, Canada. 62 p., 2005
 Glossaire du Mécanisme pour un développement propre, Traductions anglais/français et définitions,
Christian Brodhag, mars 2001
 Glossaire du Climat traductions anglais/français et définitions contribution, Rénate Husseini,
Christian Brodhag, septembre 2000
Interventions
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Christian Brodhag. Intervention conclusive : stratégies d'adaptation et changement climatique.
Collectivités locales et changements climatiques : quelles stratégies d'adaptation ?, Sep 2004, Paris,
France. Onerc, 2005
Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (in
particular 72 73 7a)
He created in 1978 a local association on renewable energy (www.heliose42.org/)
In 1980’s and 1990’s he participated in different advisory committees Commissariat au Plan in energy.
He had teaching activities at the School of Mines focus on energy systems.
Publication
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Christian Brodhag. Climat, développement durable et stratégies énergétiques. Environnement &
Technique, 1999, N°189, pp. 67-70
Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development,
provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive
institutions at all levels (16.6, 16.7, 16b)
He is committed to promoting an “institutional approach” of corporate social responsibility, particularly
as a government representative in the drafting of ISO 26000 (2005-2008).
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He still participates to the Inter-agency Roundtable on CSR (Geneva). The theme of the 2015 meeting (27
October) will be implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, looking at the role the private sector
can play, and the role the UN can play in fostering private sector contributions to the SDGs.
The process of peer review of national sustainable development strategies as it contributed to develop
(in France in 2004) and then with the Francophonie, gives a place to relations with civil society. It
integrates the issue of social responsibility as a means of mobilization of the private sector.
Publications
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Christian Brodhag, Natacha Gondran, Karen Delchet. Du concept à la mise en œuvre du
développement durable : théorie et pratique autour de guide SD 21000. VertigO - La revue
électronique en sciences de l'environnement, 2004, Volume 5 (Numéro 2)
Christian Brodhag. Développement durable versus éthique des affaires, quelles convergences ?.
Entreprise Ethique, 2002, Numéro 16 : Ethique et développement durable
Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
(65 6b)
Intervention in conferences
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Salon International des Technologies de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement SitEau Casablanca – Maroc en
2009
Gouvernance de l'eau et développement durable. Conseil de l'Europe. 5ème conférence des bassins
de la méditerranée et de la mer noire, Feb 1999, Marmaris, Turkey
International Conference on water and sustainable development, UNESCO, 20 mars 1998
Publication
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Léa Sébastien, Christian Brodhag. A la recherche de la dimension sociale du développement durable.
Développement Durable et territoires, 2004, Dossier 3 : Les dimensions humaine et sociale du
Développement Durable
Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote
sustainable agriculture (focused on 23 24 25)
As scientific and technical director of French innovation network, for which agroindustry is an issue, he
organized a seminar on “innovation for rural populations and the agricultural sector” in Milan in 2015,
http://www.francophonieinnovation.org/community/pg/file/group:36
Contribution and publication
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Christian Brodhag, 2002, Sustainable Farming, Terroir and Food Traditions, INRA faced with
Sustainable Development: Landmarks for the Johannesburg Conference, Dossier de l'environnement
de l'INRA, http://www7.inra.fr/dpenv/brodhd22e.htm
Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems,
sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land
degradation and halt biodiversity loss (15.9)
He currently supervises a thesis on Corporate social responsibility and biodiversity.
Publications
 Anastasia Wolff, Natacha Gondran, Christian Brodhag (2015), L’engagement volontaire des
entreprises dans la conservation de la biodiversité au prisme du care et de la RSE. Colloque Care,
Genre et Environnement. Lyon, France, 7-10 septembre 2015
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Anastasia Wolff, Natacha Gondran, Christian Brodhag (to be published), Que sous-tendent les outils
d’évaluation de la biodiversité utilisés par les entreprises ? Compromis entre crédibilité, pertinence
et légitimité
Christian Brodhag, La gouvernance et la gestion des services des écosystèmes in Défis énergétiques
et environnementaux : solutions pour un développement durable, Colloque IEPF-AUF,
http://www.brodhag.org/article.php3?id_article=151, 1er au 3 juin 2008 Québec Canada-Québec
Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and
productive employment and decent work for all (in particular 82, 83, 84, 89)
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Research in Ecole des Mines for development of support tools for SME in social responsibility and
eco-design, and current development of a method for innovation see details § and SDG9 and SDG12.
As Chair of Pole Ecoconception, member of European network of ecodesign centers support of SME
2006-2008 Chair of international task force on sustainable tourism development, Marrakech Process
(see SDG12)
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership
for sustainable development.
He has a very practical experience of multi-stakeholder processes including a developing/developed
countries cooperation context, in particular in the context of technologies and practices transfers
Publications
 Christian Brodhag (2003). Rapport d'audit de l'Agence Française de Développement, pour
l'écocertification des procédures d'aide au développement
D. Interventions in UN processes on Sustainable development
D1. Panel participations:
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Special event on Integrating Climate Change into National Sustainable Development Strategies ,
Economic and Financial Committee of the UN General Assembly, New York, 13 November 2007
14th session UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD14), multi-stakeholder dialogue on
partnerships for sustainable development, intervention on “Sustainable Tourism taskforce”, 11 May
2010
Moderated discussion of 2015 Meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development (HLPF 2015), “Regional support to national action”, 30 June 2015
D2. Participation (head of delegation for France):
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15th Session of UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-15), 30 April - 11 May 2007,
United Nations Headquarters, New York,
D3. Interventions in side events
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19th session of the Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD19) Working session in the
partnership fair 4 may 2011: "ISO 26000: a tool for implementing the 10 year framework of program
on sustainable consumption and production (SCP) and national strategies for sustainable
development through partnership " with Francophonie
18th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18) 12th May 2010: “The
International Task Force on Sustainable Tourism Development and the future Global Partnership for
Sustainable Tourism”
15th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-15) “Electricity For All:
Frameworks for Implementation”. Presented by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Partner
14th session UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14). Events convened on, 10 May
2006, “Industry as a Partner for Sustainable Development: Industry Sector Reports on Environment
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and Social Responsibility”. Presented by UNEP, sponsored by the Governments of Norway and South
Africa.
13th session UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD13) 14 April 2005 New York: “Peer
review/shared learning process on National Sustainable Development Strategies and the French pilot
experience” (http://www.iisd.ca/csd/csd13/13-14april.html)
13th session UN Commission on Sustainable Development. Side event on access to water basic
services.
United Nations General Assembly on the implementation of Agenda 21, New York, June 23 to 27,
1997, introduction of discussions on the role of National Commissions, Earth Council Roundtable,
World Resource Institute
D4. Learning center
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14th Commission on Sustainable development (CSD14) : on National Strategies on Sustainable
development and Social responsibility (at Francophonie representation), 1 may 2007
D5. Special meeting
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Expert Group Meeting on Reviewing National Sustainable Development Strategies, UN New York,
10–11 October 2005, Co-organization France and UN DESA(DSD)
International expert meeting on information for decision making and participation, Château Cartier
Resort, Aylmer, Quebec September 25–28, 2000. Sponsored by: The Government of Canada and UN
DESA and UNEP.
D6. Various interventions
Diffusion of experience in SD
Experience of National Strategies and peer review process has been largely presented:
 Nordic Council of Ministers Workshop on Sustainable Development, 6th March 2007, Ständerhuset,
Helsingfors, Finland. Intervention on National Strategies on Sustainable development
 OECD annual meeting of sustainable development experts. AMSDE, Paris, 8-9 October 2007
Developping countries:
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Intervention au Forum « Le Développement Durable, avantage compétitif entreprises, avantage
compétitif pays » Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire, 09 - 11 Avril 2008
D7. Publications
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Christian Brodhag (2012). How organizations can manage social responsibility for sustainability.
Future Perfect, Tudor Rose and the UN DESA, p 55-58.
Christian Brodhag (2010). A differentiated approach for sustainable consumption and production
policies. Natural Resources Forum, 2010, 34 (Special Issue: Sp. Iss. SI), pp. 63-70.
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-8947.2010.01276.x>
E. Sustainable development policies
E1 – General approaches
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Christian Brodhag (2007), Réponses à vingt et une questions sur les moyens de relever le défi de
l’adaptation aux changements de l’environnement planétaire, Liaison Energie Francophone, Numéro
76 – 3ème trimestre 2007
Aurélien Boutaud, Natacha Gondran, Christian Brodhag (2006). Local Environmental quality versus
(global) ecological carrying capacity : What might alternative aggregated indicators bring to the
debates about Environmental Kuznets Curves and Sustainable Development ?. International Journal
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of
Sustainable
Development,
2006,
Vol.
9
(No.3),
pp.
297
310.
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJSD.2006.012850>
Christian Brodhag (2003). Chapitre 2 Genèse du concept de développement durable : dimensions
éthiques, théoriques et pratiques. Antonio Da Cunha; Jean Ruegg. Développement durable et
aménagement du territoire, Institut de politiques territoriales et d'environnement humain, pp. 2946, 2003, Communauté d'études pour l'aménagement du territoire (CEAT)
E2 – At national level
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Christian Brodhag, S. Taliere. Sustainable development strategies : Tools for policy coherence.
Natural
Resources
Forum,
2006,
Volume:
30
(Issue:
2),
Pages:
136-145.
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-8947.2006.00166.x>
Gouzée Nadine, De Dixmude Arnold Jacques, Benabdallah Boufeldja, Bernheim Thomas, Christian
Brodhag, Dalal-Clayton Barry, Verbrugge Geneviève. Stratégie Nationale de Développement Durable
Orientations pour la mise en œuvre d'une revue par les pairs. Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec,
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada et Bibliothèque Nationale de France, pp. 47, 2007
Asse A. Séverin, Benabdallah Boufeldja, Christian Brodhag, Gouzée Nadine, Prescott Jacques, Rattal
Abdallah, Touré Fatimata Dia, Verbrugge Geneviève. Stratégie Nationale de Développement Durable
Guide d'élaboration d'une SNDD. Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec, Bibliothèque et Archives
Canada et Bibliothèque Nationale de France, pp. 22, 2007
E3 – At local level
See above §C SGD11
B. Personal details
Langages
Native Language: French
English (Fluent)
German: learning in school little practiced since
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