Leslie Palti-Guzman exchanges with Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, director of the Energy Center at the French think tank Ifri.  They talk about the rise of Co2 emissions, the coming back of coal in Asia, the climate leadership crisis, Germany's unsuccessful energy transition, France's challenged President with the 'yellow vests' movement and the lack of common European energy policies. The discussion delves also into Marc-Antoine studies, his work/home balance and his bi-national (French German) competitive advantage. He believes that energy analysts and researchers have a new sense of responsibility to inform better decision makers to navigate complex energy transitions and we agree.  The episode was recorded on December 7, 2018.  Our theme music is provided by Music Screen licensed under Creative Commons.