La taxe carbone a été discutée en France depuis de nombreuses années. Un long processus a combiné des rapports publics, des études à partir de modèles économiques et des conférences réunissant experts et parties-prenantes. Il a permis de dégager progressivement un consensus, sur les...

Pour favoriser le développement des villes durables dans le cadre des politiques Facteur 4, trois grands types de changements sociaux sont mobilisables : des changements technologiques, des mutations organisationnelles et comportementales.

The three pillars of EU energy policies, competitiveness through a unified market, sustainability and environmental protection and finally energy security are sometimes presented as conflicting and sometimes as complementary. In this paper, these dimensions of EU policies are explored through a...

La question de la durabilité de la croissance a mobilisé de nombreux économistes depuis le début des années soixante-dix. Elle renvoie aujourd'hui au découplage des émissions de gaz à effet de serre par rapport à la croissance économique. Les travaux du GIEC confirment que, pour...

Long-term outlooks are key tools for policy design in the energy sector. These outlooks should also include scenarios considering active policies that address the challenge of climate change. Consequently such a CO2 emission reduction scenario was analysed as a case study within the ACROPOLIS...

L'entrée en vigueur du protocole de Kyoto marque le point de départ de la mise en œuvre d'un véritable régime climatique international, visant à limiter les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. L'article rappelle les objectifs, les moyens et l'architecture du Protocole et s'interroge sur...

This paper aims at clarifying some conceptual flaws blurring the equity-efficiency debates involved in the setting of objectives of GHGs emissions control beyond 2012. To this end, it carries out numerical experiments that test the viability of agreements grounded on two contrasting target...

Few papers have analysed the consequences of low climate stabilisation. Most models and scenarios assume that future trends in global GDP will be similar to the growth experienced in the past century, which would imply multiplying current output nineteen-fold in this century. However, natural...

In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident, countries like Germany and Japan have planned a phase-out of nuclear generation. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has yet to become a commercially viable technology with little prospect of doing so without strong climate policy to spur...

The report is prepared with three main objectives: i/ Review of general information and scientific literature to be shared with members of the scientific committee and with other contributors to the seminar. ii/ Analysis of energy trends and carbon emission patterns, and identification of major...