Renewable hydrogen remains costly and its availability is constrained. Only 10% of planned global clean hydrogen capacity for 2030 has identified buyers. This raises the question of which end-use sectors should be prioritised as deployment progresses.The paper examines how learning subsidies, targeted demand-side support and production incentives linked to end-use commitments can improve hydrogen...
The deployment of clean technologies in hard-to-abate sectors is often hindered by high costs and investment risks. Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfDs) have emerged to mitigate these risks, yet their design raises a central question: should support for competing clean technologies be technology-neutral or technology-specific?
Euromemo Conference 10-12 September 2026, Oxford Abstract The world has moved from a unipolar one dominated by American power to a bipolar world in...
Cette note s’intéresse à l’articulation des méthodologies d’évaluation de projets lorsqu’on passe du point de vue public au point de vue privé. Il s’agit plus particulièrement d’analyser comment les enjeux concurrentiels dans les décisions d’investissement de rupture pour la décarbonation des sites industriels influent sur cette articulation. Le secteur cimentier est emblématique à cet...
Economic regulations often generate unintended consequences beyond their intended scope. We exploit Sri Lanka's abrupt 2021 nationwide ban on chemical fertilizer imports as a quasi-natural experiment to identify how hard input constraints reshape land-use decisions.
Using a two-stage least squares estimator for a panel of 165 countries from 2000 to 2023, the paper shows that lower wealth inequality decreases land use change emissions. The effect is most pronounced when inequality is measured by the top 10% wealth share and in developing countries, where land use change emissions constitute the majority...
The concurrent surge in fuel, food, and fertilizer prices underscores the broad vulnerability of agrifood system in an interconnected global economy, where supply chain disruptions can propagate rapidly. It also highlights the urgent need for a deeper understanding of the short-and long-term drivers of the price of the world's most widely used nitrogen fertilizer:...
Since 2015 the European Union has positioned itself as global leader in the ecological transition, placing the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 at the heart of its economic and financial agenda. This article examines the role of public banks, particularly the European Investment Bank (EIB), in structuring the financing of the green transition.
This randomized controlled trial investigates how to accelerate the transition to the cleanest cooking fuel, electricity, and quantifies the benefits for people and the environment.
Historical contributions of carbon emissions differ widely between nations, constraining climate change negotiations. Cumulative country estimates ignore historical populations, overstating the role of large-population countries. In this paper, we present a global accounting framework. Adding CO2 emissions from land use change radically reshapes the map, moving Brazil from the world’s 8th largest creditor to...
Le séminaire prendra appui sur l’article Public Banks and the Ecological Transition: A Euro Proposal rédigé par Robert Guttmann, Dominique Plihon, Sandra Rigot
PRÉSENTATION Après plusieurs années de développement rapide de la réglementation européenne en matière de finance durable, l’Union européenne semble aujourd’hui engagée dans un changement...
