Publications of the Chair

Assessing the Impact of Climate Extreme Events and Conflicts on Internal Displacement in Burkina Faso

2025
Authors :
Koffi Adzavon, Safiétou Sanfo, Ossadzifo Wonyra, Christine Furst

This study investigates the dynamic relationship between climate extreme events, conflicts, and internal displacement in Burkina Faso. Using monthly data on floods, storms, violent and non-violent conflicts, and demonstrations from 2018 to 2022, the analysis shows that, unlike storms, floods have affected all regions of the country. This study highlights the need for effective conflict management...

What policy mix for the ecological transition?

2024
Authors :
Esther Jeffers, Dominique Plihon

This article looks at how to make fiscal, monetary and prudential policies greener in order to address the massive financing needs and major risks associated with climate change.

Starting with the observation, based on the recent experience of the financial and health crises, that the separate and independent implementation of monetary and fiscal policies undermines...

Individual versus group-level agglomeration bonuses to conserve biodiversity

2025
Authors :
François Bareille, Raphaël Soubeyran

Agglomeration bonuses (ABs) are payments conditional on the contiguity of landowners’ conservation areas. It is widely accepted that, by encouraging landowners to cooperate, ABs promote more cost-effective biodiversity conservation than instruments targeting landowners individually. This article challenges this conclusion by studying the impacts of different AB designs, some of which explicitly aim to enhance...

Subsidies and rebound effect with incomplete carbon pricing: an application to biogas and livestock

2026
Authors :
Guy Meunier, Victor Besnier

Bioenergies from dedicated crops or wood have faced substantial criticisms due to their significant land requirements. Certain bioenergy pathways, such as biogas generated from crop residues, manure, or food waste, appear to be exempt from this criticism. However, these feedstocks are byproducts of agricultural activities that generate emissions not covered by current climate policies in...

Pour un futur mutuel – Face aux nouvelles fractures, (ré)inventer les mutualisations

2025
Authors :
Collectif : Thierry Germain, Timothée Duverger, Jézabel Couppey-Soubeyran

Dans tous les domaines de nos vies et face aux nouvelles fractures (climatiques et écologiques, du travail ou de santé, numériques ?) mais aussi de façon plus philosophique voire politique, et en la reliant à quelques-unes des grandes notions de notre époque, cet ouvrage explore les potentiels et la modernité d’une idée dans toute...

Long-term sustainability of zero-growth capitalism: activity, employment and unemployment according to different modes of income distribution

2025
Authors :
Laurent Cordonnier, Jacques Mazier

This paper studies the long-term consequences of a zero-growth regime on the evolution of employment and unemployment, depending on the assumptions we can make concerning the evolution of the working population, labor productivity and working hours. These consequences are examined through three scenarios. This leads us to conclude that the goal...

Les pratiques de mobilite des Francais

2024
Authors :
Aurélien Bigo

Les pratiques de mobilité des Français. Graphiques de novembre 2024 issus d’une analyse avec Fabien Perez (SDES) à partir des données de l’enquête mobilité des personnes (EMP) de 2019. 

Governance Arrangements for Local Sustainable Business Models: The Case of Local Energy Systems

2024
Authors :
Johanna Ayrault, Farah Doumit, Franck Aggeri

Despite extensive research on sustainable business models and the development of various tools to facilitate their implementation, barriers persist particularly concerning the governance of a local ecosystem of actors. We identify that a facilitating public policy framework combined with internal institutional, strategic and operational drivers linked to the governance of local ecosystems is crucial...

Thesis – Overcoming the challenges of securing secondary resources in circular economy projects : The case of anaerobic digestion

2024
Authors :
Farah Doumit

This thesis mainly contributes to the literature on the circular economy by providing a strategic vision of the process of securing secondary resources in circular projects. The thesis also has managerial implications by offering insights into the governance mechanisms, territorial dynamics, and market arrangements that underpin successful circular economy initiatives.

Les modèles IAMs et leurs limites

2024
Authors :
Alain Grandjean

Cette note a pour but de présenter de manière synthétique les modèles mathématiques
utilisés aujourd’hui par la communauté des économistes du climat et leurs limites. Ces
modèles sont utilisés à la fois pour dimensionner les mesures à prendre pour limiter le
changement climatique et pour évaluer les impacts du changement climatique sur le système