The Chair Energy and Prosperity Chair is organizing on Decembre 14, an international webconference on mobility challenges in partnership with the Chair Armand Peugeot Chair and Climate Economics Chair.
This paper examines the cost competitiveness of an extra-large-scale (275,000 m3/d) solar-powered desalination, taking as a case study the Chtouka Ait Baha plant in Morocco.
In this article we use the recent Covid-19 crisis to investigate what motivates individuals in their decisions to deal with two externalities, namely disease transmission, in particular social distancing, and the willingness to undertake green expenditure.
In "Why environmental management may yield no-regret pollution abatement options", Ecological Economics, 2009, Bréchet and Jouvet claim to have theoretically shown that profits maximizing firms can reduce pollution compared to laissez-faire and increase their profits. We correct multiple errors in their paper, with the conclusion that their claim no longer stands.
The aim of this article is to identify the conditions under which teleworking leads to a net reduction in economy-wide energy consumption, and the circumstances where benefits may be outweighed by unintended impacts.
This report uses the cost-benefit analysis framework to assess the economic efficiency of the Zero Emission Valley, both from the private and public perspectives, compared to a diesel mobility status quo scenario.
This note identifies the two major handicaps to be overcome by the hydrogen sector in transport and uses the example of buses to illustrate the public policies that can overcome these obstacles.
This article examines the role of sustainable finance and investment in Japan and how the Japanese financial sector can mitigate growing climate risks and support Japan's transition towards a zero-carbon, sustainable economy.
Face aux limites de la finance révélées par la crise des subprimes, les banques publiques ont été mises en avant pour leur capacité à financer des projets de taille importante, à maturité longue, générant des externalités positives. Ce séminaire questionne l’inflexion du cadre institutionnel européen : va-t-elle ralentir la transition écologique ? Est-elle de...
Dans un contexte international radicalement nouveau, l’Europe cherche à garder sa place dans l’économie mondiale et affirme sa volonté d’aller vers l’autonomie stratégique. Deux table-rondes discuteront du rôle du secteur bancaire et financier dans cette ambition, faisant dialoguer des représentants du monde financier, des experts et académiques, ainsi que des politiques et représentants du monde...
