Tales from EDF
By Evens Saliesa The challenge facing policy-making on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is not just environmental. It is also necessary to stimulate innovation, a […]
Environment
Long-term competitiveness based on an environmental tax
By Jacques Le Cacheux “Shock” or “Pact”? The debate over the loss of France’s competitiveness has recently focused on how fast a switchover from employer payroll […]
Must we choose between saving the planet and exiting the crisis?
By Xavier Timbeau It is up to our generation and those that follow to find a way for 10 billion people to live decently and […]
Let’s negotiate a global carbon price signal – quickly!
By Stéphane Dion [1] and Éloi Laurent Two decades after the Rio Conference, and just as a new climate conference is opening in Bonn on […]
A carbon tax at Europe’s borders: Fasten your seat belts!
By Éloi Laurent and Jacques Le Cacheux How can the current deadlock in international climate negotiations be resolved? By an optimal mix of incentives and constraints. […]
Post-Durban: For a Sino-European axis
By Eloi Laurent The European Union absolutely must stay the course at the Durban conference and afterwards, not only by reaffirming its climate goals but […]
R&D all at sea: Have electricity producers lost the plot?
By Evens Salies Is there an inherent conflict between the technological efforts needed to meet the requirements of environmental policies and the liberalization of electricity markets? […]