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24/07/2011
Climate Brief
German nuclear phase-out: Implications for the EU ETS
The disaster in Fukushima on March 11th 2011 led to a renewed questioning on nuclear power in a number of European countries, including Germany. On July 8th, the German Parliament approved the shutdown of all of the country’s nuclear reactors by 2022. Given that nuclear electricity generation does not emit any CO2, we expect this […]
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29/06/2011
Special issues
Assessment of supply-demand balance for Kyoto offsets (CERs and ERUs) up to 2020
By Anaïs DELBOSC, Nicolas STEPHAN, Valentin BELLASSEN, Alain CORMIER et Benoît LEGUET The purpose of this document is to estimate the supply and potential demand as regards Kyoto carbon credits (CER and ERU) up to 2020. Two distinct periods have been pinpointed: 2008-2012, the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, and 2013-2020, the phase […]
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24/06/2011
Climate Brief
China’s 12th 5-year plan: carbon market(s) in sight
China, as a non-Annex I country, has no mandatory GHG emissions reduction target under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Now the biggest GHG emitter in the world, China is showing increasing willingness to bear a share of the global emissions reduction effort. In this context, its 12th five-year plan (FYP) was eagerly […]
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24/06/2011
Climate Brief
Carbon Price Flaw? The impact of the UK’s CO2 price support on the EU ETS
In March 2011 the UK Government began implementing a carbon “price floor” for domestic power generators, which will apply from April 2013. Since the policy will effectively create two different prices for CO2 within the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme, it will have distortionary impacts on the European carbon market. Our analysis suggests that it […]
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29/05/2011
Climate Brief
Will there still be a market price for CERs and ERUs in two years time?
Medium-term (i.e. pre-2015) demand for credits from the EU ETS and secondary sources of demand appears to be limited to 1.6 billion tCO2e. The supply of Kyoto credits is relatively predictable, and will cover demand between now and 2013-2014 according to our base-case scenario. Our view is that the demand-supply equilibrium will lead to a […]
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28/03/2011
Climate Report
Drawing up a national climate change adaptation policy: feedback from five european case studies
By Gaspard DUMOLLARD and Alexia LESEUR The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) introduced the adaptation issue at the international level as far back as 1992. At that time, it was specified that the aims of such policies were to minimise the impacts of climate change on countries’ economies and public health systems, […]
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24/02/2011
Climate Brief
Closing the door to fraud in the EU ETS
In January 2011 cyber-criminals managed to steal allowances belonging to companies participating in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) by attacking several EU-Member States’ national emissions registries. While these attacks did not affect the environmental integrity of the EU ETS, they are the latest in a series whereby fraudsters have targeted the carbon […]
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24/01/2011
Climate Brief
What should we take away from Cancún?
The Cancún Summit, held between November 29thand December 10th 2010, led to a series of decisions relating to the post-2012 international climate change policy. The outcomes of the December 2009 Copenhagen Accord, negotiated by 28 countries, were legalised within the United Nations framework by its 194 members, with the exception of Bolivia. The continuance and […]
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24/12/2010
Climate Brief
Tackling greenhouse emissions from forestry & agriculture: what can we learn from New Zealand?
The combined emissions of the agriculture and forestry sectors make up about 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions. However their mitigation potential remains largely untapped. In this context, New Zealand is a valuable case study. Since it has high quality institutions but a “developing country” emissions profile, New Zealand is exploring innovative ways of constructing […]
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24/11/2010
Special issues
Cities and Carbon Market Finance: Taking Stock of Cities’ Experience with Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint mplementation (JI)
By Christa CLAPP, Alexia LESEUR, Olivier SARTOR, Gregory BRINER, Jan CORFEE-MORLOT The importance of cities in climate policy stems from the simple reality that they house the majority of the world‟s population, two-thirds of world energy use and over 70% of global energy use emissions. At the international level, global carbon markets have become an […]
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10/10/2010
Climate Brief
Voluntary Carbon Standard 2011: innovations from the main voluntary offset standard
The Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) is the main quality label on the voluntary carbon markets. Its new specifications, VCS 2011, are introducing several innovations in terms of procedures and coverage, which may provide food for thought regarding future changes to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). A public consultation regarding these new specifications has been held. […]
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12/07/2010
Special issues
Developping the forestry sector with carbon markets
Forests are vital carbon sinks. Although forestry projects dominate the voluntary carbon markets, they still occupy a marginal position on the larger, compliance markets. This is mainly due to their ineligibility for the European Union EmissionsTrading Scheme. New opportunities are emerging, however their impact may appear limited compared with the scale of the climate challenge.
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28/05/2010
Climate Report
Infrastructures in the face of climate change: What implications for long-term investors?
By Audrey HOLM Both the omnipresence of infrastructures throughout the world and the creation of new infrastructures – particularly in developing countries – raise the question of the role they play in the fight against climate change. Infrastructures can serve a double purpose in the face of climate change: “green infrastructures” can help reduce climate […]
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28/04/2010
Climate Report
The challenges of adapting to climate change
By Maria MANSANET-BATALLER In its Fourth Synthesis Report published in 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) demonstrated that in spite of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, certain impacts of climate change will be inevitable. Two types of measures are necessary to confront climate change: mitigation measures and adaptation measures. Mitigation measures will […]
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21/09/2009
Special issues
Carbon markets: the simple facts
By Anaïs Delbosc and Christian de Perthuis Caring for Climate (C4C) was introduced by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in July 2007. The Secretary-General challenged Global Compact participants to exercise leadership on climate issues by: • making climate change a leadership issue for strategy and operations; • setting emission reduction targets and exploring low-carbon technologies; […]
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28/04/2009
Climate Report
Financing adaptation to climate change: What The United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change Provides For
By Anita DROUET Adapting to climate change consists in taking the current and coming effects of climate change into our decision-making now to limit adverse impacts and maximise potential benefits. The cost of adaptation is estimated at several tens of billions of dollars annually. Developing countries are especially vulnerable and the Secretariat of the United […]
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01/01/1970
Foreword of the week
The City Climate Finance Training take plate at the MedCop
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01/01/1970
Foreword of the week
Quels apports des recommandations TCFD au débat sur les risques Climat ?
Cet article propose une synthèse de la réponse d’I4CE à l’appel à consultation sur le rapport de recommandations de la Task Force on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD). I4CE soutient globalement les recommandations formulées par la TCFD et considère que ce rapport représente une avancée significative pour la gestion des enjeux climatiques par le secteur financier. Néanmoins […]
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01/01/1970
Presentation of the operational research agenda in Bogotá by Nicole Madariaga
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01/01/1970
Special issues
European Energy Markets Observatory of Capgemini: I4CE’s contribution
I4CE – Institute for Climate Economics is pleased to contribute to the 17th edition of Capgemini’s report on the European Observatory of energy markets. Emilie Alberola, Marion Afriat and Matthieu Jalard provide an overview of COP21 challenges and of carbon pricing policies before drawing up an analysis on European climate policy effectiveness. Download the full […]