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21/11/2018
Climate Brief
Article 173: Overview of climate-related financial dislosure after two years of implementation
In 2015, article 173-VI of the French Energy Transition for Green Growth Act set a global precedent by requiring investors to be transparent on the climate impacts of their investments. After two years of investor climate reporting, covering their activities in 2016 and 2017, what lessons can be drawn from article 173-VI? This is […]
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07/11/2018
Climate Brief
Key elements and challenges in monitoring, certifying and financing forestry carbon projects
The amount of finance for forest carbon projects has never been as high as in 2015 when it reached USD 888 million (Goldstein & Ruef, 2016). In most cases, a reliable monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of carbon removals or emissions reductions is necessary to access most carbon payments. After an overview of forest carbon […]
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22/10/2018
Climate Brief
European climate targets: land-use and forestry contributions
Carbon sequestration in biomass and soils is essential to achieve carbon neutrality targets by 2050. It is therefore important that is sector is properly taken into account in countries’ climate objectives. As of 2020, the land-use, land-use change and forestry sector (LULUCF) will be fully included in the European climate targets for 2030. Following an […]
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16/10/2018
Getting started on Physical climate risk analysis in finance – Available approaches and the way forward
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10/10/2018
Annex – Taxonomies
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10/10/2018
Appendix – Taxonomies
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04/10/2018
Climate Brief
Carbon pricing across the world: how to efficiently spend growing revenues?
This climate brief highlights that while there is an acceleration of carbon pricing policy implementation, associated revenues are on the rise (USD 32 billion in 2017). This increase raises the issue of the use of revenues. I4CE distinguishes between 4 main uses of carbon revenues: Investment in low-carbon projects; Allocation to the general budget; Reduction […]
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27/09/2018
Climate Report
Low-carbon investment 2011 – 2017
The transition to a low-carbon economy implies significant investments in buildings, transport systems, vehicles, power plants, industry, agriculture. However scaling-up those investments to meet climate and energy objectives requires an improved knowledge base in investments and financial flows in those sectors, as well as policy assessment tools. This is why I4CE has developed since 2013 a “Landscape of domestic climate […]
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10/09/2018
Special issues
2017-2018 Annual Report : Ideas, impact.
For a think tank, expertise alone, regardless of the quality, is not sufficient. Being a think tank means making an active contribution to the public debate. That’s why I4CE‘s 2017-2018 annual report focuses on our daily objective: to have an impact. Through three emblematic projects, it illustrates I4CE’s different modes of action to contribute to the […]
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05/07/2018
Climate Report
Building synergies between sustainable forest management certification and carbon certification: what bases are there and for what impact?
What is carbon certification for a forestry project? What is the difference with sustainability certification? How do these different frameworks interact and what synergies can be built? Coming from the work of the Club Carbone Forêt Bois, led by I4CE, this study answers these various questions by presenting the characteristics and issues related to sustainable management certifications (e.g. PEFC […]
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20/06/2018
Special issues
Presentation State EU ETS 2018 – Michel Matheu
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20/06/2018
Special issues
Presentation – 2018 State of the EU ETS Report
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20/06/2018
Special issues
Presentation Event Mind the gap 19th June 2018
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14/06/2018
Special issues
Full report – « Mind the gap »: Aligning the 2030 EU climate and energy policy framework to meet long-term climate goals
For a better coordination of climate and energy policies through the regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union. Following a policy brief in April 2018, I4CE and Enerdata publish the full study. The report analyzes interactions between EU energy and climate policies and proposes policy options to mitigate counteractive interactions and meet an […]
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19/04/2018
Special issues
2018 State of the EU ETS report
I4CE publishes the 2018 “State of the EU ETS” report, in partnership with ICTSD/ERCST, the University of Graz, Nomisma Energia and Ecoact. The report focuses on 5 key areas: Relevant Policy and Governance issues, including Phase 4 review Environmental delivery Economic efficiency and delivery, including protection against carbon leakage Market functioning Making the EU ETS […]
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17/04/2018
Climate Brief
Global Carbon Account 2018
I4CE‘s Global Carbon Account 2018 presents key trends regarding the implementation of explicit carbon pricing policies throughout the world in 2018. 5 key trends in 2018 (Too) Few jurisdictions have implemented an explicit carbon price : as of April 1, 2018, 46 countries and 26 provinces or cities have adopted carbon pricing policies ; […]
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11/04/2018
Testimony of Florent LE STRAT – EDF (Mind the gap)
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11/04/2018
Testimony of Yue DONG – DGEC (Mind the gap)
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11/04/2018
Overview of the study Mind the gap – I4CE/Enerdata
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10/04/2018
Climate Brief
« Mind the gap »: Aligning the 2030 EU climate and energy policy framework to meet long-term climate goals
For a better coordination of climate and energy policies through the regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union. A new study analyzes interactions between EU energy and climate policies and proposes policy options to mitigate counteractive interactions and meet an increased EU long-term climate ambition in line with the Paris Agreement. I4CE and Enerdata […]