[eng] Climate Policy. An Assessment of the French Plan of CO2 Quotas. Having in view the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol [1997] limiting greenhouse gas emissions, European Authorities decided to set up a European market of CO2 emission quotas for big emitters of industrial and energy...

[eng] This article develops an interpretation of voluntary early action of firms in regard to potential collective risks affecting health and the environment. The paper explores what happened to agricultural GMOs industry in France since the early nineties. Empirical observations are interpreted...

This challenging book takes a broad and thought-provoking look at the precautionary principle and its implementation, or potential implementation, in a number of fields. In particular, it explores the challenges faced by public decision-making processes when applying the precautionary principle,...

How did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding...

[fre] Le Protocole de Kyoto mettrait-il en péril la compétitivité industrielle des pays ? C’est à cette question qu’est consacré le présent article. L’auteur analyse, tout d’abord, le statut du climat comme bien collectif planétaire et la structuration de l’accord de Kyoto....