Le régime de l’assurance des catastrophes naturelles en France est actuellement en équilibre. Cependant, un évènement majeur peut le déséquilibrer et l’Etat peut être appelé en garantie. Des événements climatiques récents ont conduit à l’élaboration d’une réforme,...

Natural risks have major impact on our daily life and on our national, local and individual economy. In the framework of the sustainable development, consistent and effective means of prevention have to be set up. The risk recognition is one of the main factors affecting economic decisions, such...

Climate Economics in Progress offre une vue d’ensemble de l’action contre le changement climatique. Basé sur les données les plus récentes, cet ouvrage analyse le développement des marchés du carbone en Europe et dans d’autres parties du monde. Il examine également les conditions...

We adopt viability theory to assess the sustainability of the world’s forests while taking into account some of the competing economic, social, and environmental uses of these forests, namely, timber production, poverty alleviation through agriculture, and air quality as well as the negative...

Adaptation has long been neglected in the debate and policies surrounding climate change. However, increasing awareness of climate change has led many stakeholders to look for the best way to limit its consequences and has resulted in a large number of initiatives related to adaptation,...

We investigate the dynamic effect that the Tandroy's unsustainable practices have on the forest. The Tandroy people live in Androy, a region located in the southern part of Madagascar. They are mainly an agricultural and cattle herding society whose subsistence relies on the slash-and-burn...

The concept of global performance is used in managerial literature in order to assess companies' implementation of sustainable development. It refers to an holistic conception of performance. In this this paper we intend to confront the theoretical representation of a balanced integration of...