Cet ouvrage se veut une contribution au débat français autour des questions environnementales et économiques soulevées par les problématiques énergétiques : gaz de schiste, place du nucléaire, efficacité du système énergétique et précarité des usagers. Les auteurs expliquent que...

The interdependency of socio-ecological systems and the increased reach of human activity have led to major political and scientific challenges in the governance of environmental resources. This chapter reviews the state of our knowledge on the matter. The chapter begins by discussing the...

In the present European Union debate, many consider capacity remuneration mechanisms (CRM) as useless and, if they are eventually considered as useful, there is a necessity of total alignment of capacity adequacy policies in time. We develop an opposite position. The adoption of CRM is a...

Tout le monde est familier des politiques de développement des énergies renouvelables promues hors marché soit par des tarifs de rachat, soit par des obligations de certificats verts, qui sont des réponses aux défaillances de marché en matière d’ investiss ements en technologies...

Doté de précieux atouts environnementaux par rapport aux autres énergies fossiles et de réserves importantes, le gaz naturel a vu sa part dans le bilan énergétique mondial augmenter régulièrement depuis les années 70. Dans le passé récent, les marchés du gaz étaient assez...

This article critically examines the EU ETS intertemporal market during its Phase I (2005-2007). We test the Hotelling rule as a key element of a competitive equilibrium to validate whether allowance prices rise at the same rate as the interest rate. Including readily observable characteristics...

The two main hurdles to a widespread carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment are: cost and social acceptance issues. Assessing a ccurately social preferences is thus interesting to determine whether CCS is socially optimal. Unlike most academic papers that have a dichotomous approach and...

The first phase of the REDD+ mechanism consists of helping countries to improve their capacity to carry out national forest inventories, notably to assess land-use changes and forest carbon stocks and fluxes. However, there might be some links between the funding of this first phase and the...

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,...