This paper is an excerpt from the last chapter of Jean-Marie Chevalier’s last book «Les grandes batailles de l’énergie». The author explains what he calls «the equation of Johannesburg» named from the last Earth summit. The most important challenge of the XXIst century, and the most...

The present thesis focuses on the definition of potential Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (or other successor mechanism) financial flows at the horizon of 2020 and 2050 and on their impact on recipient countries’ economies. The analysis is completed by an overview of the current CDM...

Les politiques de lutte contre les rejets de polluants combinent deux types d’instruments principaux : réglementaire et économique. Le premier est le plus couramment utilisé par les gouvernements, notamment sous forme de normes fixant des limites d’émissions par unité produite ou...

There is a disagreement on the concept, definition and application of the paradigm of sustainable development. The definition that has been accepted by many involves several components, and it is difficult to measure or quantify indicators. Depending on the structure of the economy, it is...

This paper incorporates the interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics and suggests a holistic framework for analysis of management agro-ecosystem services. That new approach for analyses and assessment of management of agro-ecosystem services includes: definition of the...