Why Finance Can Save the Planet Mon 12/10/2015 - 12:00 By Jean Pisani-Ferry - Most people hate finance, viewing it as the epitome of irresponsibility and greed. But, even after causing a once-in-a-century recession and unemployment for millions, finance looks indispensable for preventing an even worse catastrophe: climate change.
COP21 – A Moment of Truth for the Climate and Sustainable Development The International Research Network for Low Carbon Societies (LCS-RNet) circulated a position statement in the run-up to COP21. The goal was to show that scientists from various disciplines, diverse cultures and countries at different stages of development could find common ground about the conditions for triggering climate action in the current economic context. As of October 2015, the position statement was signed by 213 experts and scientists, including 71 authors, chairs and co-chairs of the IPCC Working Group III, five former ministers and top level development economists, including Jean Pisani-Ferry, the commissioner-general of France Stratégie.
To Recognize the Social Value of Mitigation Actions in a Climate Agreement Fri 16/10/2015 - 12:00 By Dominique Finon , CNRS Research Director Emeritus; Researcher at the CIRED; World Bank Consultant on the impacts of carbon pricing on energy policies conducted in the emerging countries.
Danger to Planet Stressed as Fiji Presides over COP23 Fri 08/12/2017 - 12:00 Not only are the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 set to be the three hottest years ever recorded, but they have been punctuated by extreme weather events
Ensuring the Profitability of Long-Term Investments: A Critical Issue in Reaching the Paris Agreement Climate Goals Mon 11/12/2017 - 12:00 The Paris Agreement was a diplomatic success and provided the global fight against climate change with much-needed impetus. It was followed by unprecedented political mobilization, allowing it to enter into force less than one year after the 2015 COP 21.
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The Price of Carbon: Moving Forward in the Aftermath of COP 21 Because the climate is a common good, economists generally advocate the use of an international carbon price to internalize climate risk, to incorporate as many countries as possible into an agreement and to thwart “free-rider” strategies (Appendix 1). There are two main ways of moving in this direction: allowances markets and taxation. Their implementation entails respecting certain basic economic principles, but also taking into account the lessons provided by twenty-five years of carbon pricing experience around the world.
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