Friday Lecture Meetings

You can watch The FLM via the tool Zoom here (paramètres/sous-titres/traduire automatiquement) Speaker Olivier Fontan, Executive Director of the High Council for the Climat   Title Annual report Carbon neutrality 2020: "Straightening the course, relaunching the transition"   Abstract   The second annual Carbon Neutrality report of the High Council for the Climate was prepared […]

  Speaker Eugénie Joltreau, Research Fellow at Paris-Dauphine University   Title Extended Producer Responsibility, Packaging Waste Reduction and Eco-design   Abstract   The main policy addressing the packaging waste issue in the countries of the European Union has been to define recycling objectives along with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). With EPR, producers finance the recycling […]

Open access to the webinar slides:  20-11-20_FLM slides Intervenant Professor of economics at Paris-Dauphine University, Christian de Perthuis headed the Climate Mission at Caisse des Dépôts. He is also the founder of the Climate Economics Chair. Titre  Covid-19 and global warming Résumé It is unimaginable that the shock of Covid-19, having affected billions of people […]

Speaker Franziska Holz, Professor at the German Institute for Economic Studies (DIW Berlin) Title Fossil resource markets and climate change     Slides presentation   Abstract   This talk will present recent research results from the ongoing economic research project Fossil resource markets and climate change. Achieving the Paris agreement requires a radical transformation of […]

Speaker Reza Lahidji, Head of the Evaluation and Governance unit, KPMG Norway, and specialized in public policy evaluation.  He is member of the Expert Committee of Economists at the National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management. Title Evaluating the management of radioactive waste - Methodological issues     Abstract   The nuclear activities of many countries […]

Click on "Paramètres, sous-titres and Anglais" Speaker Jordi Planelles Cortes, doctoral student at the University of Paris Saclay, at the University of Barcelona and at the Energy and Prosperity Chair Title Carbon taxes in a global production network     Abstract   The goal of this paper is to understand better carbon taxation in the […]

Speaker Julien Wolfersberger, Paris-Saclay University, AgroParisTech-INRAE Economie Publique, CEC associate researcher. Title Roads Investment, Development and Deforestation   Extract We build a quantitative spatial model to study the impact of investments in transportation infrastructure on forest losses in the Brazilian Amazon. We examine how new roads (or the modernization of existing ones) change the spatial […]

  Speaker Guglielmo Zappalà, doctoral student at Paris School of Economics. Title Do subjective perceptions and accuracy shape adaptation to climate change? Evidence from Bangladesh   Extract This paper examines how subjective perceptions of climate change of rural households in Bangladesh influence their irrigation adaptive decisions. Using a unique national-representative panel dataset of farmers in […]

https://youtu.be/cttRTNmt1tA Speaker Johanna Choumert-Nkolo,Head of Research at EDI Global Title  Internal Migration and Energy Poverty in South Africa Authors: Johanna Choumert-Nkolo and Leonard Le Roux (Sciences Po & University of Cape Town) Abstract   Despite recent progress, energy poverty remains pervasive in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This challenge is generally more severe in rural areas. However, […]

https://youtu.be/rXlulgywy7Q Speaker Christian de Perthuis, founder of the Climate Economics Chair & Author at De Boeck Superieur.   Title  15 years of the carbon market: six lessons to strengthen the system Abstract   A few days before the presentation by the European Commission of its reform project (July 14), Christian de Perthuis invites you to come […]

  https://youtu.be/Os4nw7e9UJc Speaker Nicolas Rochon is President and founder of RGREEN INVEST. Title  In 2020, Nicolas Rochon is writing a book "My energy transition" dedicated to the historical partners he has been supporting for ten years. This collection of testimonies thus provides the opportunity to review the history of the development of renewable energies in […]

https://youtu.be/v7Zbe_vvskc Speaker Kelly Cobourn is Associate Professor of Natural Resource Economics (Virginia Tech). Title  Forest transitions and ecosystem collapse: an analysis of the role of substitutability between primary and secondary forests. Abstract   Across the developing world, the deforestation of primary, native forests supports economic activity at the cost of environmental degradation with global, long-term […]

  https://youtu.be/7A_NIUbBB-0 Speaker Laura Foglia is a consultant in transition to low-carbon mobility and Mobility project director at The Shift Project think tank. Graduated in Political Economy (Bocconi Milan) and Management (HEC Paris), she specialized in Transport at ENPC in Paris. After working with international organizations, she was for 12 years consultant and director of […]

  https://youtu.be/g5Xgo_l163s Speaker Joseph Delatte is a Postdoctoral Junior Researcher at the Joint Research Project for Renewable Energy Economics, Kyoto University (Japan) Title  COP26: from Paris’s promises to concrete actions? Abstract   Six years after the Paris Agreement, COP26 is the most significant momentum for countries of the world to agree on concrete pathways to […]

  https://youtu.be/sSDwqTRtKVA Speaker Anna Alberini received her PhD in economics from the University of California San Diego. She is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resources Economics at UMD. She currently teaches PhD-level econometrics and an undergraduate course on the economics of climate change, and supervises numerous graduate and undergraduate research projects. She […]

  https://youtu.be/e_N5qtC3a1k Speaker Emmanuel HACHE is an economist-prospectivist in the Economics and Environmental Assessment department of IFP Énergies nouvelles. Doctorate in Economics from the University of Paris I and authorized to supervise research at the University of Paris-Nanterre. He is research director at the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) and associate researcher at […]

https://youtu.be/sCxQ7Hc0JhM Speaker Imelda is Assistant Professor of Economics in Graduate Institute, Geneva. Title  Market Power and Price Exposure: Learning from Changes in Renewables' Regulation Background   We provide theoretical and empirical results regarding the market power implications of different types of renewable support schemes in electricity markets. In particular, we seek to understand how the […]

https://youtu.be/kvVLivZ0KgE Speaker Jean-Philippe Nicolaï is Professor of Economics at Grenoble INP-Génie Industriel, member of the Gael laboratory Title  "Digital sobriety certificates as an instrument for regulating digital pollution" co-written with Lise Péragin (M2 EEET Paris-Saclay) Abstract   The objective of this article is to study digital pollution and to question the possibility of establishing certificates […]

  https://youtu.be/qpJFnNjbv-s Speaker Emmanuel Combet is a researcher, senior economist in the Foresight and Research Executive Department of ADEME, coordinator of the foresight program. Title  Ademe "Transition(s) 2050" scenarios: Four transition scenarios towards carbon neutrality in France Abstract   Faced with the climate emergency, the changes to be made are of such magnitude that it […]

https://youtu.be/OschD4MJyt0 Speaker Akshaya Jha is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy. Institution: Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University Title  "Start-up Costs and Market Power: Lessons from the Renewable Energy Transition" Abstract   Firms expect to recover the fixed costs required to start production by earning positive operating profits […]

https://youtu.be/iSXvZACBoAY Speaker Adrien Fabre is a CNRS researcher at CIRED Title  Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes Toward Climate Policies Abstract Using new surveys on more than 40,000 respondents in twenty countries that account for 72% of global CO2 emissions, we study the understanding of and attitudes toward climate change and climate policies. We show that, […]

Speaker Charles F. Mason is H.A. True Chair in Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics. Department of Economics, University of Wyoming Title  Complications in Cooperating when Players are Asymmetric: Theory and Experimental Evidence Abstract I study an indefinitely repeated game where players' payoffs are asymmetric. Attempts to cooperate in such an environment, for example by rationing […]

Feel free to watch our last FLM's video https://youtu.be/09km8YRkslk     Speaker Philippe Quirion is Research Director at CNRS, CIRED Title Tackling car emissions in urban areas: Shift, Avoid, Improve (join work with Marion Leroutier) Abstract The environmental externalities associated with car use represent a significant cost to society. Using a representative transport survey from […]

https://youtu.be/A8G-G-Jdh1o Speaker Clément Nedoncelle is an INRAe Research Fellow, in the UMR PSAE (INRAE, AgroParisTech) Title Extreme temperatures and inequality: Evidence from French agriculture. Abstract   Climate change is expected to alter the frequency of occurrence of extreme weather events. Ap-plying quantile regressions on French crop farmers individual cross sectioned data over the period2002-2017, we […]

https://youtu.be/8DPq5vwOB5s Speaker Marc Baudry is a Professor at the University of Paris Nanterre and Head of the CO2 Price and Low Carbon Innovation Program Title  Long-term decarbonisation: can the EU-ETS do better? Abstract Despite the marked increase in the price of carbon on the EU-ETS for several years, the European Commission has shown its willingness […]

  https://youtu.be/JZsCcIi7A3w Speaker Anna Creti is a Professor at the University of Paris Dauphine and Director of the CEC Title Decoding the reform of the electricity market  (The FLM will take place in an interview format, with Anna Creti answering questions from the Chair's PhD students) Abstract The current system has provided an efficient and […]

Speaker Alexandre Mayol is Lecturer in economics (BETA - University of Lorraine) and holder of the Natural Resources and Local Economy Chair Title Tariff design, incentives and transports: an experimental approach (with Philippe Gagnepain, Sébastien Massoni et Carine Staropoli)  Abstract How do consumers react to tariff design? The theoretical literature in industrial organization aims to […]

https://youtu.be/zH36JvTUjCg Speaker Luca Taschini is an economist and his research is interdisciplinary and spans economics and applied finance. It cuts across the fields of environmental and resource economics, financial economics and industrial organisation. Luca Taschini is Professor of Climate Change Finance at the University of Edinburgh Business School and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the […]

  https://youtu.be/CHVmB47yfCU Speaker Kenneth Houngbedji is a Researcher (IRD, LEDa-DIAL) Title Rainy days and learning outcomes: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa with Yasmine Bekkouche (ULB)and Oswald Koussihouèdé (UNESCO IIEP) Abstract We combined information on daily rainfall at school locations and standardized test scores to study how learning outcomes at primary schools are affected by precipitation during […]

Speaker Vincent Viguié is a researcher at CIRED, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Titre  Simulating the impact of urban climate policies over a large number of cities Résumé City-level policies are increasingly recognized as key components of strategies to reduce transport greenhouse gas emissions. However, at a global scale, their total efficiencies, costs and practical feasibility […]

Presentation in english Speaker: Daniel Herrera is an Assistant Professor at Paris Dauphine-PSL and a CEC associate researcher. Title: Empirical bounds on the value of improved health Abstrat: Policies that improve health and longevity are often valued by combining expected gains in quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) with a constant willingness-to-pay (WTP) per QALY. This constant is […]

Speaker: James Bushnell, Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of California, Davis and Research Associate,  NBER  (National Bureau of Economic Research) Title: Energy Policy Modeling Under Uncertainty: The Case of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act Abstract: In recent years the analysis of US climate policy on the electricity sector has predominantly deployed electricity planning  models that […]

Speaker: Clément Bonnet, ART-Dev (UMR5281), Montpellier University, Climate Economics Chair &  EconomiX Associate Researcher Title: Circular economy : a conceptual clarification based on the sustainability criterion Abstract : The concept of the circular economy lacks consensus and remains vague, often seen as an "umbrella term" or a bricolage of ideas (Blomsma and Brennan, 2017; Reike […]

Presentation in French. Speaker: Caroline Weber, CEO of Middlenext. After holding several executive management positions in both listed and unlisted companies, Caroline Weber now leads MiddleNext, the independent association representing listed mid-cap companies in France. She also holds a number of roles within both private and public organizations: Chairwoman of the European association of listed […]

Speaker: Nicolas Goldberg,Terra Nova & Colombus Consulting. Title: La programmation énergétique au défi de l’électrification/Energy planning challenged by electrification Please note that the seminar will be conducted in French. Abstract: While the share of electricity in our energy mix must double within the next 25 years, electricity consumption is declining and hopes of a rebound […]

Speaker: Thibaud Voïta, Conseiller au Centre Énergie de l’Institut Jacques Delors, et co-directeur du MSc Management of Energy Transitions à Emlyon Business School. Title:Building Decarbonisation and Affordable Housing in Europe – Can Local Governments Address Them Together? Please note that the seminar will be conducted in English. Abstract: Buildings are central to Europe’s Decarbonisation and […]