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25/02/2019
Climate Report
Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food consumption: methods and results
A large share of global greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions comes from food production and consumption. Measuring the total footprint of world diets remains however a challenge. The main reason is the lack of harmonization on consumption based emission accounting methods. While a few estimates are available, their results are often hardly comparable, may be rather […]
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19/02/2019
Climate Report
Domestic landscape of climate finance: Why systemic approach to climate finance matters?
Why is it both important and useful to track climate investment and finance flows at the domestic level? In this policy brief, WiseEuropa, New Climate Institute and I4CE present an overview of how systematically tracking these flows can help governments and other stakeholders with quantitative data to assess progress towards national climate objectives as well […]
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13/02/2019
Climate Brief
Very few companies make good use of scenarios to anticipate their climate-constrained future
Climate change induces disruptions of our ecosystems, and the transition to a low-carbon economy significantly affects the political, economic and social landscapes. Businesses have to adapt to those changes, which entails risks and opportunities. Some changes are already visible today, but the deepest changes are expected to materialize over the mid to long term, and […]
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17/01/2019
Blog post
I4CE tweets that YOU preferred in 2018
I4CE begins the new year by highlighting its 2018 activities that you have preferred. After dedicating our last newsletter/news to the five most read I4CE publications, we continue this week with the most popular I4CE tweets. Throughout the second half of 2018, we selected the most viewed tweet each month. A way to remember and take stock of the past year.
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10/01/2019
Blog post
I4CE publications that YOU preferred in 2018
Before immersing themselves in the New Year, the I4CE team wanted to take the time to look in the mirror. And rather than telling you what we at I4CE have learned from our 2018 activity, we have preferred to highlight what you have preferred. Here are the five most viewed publications in 2018 on our website.
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17/12/2018
Blog post
COP24: the challenge of implementation
COP24 in Katowice just ended and was marked by the difficult adoption of a package of practical rules - the Katowice Climate Package - on transparency, the content of national contributions or their revision. It was also a COP marked by deep concerns about the willingness of Signatory Countries to increase their climate ambition in the coming years. Currently, countries' commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will lead to global warming well above 2°C, the threshold above which our climate would jump into the unknown.
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12/12/2018
Climate Report
Getting started on Physical climate risk analysis in finance
Financial institutions are already exposed to the potential physical impacts of climate change also called “physical climate risks” in finance. These require immediate attention from financial institutions, in order to understand how well prepared are the economic actors that they finance. Yet financial institutions still lack tailored information to analyze their exposure to these […]
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03/12/2018
Blog post
I4CE at COP24 in Katowice, Poland: list of events and publications
The I4CE team will be present throughout the two weeks of negotiations, in order to present its latest achievements in about ten side-events, whether on carbon pricing, climate investment tracking, climate action by financial actors or carbon certification of innovative practices in the land sector. Please see below the full list of events organized by I4CE - or where I4CE will be participating.
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30/11/2018
Blog post
From commitment to action: a look back at the 2018 Climate Finance Week in Paris
This week, the finance community gathered in Paris for a series of events focusing on climate change and sustainable development. With more than 1500 participants and 100 speakers from the financial community, the week was marked by major events of this week were the UNEP FI’s Global Roundtable and the 4th Climate Finance Day.
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28/11/2018
Climate Report
A French-German cooperation agenda for the energy transition in Europe
This policy paper, a collaborative effort of four European think tanks, aims to help French, German and EU policy makers address current environmental, economic and societal challenges. It proposes eight concrete steps where active cooperation between France, Germany and other European countries could make decisive contributions to the Energy Union that benefit all European citizens: […]
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27/11/2018
Blog post
Benoit Leguet, Director General of I4CE, appointed to the High Council for Climate Action
On November 27th, French President Emmanuel Macron installed a High Council for Climate Action. Composed of around ten scientists, economists and engineers, this High Council will evaluate France's climate policies: are they sufficient to respond to the climate emergency? Do they provide concrete solutions for all households to get out of their dependence on fossil fuels?
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26/11/2018
Climate Report
2018 edition of I4CE’s Landscape of Climate Finance
The 2018 edition of I4CE’s Landscape of Climate Finance provides an overview of climate investments made by governments, households and businesses in France. In 2017 climate investments exceed €40 billion, equitably distributed between households, businesses and public authorities. Nevertheless, investment needs are estimated at between €50 billion and €70 billion per year; investment needs […]
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21/11/2018
Climate Brief
Article 173: Overview of climate-related financial dislosure after two years of implementation
In 2015, article 173-VI of the French Energy Transition for Green Growth Act set a global precedent by requiring investors to be transparent on the climate impacts of their investments. After two years of investor climate reporting, covering their activities in 2016 and 2017, what lessons can be drawn from article 173-VI? This is […]
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09/11/2018
Blog post
Environmental taxes, a key issue for I4CE
Environmental taxation is a hot topic in France right now, at a moment where increasing fuel prices have put the carbon tax and other green fiscal instruments under the spotlight. is contributing to the discussion on how to strengthen support for environmental taxes: By quantifying the revenues generated by carbon pricing schemes in France […]
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08/11/2018
Blog post
Pierre Ducret, chair of I4CE, is appointed Co-President of FC4S
Pierre Ducret, Chair of I4CE is appointed Co-President of FC4S an international network that brings together initiatives for the sustainable finance of about twenty financial centers.
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07/11/2018
Climate Brief
Key elements and challenges in monitoring, certifying and financing forestry carbon projects
The amount of finance for forest carbon projects has never been as high as in 2015 when it reached USD 888 million (Goldstein & Ruef, 2016). In most cases, a reliable monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of carbon removals or emissions reductions is necessary to access most carbon payments. After an overview of forest carbon […]
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22/10/2018
Climate Brief
European climate targets: land-use and forestry contributions
Carbon sequestration in biomass and soils is essential to achieve carbon neutrality targets by 2050. It is therefore important that is sector is properly taken into account in countries’ climate objectives. As of 2020, the land-use, land-use change and forestry sector (LULUCF) will be fully included in the European climate targets for 2030. Following an […]
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16/10/2018
Getting started on Physical climate risk analysis in finance – Available approaches and the way forward
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04/10/2018
Climate Brief
Carbon pricing across the world: how to efficiently spend growing revenues?
This climate brief highlights that while there is an acceleration of carbon pricing policy implementation, associated revenues are on the rise (USD 32 billion in 2017). This increase raises the issue of the use of revenues. I4CE distinguishes between 4 main uses of carbon revenues: Investment in low-carbon projects; Allocation to the general budget; Reduction […]
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27/09/2018
Climate Report
Low-carbon investment 2011 – 2017
The transition to a low-carbon economy implies significant investments in buildings, transport systems, vehicles, power plants, industry, agriculture. However scaling-up those investments to meet climate and energy objectives requires an improved knowledge base in investments and financial flows in those sectors, as well as policy assessment tools. This is why I4CE has developed since 2013 a “Landscape of domestic climate […]