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06/11/2017
Special issues
Key figures on Climate
On the opening of the 23rd Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 23) which is held in Bonn from 6 to 17 November 2017, I4CE-Institute for Climate Economics and the French Ministry of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition are pleased to present the 2018 edition of Key Figures on climate. Some key figures […]
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06/11/2017
Side events Calendar COP23
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01/11/2017
Blog post
Call for practitioner’s insights – Study on the use of carbon revenues
This survey aims to gather input from all stakeholders, including governments, to understand their perspective on how to use revenues generated by carbon pricing policies. The project team aims to examine how carbon pricing revenues can be used to integrate climate into tax reforms and how the experience and best practices of developed countries in […]
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01/11/2017
Foreword of the week
Climate Finance Day 2017
Climate Finance Day 2017 « Acceleration ! » Monday 11 December 2017 organised by Finance for Tomorrow, Paris EUROPLACE and the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance. and in association with the event Mobilisation! Inscription Centre de Conférence Pierre Mendes France, Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances 139 Rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris In order to showcase solutions developed by the […]
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28/10/2017
Blog post
Our I4CE side-events @ COP 23
I4CE will be present at Bonn for the coming weeks of meetings and dialogues around COP23 issues. Discover our calendar of events! Industry, Energy and Climate Carbon Pricing – Generating and Using Revenues, November 8th from 10:00 to 11:30 – French Pavilion organized by I4CE, Enerdata and AFD ETS and complementary climate-energy policies, November 14th from 16:45 to 18:15, […]
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27/10/2017
International Collaborations in Industry on Climate Change Mitigation R&I Initiatives : a new policy brief from CARISMA project
As international collaborative research and innovation (R&I) initiatives have the potential to advance climate change mitigation technology transfer across borders, in particular in developing countries, some industries have developed various international R&I collaborative initiatives to facilitate deployment of low-carbon technologies and practices. In the CARISMA project, such initiatives were mapped in a background report, and […]
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18/10/2017
Climate Brief
Fossil fuel subsidy reforms: state of play and ways forward
BACKGROUND: Fossil fuel subsidies are incompatible with the low carbon energy transition SUMMARY: Promoting the production and consumption of fossil fuels through subsidies is incompatible with the Paris Agreement on climate change. While G20 countries have committed to phase out “inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption” since 2009, the progress towards reform […]
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12/10/2017
ClimINVEST Factsheet
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11/10/2017
Special issues
Full report “EU ETS: last call before the doors close on the negotiations for the EU ETS reform”
The EU ETS will not be the driver of decarbonisation of the EU economy until 2030 A new report analyses the reform proposals for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) which are under discussion in the trilogue negotiations between EU institutions, as well as other possible evolutions of the EU ETS in its Phase IV […]
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11/10/2017
Special issues
Press Release: EU ETS – Last call before the doors close onthe negotiations for the post-2020 reform
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09/10/2017
Climate Brief
Landscape of carbon prices in 2017
In September 2017, I4CE updated its database on carbon pricing policies. This panorama presents key trends regarding the implementation of explicit carbon pricing policies at the regional and national level in 2017. A world map, a detailed table and a graph provide comprehensive information on the jurisdictions that have implemented or plan to implement explicit […]
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22/09/2017
Blog post
Climate Week 2017 in New York City: key announcements of governments and non-state actors on climate action
From September 18-24, 2017, Climate Week gathered many stakeholders engaged in the low-carbon transition, especially from the private sector, and led to several significant announcements. It was an important step before major climate-related events taking place before the end of the year : COP23, which will take place in Germany in November, and a climate summit […]
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19/09/2017
Climate Report
Using credit lines to foster green lending: opportunities and challenges
Green credit lines extended by public finance institutions are a financial intermediation tool with a twofold objective. First, they aim at fostering lending to projects with environmental benefits often referred to as “green lending”. Second, they aim at building capacity in local financial institutions to expand the green lending market after the credit line is […]
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18/09/2017
Blog post
Carbon pricing in Morocco : training workshop on 13 – 15 September at the Environnement Ministry
At the invitation of the Ministry of the Environment and its Secretariat for Sustainable Development and supported by the Partnership of Market Readiness of the World Bank , I4CE assists representatives of different ministries and economic sectors to understand the implementation of carbon pricing policies in Morocco with the aim at achieving their climate targets set in […]
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13/09/2017
Climate Brief
EU ETS – Last call before the doors close on the negotiations for the post-2020 reform
I4CE, Enerdata and IFPEN published a policy brief on the reform of the EU ETS for the post-2020 period. Indeed, a window of opportunity to reform the EU ETS is currently open but is closing soon: the EU ETS directive is currently being revised for its Phase IV (2021-2030), and trilogue negotiations between EU institutions, […]
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07/09/2017
Foreword of the week
Climate Chance World Summit 11-13 September 2017 in Agadir
Meet us during the following sessions : Thematic plenary « Access of non-state actors to climate finance Time: 15h30 to 17h00 Room: Salle Argane 1 Date: Monday 11 september Moderators: Pierre Ducret, President of I4CE; Ayman Cherkaoui –Special Advisor COP22 This plenary will discuss the progress made in accessing climate financing by non-state actors as well as in aligning economic […]
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24/07/2017
ES – Methodologies for tracking domestic climate investment & financial flows
In 2015 AFD and I4CE came together to bring its expertise on “climate” finance topics. The workshop “Intercambio de experiencias sobre fuentes de financiamiento climático” (July 2017) was co-organized with the local AFD agency of Bogotá. This workshop was an opportunity for I4CE to make an in-depth presentation of its methodology for monitoring climate finance as […]
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20/07/2017
Blog post
I4CE welcomes the publication of the EU High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance’s Interim Report
The publication of the EU High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance’s Interim Report marks the end of the first phase of this group’s work – and the beginning of a much-needed dialogue with the European financial community as to why taking sustainability materially into consideration is essential. In September 2016, the European Commission established […]
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20/07/2017
Blog post
Case study: adaptation of the French railway system
Released in the scientific journal Climatic Change. Organisational uptake of scientific knowledge and adaptation of infrastructure Future development and renewal of transport infrastructures have to take into account how the effects of climate change will affect these complex sociotechnical systems. This article aims at understanding how to raise this issue to ensure an efficient and […]
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20/07/2017
Blog post
Landscape of climate finance in France, Complete 2016 Edition
Mapping financial flows dedicated to climate change action and the energy transition The Landscape of climate finance maps financial flows in favor of climate and the broader energy transition in France. The analysis of the flows allows an assessment of which actors conduct these investments and how they finance different types of projects. Analyze the distribution […]