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Catching up with climate investment in the European Union

The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will audition the European Commissioner-designates in early November. The hearings are a crucial moment to seek commitment from the EU’s next executive team on the priorities for the coming five years and how they will delivered – including on the urgent issue of investment in the climate transition.

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  • 30/09/2016 Foreword of the week
    Last chance to vote in the Film4Climate competition!
    Marion Afriat, member of the I4CE Team has submitted a video to the #Film4Climate Global Video Competition. This competition invites young film makers to create a film ON climate action. To discover and support Marion’s video and an inspiring message please follow this link and VOTE WITH JUST ONE CLICK: #Film4Climate Competition: “Learning to Learn Again” by […]
  • 29/09/2016 Foreword of the week
    Sovereign Green Bonds – I4CE’s Op-ed in ID4D blog
    Igor Shishlov, project manager at I4CE has recently published an op-ed on the blog Ideas for Development, a blog coordinated by Agence Francaise de Développement. This article was prepared on the occasion of the announcement made by France on the issuance of its first sovereign green bond by 2017. The issuance of sovereign green bonds by France – […]
  • 29/09/2016 Foreword of the week
    I4CE’s contribution to the Global Climate Action Agenda’s roadmap
    I4CE’s contributions quoted alongside those of other stakeholders in the synthesis report prepared by the COP21 and COP22 champions on of submissions on the roadmap for global climate action. The world climate champions for France and Morocco Laurence Tubiana and Hakima El Haite, launched call for submissions to Parties and Non-Party Stakeholders to the international negotiation […]
  • 26/09/2016 Foreword of the week
    Carbon pricing discussions at Climate Chance
    I4CE will participate in two events: The High level dialogue on carbon pricing: 1 – 3 pm – Salle 300 Internal carbon pricing, businesses discussed their commitments (In partnership with EpE): 2 – 3.30 pm – Agora 1 – Scene 2 On this occasion, we are also releasing a note on carbon pricing that examines the […]
  • 26/09/2016 Climate Brief
    Climate Chance Summit: Carbon pricing – Mobilizing non-state actors on a global issue with local implications
    This Brief has been prepared for the High Level Dialogue on Carbon Pricing taking place at the global Climate Chance Summit for Non-state actors organised in Nantes, France from the 26th – 28th September 2016. Carbon pricing is a valuable economic tool which can help towards achieving the necessary emissions reductions to mitigate climate change. […]
  • 26/09/2016 Climate Report
    Internal carbon pricing – A growing corporate practice
    For the Global Climate Chance Summit, I4CE and EpE – Entreprises pour l’environnement, have come together to release a guidebook on internal carbon pricing. The publication outlines the concept of an internal carbon price, describes its various forms and also identifies benefits of adopting this policy. The publication is based on the experiences of companies […]
  • 23/09/2016 Foreword of the week
    I4CE is now an Accredited Observer of the Green Climate Fund
      The GCF observer status means that the I4CE team can now participate in GCF Board meetings, provide strategic advice on the design, development and implementation of the strategies, projects and activities to be financed by the Fund. As part of its responsibilities as an observer, I4CE looks forward to being able to provide input […]
  • 23/09/2016 Foreword of the week
    New CPLC paper outlines various options for using carbon pricing revenues
    The brief outlines how revenue flows can be used by governments towards households, to reduce other taxes, provide transitional support to industry, reduce public deficit, meet climate finance needs or to meet other spending objectives. The paper discusses the challenges and opportunities that the various options present while providing some examples of revenue usage from jurisdictions that […]
  • 31/08/2016 Foreword of the week
    Pierre Ducret, Chairman of I4CE, Representative of France at the steering committee of the program “Affordable Finance at Scale”
    Ségolène Royal, Minister of Environment, Energy and Sea, in charge of international climate relations, President of the COP, gave Pierre Ducret, Chairman of I4CE, the mission of representing France in the steering committee of the program “Affordable Finance at scale” of the International Solar Alliance, an Indo-French initiative, launched at the COP21, which aims to […]
  • 25/08/2016 Special issues
    Pricing Monitoring Uncertainty in Climate Policy
    This article assesses the environmental and economic efficiency of three different approaches to treat monitoring uncertainty in climate policy, namely prescribing uncertainty, setting minimum certainty thresholds and pricing uncertainty through a discount. Our model of the behavior of profit-maximizing agents demonstrates that under the simplest set of assumptions the regulator has no interest in reducing […]
  • 03/08/2016 Foreword of the week
    Launch of the “City Climate Finance Training” at MEDCOP Climat
    Part of the Local programme, CCFT aims at strengthening the capacity of local stakeholders to formalize resilient urban projects and mobilize financial resources for their implementation. Through 3 complementary workshops, it provides the required tools to create an enabling environment for funding the fight against climate change and the transition to a low-carbon economy. Next […]
  • 05/07/2016 Special issues
    An independent Peer review of the study “Ex-post Investigation of Cost Pass-Through in the EU ETS: an analysis of six sectors”
    This I4CE report provides a peer review of the study “Ex-post Investigation of Cost Pass-Though in the EU ETS: an analysis of six sectors” produced by CE-Delft and Oeko Institut and published by the EU Commission in November 2015. In the discussion on the potential risk of carbon leakage related to the EU ETS and […]
  • 29/06/2016 Foreword of the week
    I4CE was heavily involved in the discussions around green bonds in June
     June 8, 2016 I4CE published a study supported by Mirova, EDF and Crédit Agricole exploring challenges and opportunities for the green bond market to make a tangible contribution to the low-carbon transition. Read the Study here June 8, 2016 I4CE organized a Chatham House conference in Paris, which launched a discussion regarding the potentially increasing […]
  • 10/06/2016 Special issues
    “Compliance of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in the first commitment period”
    Authors: Igor Shishlov, Romain Morel, Valentin Bellassen This article provides an ex post analysis of the compliance of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol during the first commitment period (2008–2012) based on the final data for national GHG emissions and exchanges in carbon units that became available at the end of 2015. On the domestic […]
  • 10/06/2016 Foreword of the week
    I4CE published a peer reviewed article in Climate Policy on “Compliance of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in the first commitment period”
    Authors: Igor Shishlov, Romain Morel, Valentin Bellassen This article provides an ex post analysis of the compliance of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol during the first commitment period (2008–2012) based on the final data for national GHG emissions and exchanges in carbon units that became available at the end of 2015. On the domestic […]
  • 08/06/2016 Climate Brief
    Recycling carbon revenues: transforming costs into opportunities
    The World Bank estimates that in 2015 alone, $26 billion in government revenue has been generated through carbon pricing initiatives. These revenues can be used for many purposes – including achieving climate ambitions – that could yield economic and environmental gains. This potential gain is referred to as the ‘revenue recycling effect’. Revenue allocation decisions […]
  • 08/06/2016 Special issues
    Beyond transparency: unlocking the full potential of green bonds
    This report presents the latest study on the green bond market written by – Institute for Climate Economics with support by Credit Agricole CIB, EDF and Mirova. ‘Green’ or ‘climate’ bonds are a new asset class that has received increasing attention over the past few years as a financial instrument that may help overcome the […]
  • 29/04/2016 Foreword of the week
    Free allocation in the Phase IV of the EU ETS: I4CE contributed to the meeting of experts organized by DG Clima in April 2016
    During phase 4 of the EU ETS (2021-2030), how to distribute the reduced amount of free allowances to the EU industry to prevent carbon leakage? That was the question of the expert meeting organized by DG Clima April 21, 2016 and at which contributed I4CE. I4CE presented the results of its evaluation of the proposal […]
  • 28/04/2016 Carbon Trends
    Bringing road transport into the EU ETS: reasons of a false good idea
    Beginning of April 2016, the European Commission (EC) released its indicative roadmap on the decarbonisation of the transport sector. Within this roadmap, the EC refers to some studies showing that the inclusion of road fuels use in the EU ETS would not achieve significant greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions reductions in the transport sector. The EC […]
  • 13/04/2016 Climate Brief
    The Paris Agreement: a new international framework to facilitate the uptake of carbon pricing
    • Over the past few years, the implementation of domestic carbon pricing has been expanding at the national and sub-national level. • In contrast to the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement has adopted a hybrid approach calling on all Parties to determine their own contributions to mitigate climate change affording flexibility to countries in their […]

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