Publications

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

• 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 […]

Energy Transition Risk project launched in Paris In the wake of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at COP21 and the launch of a task force on climate-related financial disclosure by the G20’s Financial Stability Board, a consortium of think-tanks, researchers and financial sector companies have gathered their forces to help investors assess these risks. […]

Over the past few years, there has been growing evidence that carbon pricing policy can be an effective tool to facilitate the domestic transition to a low-carbon economy by creating economic incentives to drive emissions reductions and sending clear economic and political signals in favour of low-carbon strategies. With the adoption of the Paris Agreement […]