Climate policies are multi-faceted: along with carbon pricing, multiple targeted sectoral policies are being launched. Carbon pricing is developing worldwide, notably via the implementation of markets for emission permits (Europe, California-Québec, China). These markets do not cover all emissions and the implementation of an economy-wide carbon price has proved difficult. Complementary policies include R&D subsidies, production subsidies (for renewable energies, electric vehicles, etc.), technical standards (e.g. the CAFE standards in the US transportation sector), among others. These policies aim at facilitating the transition towards a low carbon economy. Yet, whether they enhance or hinder the efficiency of climate policy is debatable. Critics say they constitute inefficient additions, if not substitutes, to carbon pricing; proponents, on the other hand, argue that they are necessary to make climate policy effective in the long-run. This research area will combine both approaches at the theoretical and applied levels.
Coordination: Guy Meunier (INRA and CREST, ENSAE Ecole Polytechnique)
Researchers: Aurélien Bigo (ADEME), Sylvain Caurla (INRAE, BETA), Florence Charue-Duboc (Ecole Polytechnique), Silvia Concettini (KPMG), Caroline Devaux (Université de Nantes), Andreas-Makoto Hein (Université de Luxembourg), Quentin Hoarau (INRAE, PSAE), Antonello Lobianco (INRAE, BETA), Juan-Pablo Montero (PUC-Chile), Jean Philippe Nicolaï (GAEL), Jean-Pierre Ponssard (CNRS, CREST), María Eugenia Sanin (Univ. d’Evry, Université Paris-Saclay), Ingmar Schumacher (IPAG), Emmanuelle Taugourdeau (CNRS, CREST), Maude Toigo (Bordeaux Sciences Agro).
Doctoral students: Ariane Bousquet (University Paris Saclay), Farah Doumit (University Paris Saclay), Maxence Gérard (INRAE), Anaïs Kanellos (INRAE, BETA), Albin Kasser (INRAE, PSAE), Jordi Planelles Cortes (University Paris Saclay and University of Barcelona), Maryam Sadighi (University Paris Saclay)