Welcome to the website of APREC,
the Association for the Promotion of Research into the Economy of Carbon.

You will find introductory elements on the economy of climate change as well
as detailed information on our international research programs.

We wish you a pleasant visit!

LATEST PUBLICATIONS:

• A Reformed CDM to Increase Supply: Room for Action
  (article p74)
  By B. Leguet and G. Elabed, Mission Climat of Caisse des Dépôts in A Reformed CDM – including new Mechanisms for Sustainable Development, UNEP/RISOE, Perspectives series, 2008

• Compliance Behavior in the EU ETS: Cross Border Trading, Banking and Borrowing
  By R. Trotignon and A. Denny Ellerman, MIT-CEEPR Working Paper N°2008-12, September 2008

• Competitiveness under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (working draft)
  By Baron, R. (ed.); Lacombe, R.; Quirion, P.; Reinaud, J.; Walker, N.: Trotignon, R., APREC research program on the ex-post evaluation of the European CO2 market, September 2008

• Hungarian Experience with the EU-ETS, Carbon Market Implications for the new EU Member States
  By Dóra Fazekas, University of Budapest, Hungary and Columbia University, New York, August 2008.

• CO2 Abatement in the UK Power Sector: Evidence from the EU ETS Trial Period
  By Meghan McGuinness and A. Denny Ellerman, MIT-CEEPR Working Paper, August 2008.

EVENTS:

• Research Program « Ex-post Evaluation of the EU ETS »
  The third Workshop of the international research program will take place in Paris on September 18 and 19, 2008. Documents will soon be available in the restricted area

• Club Tendances Carbone
  The third Club Tendances Carbone meeting will take place in Paris on November 18, 2008, and will be dedicated to « Auctions and Carbon Markets »

• Club ViteCC
  The second Club ViTeCC meeting will take place in Marseille on October 13, 2008, and will be dedicated to «Flood Risks and Climate Change»

• 7-8 April 2008: Participation in the OECD workshop on “Economic aspects of adaptation”.
  Presentations and presentation of Mr de Perthuis are available.
  A book on the economic aspects of adaptation to climate change, edited by Shardul Agrawala from OECD and Samuel Fankhauser from Idea Carbon, has just been published by OECD (Economic Aspects of Adaptation to Climate Change: Costs, Benefits and Policy Instruments)
• "The IPCC 4th Assessment Report Synthesis Report and Climate Change Adaptation”
  Symposium in Paris with Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, IPCC Chairman, Paris - January 16th 2008
  More/conference documents >