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:

• Voluntary Carbon Markets - What the standards say 
  By P. Guigon, V. Bellassen and P. Ambrosi, Mission Climat of Caisse des Dépôts and Climate Change Team of the World Bank, Working Paper, 2009-4
  
  
• Certifying forest carbon projects in France
  By A. Jullian, F. Miss et B. Perrissin-Fabert
  (french only - english version to be released in the coming months)
  
  
• Volatility Transmission in the CO2 and Energy Markets
  By M. Mansanet-Bataller and P. Soriano, Mission Climat of the Caisse des Dépôts and University of Valencia, Working Paper, 2009-3
  
  
• Causalities between CO2, Electricity, and other Energy Variables during Phase I and Phase II of the EU ETS
  By J. H. Keppler and M. Mansanet-Bataller, University of Paris-Dauphine and Mission Climat of the Caisse des Dépôts, Working Paper, 2009-2
  
  
• Transaction costs of firms in the EU ETS
  By J. Jaraite, F. Convery, C. Di Maria, University College Dublin, February 1, 2009.
  
  
• Carbon markets: the simple facts
  By A. Delbosc, Mission Climat of Caisse des Dépôts
  Caring for Climate Series - Working Paper, January 2009
  In collaboration with the UN Global Compact initiative
  
  
• Energy Infrastructures in France: Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Possibilities
  By M. Mansanet-Bataller, M. Hervé-Mignucci and Alexia Leseur, Mission Climat de la Caisse des Dépôts, Working Paper, September 2008
  
  
• 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
  

EVENTS:

• Experiment on the functioning of EU ETS in phase III
  The Mission Climat of Caisse des Dépôts in partnership with the CRESE (Université de Besançon) and GATE (Université de Lyon and CNRS) will hold an experiment on May 12,13 and 14.
  To participate please contact carbone@gate.cnrs.fr

• Club Tendances Carbone
  The next 2009 Club Tendances Carbone meeting will take place in Paris on June 9. It will be dedicated to the "Inclusion of the aviation sector in the European carbon market".

• Club ViteCC
  The next 2009 Club ViTeCC meeting will take place in Paris on September 29 and will be dedicated to "Urban Mobility and GHG emissions reduction".

• 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 >