Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations - About the Mission Climat
Carbon Finance
Research & analysis
Research on the carbon economy
A new research report: Financing adaptation to climate change - what the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change provides for Here.
04.29.2009
The Mission Climat is the centre for carbon economy analysis and research at Caisse des Dépôts. Caisse des Dépôts is a French public financial institution with a longstanding tradition of financial innovation in the public interest. Today, Caisse des Dépôts is mobilizing its financial expertise to facilitate the start-up and growth of the new carbon economy. The Mission Climat is home to a team of economists and engineers who specialize in four main areas:
Analyzing the European Union CO2 emissions trading scheme (EU ETS):
A monthly newsletter, Tendances Carbone, published in partnership with Powernext Carbon and Météo France;
The Tendances Carbone Club, whose members from the institutional, financial and industrial sectors of the EU ETS market seek to share their analyses of the emissions market;
A research program focused on ex-post assessment of the European allowances market, in partnership with the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy at the University College Dublin (UCD) and the Université Paris-Dauphine. An interim report on this program is available here.
Developing new financial tools to combat climate change:
At the request of the French public authorities, research and proposals to lay the groundwork for a system of “Domestic Offset Projects”;
Analysis of the “carbon neutrality” market and proposals for voluntary offset procedures;
Research on the possibility of linking carbon financing to private equity.
Following international developments in carbon finance:
Monitoring investment funds and developing new markets around the world;
Contributing to EU working groups focused on the future of the EU ETS;
Exchange with foreign researchers, including those at MIT and the University College of Dublin.
Analysis of the link between adaptation and infrastructures:
Launch of an international research program on how to finance adaptation and infrastructure projects limit the impacts of climate change.
For more information about adaptation to climate change and actions undertaken by Mission Climat, please click here Adaptation to climate change (PDF-4.5 Mb).
Available online publications of Mission Climat, the Climate Task Force of Caisse des Dépôts : quarterly ClimatSphere newsletter, research reports, Highlights CO2 and energy and the monthly newsletter, Tendances carbone.
To facilitate the management of the Mission Climat’s research programs with its international partners, Caisse des Dépôts, jointly with the University Paris-Dauphine, has founded the Association for the Promotion of Research in Carbon Economics (APREC), a non-profit association. Visit Aprec website >
Further information
The IPCC 4th Assessment Synthesis Report and Climate Change Adaptation
Symposium in Paris
With Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, IPCC Chairman
January 16th 2008
Minutes and documents>
