Carbon economics at a glance

To combat climate change, States and the international community have implemented different economic instruments: carbon markets, carbon tax, regulations.... All of these tools form the carbon economics or climate change economics.

Economic instruments to combat climate change range from the creation of funds to finance the adaptation to climate change in developing countries to the implementation of cap and trade systems to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG  ) emissions, as well as the establishment of carbon taxes or of mechanisms to ensure the transfer of less-emitting technologies...

Here is an overview of this economic environment, in which CDC Climat’s activities take place. Follow the guide…

  1. Climate Change
  2. Adapting to Climate Change
  3. Limit Climate Change Impacts: Contribution of Economic Instruments
  4. International Climate Negotiations
  5. Carbon Markets