I4CE has just celebrated its fifth anniversary. During these five years, the Institute has developed its expertise relating to the economic stakes in the fight against climate change. This expertise, built over time, ensures I4CE is relevant in the public debate and it is able to be of value to the stakeholders. The main achievements of the last twelve months are no exception to the rule: they are often based on research projects and partnerships launched several years ago.
By browsing our fully digital report, you can find more than just our main achievements from the last year. For each of them, we also highlight the pioneering work that made them possible. This is our way of celebrating our five years of climate expertise and paying tribute to all those who have worked for the Institute.
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The climate issue must take its rightful place and be central in all economic thinking today, whether it be growth, inflation, employment, inequality, international trade or financial stability. When I4CE was founded in 2015, many still viewed climate as an issue for tomorrow. Fortunately, I4CE has helped combat this lack of foresight. (...)
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To mobilise the financial world in the fight against climate change, France launched, in 2015, a climate disclosure obligation requiring the largest investors to explain what they are doing with regards to the climate. This pioneering initiative was quickly followed by other countries, however the results of the first year’s reporting have been disappointing, as evidenced by the poor quality of the information published by (...)
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The European Commission published its new sustainable finance strategy in July 2021. The good news is that this strategy no longer focuses exclusively on sustainable finance! It not only seeks to promote this niche but also to regulate the financial stakeholders and products that wish to reconcile economic performance and climate protection. It is indeed all finance that the Commission wishes to regulate so that it takes into account the climate challenge. (...)
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Development banks have devoted a lot of effort to Climate Finance. They have greatly increased their support for activities that have direct co-benefits in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions or adapting to climate change. However, in order to stay relevant to the Paris Agreement, and the commitments made by many to align themselves with its objectives, they still must go further! They must ensure that ALL the activities they finance do not (...)
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For the first time in October 2020, the French government published, along with its draft budget, an environmental assessment of the budget. This official Green Budget provides a great deal of satisfaction for I4CE. The Institute has constantly asked the State to develop this new tool to aid transparency and the management of public action. The Institute had even conducted its own climate assessment of the State budget.(...)
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Since the beginning of the global health crisis, I4CE experts have multiplied their analyses and proposals to combine economic recovery and climate protection. In particular, they have quantified the public funding needed for France to catch up in the energy renovation of buildings, clean mobility and low-carbon energy production. While they were pleased to see that the amounts allocated to these sectors by the French stimulus plan broadly corresponded to (...)
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The news reminds us every summer and it has now become obvious, that France will have to adapt to the inevitable consequences of climate change. As a nation, is it devoting sufficient human resources and public money to this challenge? To answer this question, it is important we understand where public spending is needed, the level of need and what amounts are allocated currently. Presently this is all unclear and parliamentarians are the first to complain about it. (...)
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Companies, local authorities and even individuals are ready to offer financial assistance to farmers and foresters who reduce their greenhouse gas emissions or store carbon in the soil. However, to finance such projects, they need guarantees on their quality. This is why I4CE, with many partners, has laid the foundations of a carbon certification framework, (...)
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In recent years, I4CE has developed and contributed to the development of tools such as the "Panorama of climate financing" or the "Green Budget", which show how the low-carbon transition is financed today and how it could be financed tomorrow, which allow better steering of public action and make it more transparent.These tools have proven their worth in France, particularly in the development of the French stimulus plan, and this is why I4CE participates in their international dissemination, (...)
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Since its creation, and even before it took the name I4CE and changed its status, the Institute has created places for dialogue; sometimes places for controversy but also, above all, for the exchange of experiences and information. I4CE has just celebrated the 5th anniversary of the Climate Action in Financial Institutions Initiative, for which it provides the scientific secretariat. This initiative now brings together (...)
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In 2020, the I4CE budget reached 2.9 million euros. It continues to grow with the development of new international activities and new local authority projects. What is this money used for? Primarily, these funds are used to employ the experts that work for I4CE. The Institute has chosen to produce its studies with experts who are employed directly (...)
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4CE is part of the approach launched by Labos 1point5 to reduce the environmental footprint of research activities. Since 2019, the Institute has committed to publishing its own carbon footprint every year. This is an opportunity to find out how much I4CE emits and where the Institute’s greenhouse gas emissions come from. A clear understanding of this carbon footprint is also a prerequisite for action. It is then a question of using this carbon assessment to structure a dynamic plan to reduce emissions. For example, (...)
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