Calendrier du 23 septembre 2020
Economic History Seminar
Du 23/09/2020 de 12:30 à 14:00
Salle R1.09 Campus Jourdan, 48 bd Jourdan 75014 Paris
CHANCEL Lucas (PSE)
Global carbon inequality in the long run
Building on a newly assembled set of carbon and energy accounts based on historical records, input-output tables and distributional statistics, this presentation focuses on the long term carbon footprint of nations since 1800. Among rich countries, we observe a diversity of historical energy transition pathways and resulting carbon footprints, suggesting a strong role played by political economy vs. purely endowment and efficiency factors. Focusing on the global inequality of emissions over the past fifty years, estimates point to a high level of concentration of pollution among top global emitters and to the importance of emissions embodied in asset ownership, suggesting that climate policies focusing on carbon investors, not only carbon consumers, could be key to accelerate decarbonization.