The exorbitant cost of climate procrastination

Xavier Timbeau (1) , Adeline Gueret (1) , Aurélien Saussay (1) , Paul Malliet (1)

1 OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po)

From COP24’s disappointing final agreement to France’s abandonment of the carbon tax increase due to the “gilets jaunes” movement… it seems that concerns about climate change have fell to the very bottom of the global political agendas. (First paragraph)

Mots clés: Climate change; European Union; Greenhouse gases

Domaines: Economies et finances

Xavier Timbeau, Adeline Gueret, Aurélien Saussay, Paul Malliet. The exorbitant cost of climate procrastination. 2019. ⟨hal-03392468⟩