Could Paris COP21 do better? Interview with Nobel Laureate J.Tirole

The Challenges of COP21

Jean Tirole, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics explains what we can expect from COP21, the UN Climate conference taking place in Paris in December.

An interview by Jean-Michel Glachant, Director of the Florence School of Regulation and Holder of the Loyola de Palacio Chair.

Recorded at the Tenth Conference on The Economics of Energy and Climate Change, from the Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse, France.

Read more in the new Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy journal: the September issue of EEEPfeatures an article by Jean Tirole.

Open access:

Negotiating effective institutions against climate change

Christian Gollier and Jean Tirole

More info on EEEP 

The latest issue of EEEP also features an article by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and a key contribution from the economist Martin L. Weitzman, the father of the “Prices vs Quantities” policiy. The FSR Director Jean-Michel Glachant is the Editor-in-Chief of EEEP. 


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