Réduction des émissions de carbone : la fragilité de l'Europe

A quelques jours de la conférence de Bali sur le réchauffement climatique, le think tank bruxellois Bruegel publie un rapport intitulé "Why Europe is not carbon competitive", par Juan Delgado. Un document qui va à l'encontre des idées reçues et souligne la vulnérabilité de l'Europe, encore très spécialisée dans des industries fortement consommatrices de carbone (chimie...). Dans un monde où les émissions de gaz à effet de serre seront de plus en plus pénalisées, l'Europe va se retrouver en mauvaise posture. Plus d'informations : http://bruegel.org/


When the world’s leaders gather in Bali to discuss climate change next week, the EU will push for a comprehensive global climate change regime to cut carbon emissions. In ‘Why Europe is not carbon competitive’ Juan Delgado shows that contrary to what is generally pictured, Europe is more vulnerable because of its export mix to such carbon pricing schemes than other countries and regions.
Europe specialises more than its main global competitors in industries with relatively high carbon emissions, such as minerals and chemicals, rather than in high-tech industries and services. This would have a real effect on Europe’s competitiveness in a world regulated by carbon pricing schemes such as the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme – even if other blocs apply them as the EU does. Furthermore, in the absence of fair and undistorting carbon pricing schemes worldwide, there is a real risk that business will resort to regulatory arbitrage which will imply a shift in where emissions take place – but no reduction in global emissions. In any case, the issue of which economies are ‘carbon competitive’ will gradually become a much bigger part of the global trade conversation. More : http://bruegel.org/