I have a new blog post on the role of markets in adaptation to climate change in agriculture: www.christophegouel.com/posts/2025-1...

🚨 My website, now, has a blog: www.christophegouel.com/blog.html Don't expect super frequent posting, but I will use it to reproduce briefs and other short pieces that I publish elsewhere or to announce new papers. Don't forget to subscribe! RSS feed: www.christophegouel.com/blog.xml

New open-access publication on the drivers of France's carbon footprint and, in particular, the important role of trade: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

En 2000, les importations chinoises représentaient 3% de l’empreinte carbone 🇫🇷; en 2009, 8%. La consommation totale de la France ayant progressé pendant ce temps-là, les émissions importées de Chine ont triplé sur cette période, indiquent @christophe-gouel.bsky.social et @pierrecotterlaz.bsky.social

In 2000, Chinese imports accounted for 3% of France's #CarbonFootprint. 8 years later, for 8%. Since France's total consumption increased during that period, emissions imported from China actually tripled, pointed @christophe-gouel.bsky.social and @pierrecotterlaz.bsky.social. #climate #econsky

C'est mieux avec un graph visible:

Quel a été le rôle du commerce dans l'évolution de l'empreinte carbone française entre 2000 et 2014 ? 🧵 J'explore cette question dans un travail récent fait au @cepii-paris.bsky.social avec @pierrecotterlaz.bsky.social.

🆕 Lettre du CEPII "Comment le commerce international a façonné l’ #empreintecarbone de la France" de @pierrecotterlaz.bsky.social et @christophe-gouel.bsky.social. www.cepii.fr/CEPII/fr/pub... #econsky #decarbonation #mondialisation ⤵️

Before Trump’s trade wars, global trade policy was more predictable—even if not perfect. One oddity? A hidden climate distortion: dirty industries faced lower tariffs than cleaner ones (Shapiro 2021: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...). Was this environmental bias real? We took a closer look.🧵