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05 November 2025
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Victor Court
Researcher & Lecturer, Center for Energy Economics and Management (IFP School)
Victor Court joined the Center for Energy Economics and Management of IFP School as a Researcher and Lecturer in March 2020. He is involved in the teaching and organization of three of the Center's
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SPOTLIGHT ON CLIMATE OBJECTIVES - A highly over-estimated contribution of energy efficiency?
In its “sustainable development” scenario, the International Energy Agency (IEA) considers energy efficiency to be the primary lever for reducing CO2 emissions (see diagram). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) also considers energy efficiency as a key element of the ecological transition. (...) But this strategy could prove to be flawed in that it disregards a phenomenon that has long been at work to counteract the benefits of energy efficiency: the “rebound effect”.
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Emmanuel HACHE
Economist-Foresight, Economics and Environmental Evaluation Department, Economics and Technology Intelligence Division,
Emmanuel HACHE holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris I and a Msc in Development Economics and Sociology from the Institut d'Étude du Développement Économique et Social (IEDES) of the
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Renovation of housing: how to support the energy transition of French households?
The national energy transition will largely depend on changes in household energy consumption. In 2015, the residential sector alone was responsible for 30% of final energy consumption and 25% of CO 2
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Biofuels: contagion factors between agricultural and oil markets?
In order to combat climate change, numerous countries introduced policies promoting the use of 1 st-generation biofuels, generating a 7-fold increase in their production between 2000 and 2014. In