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Les fonds d'investissement dans les actifs CO₂ : état des lieux

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  • Ariane de Dominicis

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[fre] L’émergence d’une « finance carbone » est basée sur de nouveaux types d’actifs financiers : les actifs CO₂, ou « crédits carbone », qui matérialisent des réductions d’émissions. Sur ces nouveaux marchés, les fonds d’investissement, et autres mécanismes d’achat, ont l’avantage de pouvoir regrouper plusieurs acheteurs et de permettre un investissement dans un portefeuille de projets : le risque d’achat est alors mutualisé, et diminué pour les acquéreurs. Les investissements dans des fonds de CO₂ connaissent une croissance très forte. Cela signifie qu’un nombre suffisant de projets devra être trouvé pour générer, d’ici à 2012, et pour ces seuls acheteurs, entre 350 et 400 millions de tonnes de CO₂ évitées. Cette contrainte semble cependant atteignable, si l’on considère la diversification des actifs recherchés et la multiplication des projets observés aujourd’hui. Le rythme de la création des fonds devra néanmoins se ralentir à terme du fait de la forte incertitude pesant sur l’après 2012. . Classification JEL : G11, G23, Q53, Q54 [eng] Carbon investment funds : growing faster . The emergence of « carbon finance » is based on a new form of financial asset : CO₂ assets. These « carbon credits » materialize emissions reductions and are traded in these new markets. Investment funds help to spread the risks by pooling purchases and diversifying the asset portfolios. Investments in carbon investment funds are growing at a rapid rate, which reflects the growing interest in the carbon markets and the strengthening of their institutional basis. This means that a sufficient number of projects will need to be found in order to generate between 350 million and 400 million metric tons of CO₂ emissions reductions. This constraint nevertheless appears to be attainable, given the diversification of investment assets and the growth in the number of projects today. The pace of new fund creation will need to ebb, however, given the strong uncertainty regarding the post-2012 era, i. e. once the Kyoto Protocol’s initial application period expires. . JEL classification : G11, G23, Q53, Q54

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  • Ariane de Dominicis, 2006. "Les fonds d'investissement dans les actifs CO₂ : état des lieux," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 83(2), pages 47-53.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_2006_num_83_2_3999
    DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.2006.3999
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    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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