This article contains a report on a study carried out at the request of the French Ministry of the Environment, ADEME and CEA. The subject of the study was the long-term evolution of the environmental "social demand" of society, and the translation of this demand in terms of public R&D...

Recent decades have witnessed increasing consumption levels, and associated production levels, notably in the Western industrialised world. Past and future trends in household metabolic rates and the environmental impacts thereof are studied within the interdisciplinary research programme HOMES...

This paper considers the extent to which the organisational structure of the firm influences the perception and the integration of environmental problems. Environmental economists who have been concerned for many decades with market failures, and more recently with regulation failures, still...

Environmentalism is a fairly recent phenomenon, so the movement had to mature quickly and it did. The last three decades have witnessed a buildup in the emergence of a succession of different types of environmental group: the conservationists, the anti-pollution groups and the counter-expertise...

This paper examines the role of European Union (EU) leadership in the climate change regime. The EU has adopted a negotiating strategy with a high profile. This strategy is seen differently by negotiators and actors from non-European and EU countries. This is evident from 67 interviews conducted...

This paper aims at defining some ecologically adjusted aggregates with a view to building a "green" accounting framework. The model used for the research is based on both systems dynamics modelling and energy inputâoutput analysis. We consider that this combined method has the interesting...

The expansion of agricultural land use has been associated with the loss of environmental amenities, such as biological diversity, ecosystem services, and aesthetic values. Here, the determinants of agricultural land use are examined, drawing on panel data from 121 countries over the period...

Numerous articles and studies have pointed to a divergence of opinion between economists and ecologists on environmental matters. This paper examines these differences as they apply to the debate over climate change. In particular, the paper examines the models that economists use for making...

The paper gives an overview of the GREENSTAMP Project (GREEned National STAtistical and Modelling Procedures) which, during 1994â1996, developed results and recommendations concerning empirically and theoretically robust methods for greening national accounts. The recommended approach centres...