[fre] Cet article met l'accent sur les mérites comparés de différentes politiques de régulation de l'effet de serre d'origine agricole. Sont abordées séparément et simultanément les politiques de second rang visant à limiter les émissions de méthane dues à l'élevage, et l'incitation...

Agriculture contributes significantly to the emissions of greenhouse gases in the EU. By using a farm-type, linear-programming based model of the European agricultural supply, we first assess the initial levels of methane and nitrous oxide emissions at the regional level in the EU. For a range...

We address the issue of the design of climate policy in a dynamic, multi-greenhouse gas context. Despite well-established shortcomings, the Global Warming Potential (GWP) is the most commonly used index to compare greenhouse gases. We first review the shortcomings of the GWP from an economic...