Publications

Given the interconnectedness of modern economies and the widespread adoption of just-in-time production methods, even minor disruptions …

Countries can suffer supply chain disruptions and important economic losses when their trade partners are hit by natural disasters. As …

Les stratégies d’adaptation sont relativement techniques à concevoir et diffèrent assez largement, par exemple, de la gestion …

Understanding the cooling service provided by vegetation in cities is important to inform urban policy and planning. However, the …

In this paper we set up a modeling chain to study the impact of different urban planning scenarios on air quality and ultimately the …

Opposition to climate policies is partly due to their impacts on inequality. But with most economic studies focused on income …

We show that policy portfolios can reduce GHG emissions in urban transport in 120 cities by 20% while improving welfare.

With Charlotte Liotta and Felix Creutzig, we studied 120 cities across all continents except Africa (due to a lack of available data) …

Si développer les voitures électriques et les pompes à chaleur est incontournable pour atteindre nos objectifs climatiques, s’en contenter au nom du coût de la tonne de CO2 évitée serait une erreur. Plus généralement, il faut se garder d’une application simpliste de ce critère.

Il est urgent de mener des politiques publiques volontaristes pour trouver des altematives à un système à la fois énergivore et …

Sur une période de 15 ans, il est possible de réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre liés au transport public urbain de 22 %, …

Cities across Mediterranean Europe face common climatic threats. They are highly vulnerable and very likely to suffer losses and …

3 chapitres du livre édité par Caroline Gallez et Olivier Coutard

Achieving sustainable urban transportation is critical, and local policies are crucial in achieving this goal. In a recent study …

Mes travaux s’intéressent à la question du changement climatique, défi majeur posé à nos sociétés, qui porte à une échelle et …

Defining and measuring progress in adaptation are important questions for climate adaptation science, policy, and practice. Here, we …

Le développement de transports en commun permet-il d’amĺiorer l’accès aux emplois des plus pauvres? Des chercheurs de …

This work presents a gridded dataset on real estate and transportation in 192 worldwide urban areas, obtained from the Google Maps API …

It is difficult to cut transport greenhouse gas emissions without affecting negatively the poorest people. A solution, in cities, is to …

Existing research on the equity impact of climate policies tends to focus on inequalities across income levels and neglect inequalities …

Dans les années 1970, à la suite de mai 68, il y eut en France un mouvement de “retour à la terre” d’urbains fuyant les villes et la …

Alors même que les engagements pris par les États sur les questions climatiques peinent à se concrétiser, les villes et les communes, à …

Using a unique dataset containing gridded data on population densities, rents, housing sizes, and transportation in 192 cities …

Opposition to climate policies seems to arise, at least partly, from their effects on inequality. However, so far, the impact of …

This paper investigates the land value creation potential from flood mitigation investments in a theoretical and applied setting, using …

This dataset contains information on the characteristics of Local Climate Adaptation Plans in Europe. A sample of 328 medium- to large-sized cities across the formerly EU-28 was investigated.

Si, au premier abord, l’« adaptation » au changement climatique et l’« atténuation » du changement climatique sont deux sujets …

Final report of CIRED’s part of the DRAGON research project

Bien que le phénomène d’étalement urbain ait été étudié depuis le début du XXème siècle, et que ses conséquences environnementales …

Chapter in the book “Urban Climate Science for Planning Healthy Cities”, edited by Chao Ren and Glenn R. McGregor

La climatisation est une solution pratique pour lutter contre les impacts sanitaires des canicules, et de plus en plus de français …

Is disaster risk management’s sole purpose to reduce damages from natural hazards or is it a more fundamental requirement for …

Urban sprawl impacts are critical in the evaluation of planning decisions and often monitored by indicators of soil sealing. In France, …

Natural infrastructure such as parks, forests, street trees, green roofs, and coastal vegetation is central to sustainable urban …

Ce rapport vise à fournir une méthode pour intégrer les services écosystémiques (SE) dans les politiques d’aménagement urbain, et …

In Europe, regions in the Mediterranean area share common characteristics in terms of high sensitivity to climate change impacts. Does …

Vincent Viguié, chercheur au Centre international de recherche sur l’environnement et le développement (CIRED), …

Les solutions pour construire une mobilité décarbonée se multiplient et se diversifient. Pourtant, les objectifs de réduction …

Adaptation is a central component of climate policy, helping manage and reduce risks. Sometimes, however, adaptation to climate change …

Cities across the globe recognise their role in climate mitigation and are acting to reduce carbon emissions. Knowing whether cities …

Sustainable urban mobility is an essential component of sustainable development but requires careful planning in rapidly growing urban …

The question of what cities can contribute to mitigation and adapting to climate change is gaining traction among researchers and …

Nos Futurs est une anthologie de textes destinés à sensibiliser, à informer et à produire des récits autour des enjeux du changement …

Cities are major drivers of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions–the sources of anthropocentric climate change, whilst …

Sustainable and inclusive decarbonisation of European cities is a pre-requisite for achieving carbon neutrality at the EU level. As …

Les politiques urbaines et les modes de vie des citadins sont un élément central de la question climatique. Nous vivons en effet dans …

Some actions intended to adapt to climate change may do more harm than good, especially when they consume energy, making it more …

De nombreuses études ont montré les bienfaits de la végétalisation des villes contre la pollution comme pour la santé physique et …

Face à la multiplication des risques environnementaux, il est nécessaire d’introduire davantage de nature dans les villes pour …

This paper investigates how and to what extent changes in user behavior may mitigate the environmental benefits of urban ridesharing, a …

Building on a two-dimensional discrete version of the standard urban economics land-use model, this paper presents a tractable urban …

La France, comme le reste de l’Europe, reste très concernée par l’augmentation continue des surfaces de sols artificialisées. Ces …

Why do high income residents tend to live in the suburbs in some cities, and in the central areas inothers? What drives changes over …

Cities, the core of the global climate change mitigation and strategic low-carbon development, are shelters to more than half of the …

Les villes sont des milieux denses. Organisées et plus ou moins autonomes, elles sont en première ligne face aux risques et aux …

Poster at the IPCC Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, Edmonton, Canada

This paper investigates the environmental benefits of ride-sharing through its CO2 emission mitigation potential. Ride-sharing is …

Transit subsidies in the urban area of Buenos Aires are high, amounting to a total of US$5 billion for 2012. They have been challenged …

Ridesharing has attracted considerable attention in recent years, as a simple, relatively inexpensive, yet efficient way to curb …

This paper reviews the potential and barriers of demand-side mitigation options in the agricultural sector based on the recent academic …

Compact city concept has been widely debated and analysed in scientific literature. Many methodologies have been established, in which …

Although climate scientists explore the effects of climate change for 2100, it is a challenging time frame for urban modellers to …

Increasing heat-wave risk due to regional climate evolutions, exacerbat- ed by urban heat island (UHI) effects, is a major threat for …

The aim of this paper is to assess the advantages and drawbacks of using the SLEUTH, LCM and NEDUM-2D models according to their ability …

Alors que la communauté internationale s’efforce de construire le futur régime global de lutte contre le changement climatique, les …

Les enjeux climatiques fournissent une très bonne illustration des tensions entre la lutte contre les inégalités sociales et les luttes …

This article analyses the observed and projected impacts of climate change on human and natural systems, their vulnerability and …

The evolution of heat-wave risk in cities is related to regional climate change in interaction with urban heat island. Land planning …

Long term strategies, relying on city planning and travel demand management, are essential if deep GHG reduction ambitions are to be …

Societies have to both reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and undertake adaptation measures to limit the negative impacts of global …

In a context of rapid urbanization and energy transition, massive investments will be required to develop efficient public transport …

Afin de faire émerger de nouveaux projets éligibles aux financements du Fonds Français pour l’environnement mondial (FFEM) sur la …

The NEDUM-2D model is used to downscale four global socio-economic scenarios at city scale and simulate the evolution of the Paris …

Vagues de chaleur plus fréquentes et intenses, hivers plus doux et arrosés, augmentation des jours de canicule… les études menées par …

Avec le changement climatique, les canicules deviendront un problème de santé publique. En ville, l’îlot de chaleur accroît la …

The aim of this article is to lay out a series of issues of current concern to researchers in the social sciences, regarding the impact …

An introduction to the challenges facing urban areas and the urgent need to make them more sustainable: - A key challenge is the …

La tendance globale du réchauffementclimatique se trouve renforcée en villepar le phénomène d’îlot de chaleur,très lié aux formes …

Le Versement pour Sous Densité est une mesure innovante qui a fait son entrée dans la loi française depuis mi-2012 et qui vise à …

Le changement climatique peut être la source de profondes disparités entre les territoires. C’est le cas parce que la lutte contre les …

Around the world, cities are at the forefront of climate policies. Land-use planning, urban transport and housing policies are …

Cities are at the forefront of climate policies. However, urban climate policies are not implemented in a vacuum; they interact with …

Because they are home to more than half of the world population, and because mostof the world economic activity takes place within …

Actions that range from incremental steps to transformational changes are essential for reducing risk from weather and climate extremes …

L’agglomération parisienne peut être bien décrite par un modèle mono-centrique. A partir de ce modèle, nous étudions l’impact d’une …

Les travaux réalisés à l’échelle internationale s’accordent sur le fait que les actions en matière de lutte contre le changement …

It has recently been shown that the work extractable from correlated bipartite quantum systems under an appropriate protocol can be …

We report a novel mode of quasi-static oscillatory crack propagation when a cutting tip of moderately large width is driven through a …