CEPII, Recherche et Expertise sur l'economie mondiale
Mercredi 25 mars 2026
8:30-9:45 - CEPII, 20 avenue de Ségur, 75007 Paris
The investment and broader macroeconomic impacts of the EU’s energy transition. Discussion with Romain Duval (IMF)


L'économie mondiale 2017
The EU has binding emission targets for 2030 (-55% vs 1990 emission levels, as part of the “Fit-for-55" agenda) and 2050 (net zero). And it just approved a target range for 2035 (-66.25 to -72.5%) and its 2040 target (-90%). Studies disagree on the investment and broader macro implications of such targets. Bottom-up studies find that meeting the EU’s Fit for 55 goals implies a rise in investment of 3% of GDP over the next decades (e.g. Pisani Ferry-Mahfouz study for France). Top-down macro studies find a negligible or even zero impact. Getting investment and broader macro effects right matters for:
  • growth, inflation, and fiscal effects;
  • the political feasibility of this transition as larger fiscal costs might discourage some policymakers.
Upon invitation only
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Speakers
 

Romain Duval

Assistant Director, European Department, IMF Mission Chief for Spain, International Monetary Fund

Simon Voigts

Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund

Antoine Bouët

Director, CEPII - moderator