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


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.
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Speakers
 

Romain Duval

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

 
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Simon Voigts

Economist, Research Department, International Monetary Fund

Antoine Bouët

Director, CEPII - moderator