Supplementing national accounts so that the tree no longer hides the forest

Compléter les comptes nationaux pour que l’arbre ne cache plus la forêt

Dominique Bureau (), Philippe Delacote (), Fanny Henriet () and Alexandra Niedzwiedz ()
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Dominique Bureau: CAE - Conseil d'analyse économique, SGP - Société des Grands Projets
Philippe Delacote: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CEC - Chaire Economie du Climat - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
Fanny Henriet: AMSE - Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CAE - Conseil d'analyse économique
Alexandra Niedzwiedz: AgroParisTech, BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: Faced with climate change and its many consequences, public decision-makers need reliable information on the costs and benefits of environmental protection measures. To this end, it is essential to have an accounting valuation of environmental capital that goes beyond the market framework alone. Using the example of forests, Dominique Bureau, Philippe Delacote, Fanny Henriet, and Alexandra Niedzwiedz propose, in this CAE note, a method for valuing the multiple services provided by forests in national accounts. This work sheds light on public policy by making visible the previously implicit costs and benefits of actions in favor of the forestry sector. While this exercise can be extended to other ecosystems, the case of forests is exemplary: forest carbon sinks have halved in ten years, and their future contribution to carbon neutrality targets remains uncertain.

Keywords: Environmental accounting; Comptabilité environnementale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-09-11
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