Estelle Cantillon
@estellecantillon.bsky.social
I'm an economist at Université Libre de Bruxelles, interested in market design, climate transition and sustainability. Posting mostly in EN but sometimes also in FR and NL. Webpage: https://ecantill.ulb.be/
Jurisdictions (rather than project developers) are on the supply side. A larger size reduces leakage, monitoring costs, risks, etc. To create demand, we consider a mandate on pension funds to be Paris-and Montreal-aligned. The carbon and biodiversity dividends reduce the funds’ footprint. 3/6
July 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Jurisdictions (rather than project developers) are on the supply side. A larger size reduces leakage, monitoring costs, risks, etc. To create demand, we consider a mandate on pension funds to be Paris-and Montreal-aligned. The carbon and biodiversity dividends reduce the funds’ footprint. 3/6
I had the pleasure to work with Bea and Eric on scaling finance for forests in the Global South. Our starting point: the nature-based VCM is broken. Higher standards and better monitoring will not fix it. It can’t serve as a template for nature. Why? It can’t deal with nature’s impermanence. 🧵1/6
July 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I had the pleasure to work with Bea and Eric on scaling finance for forests in the Global South. Our starting point: the nature-based VCM is broken. Higher standards and better monitoring will not fix it. It can’t serve as a template for nature. Why? It can’t deal with nature’s impermanence. 🧵1/6
Glad to see civil society and the judicial system taking over. The following quote from the article shows there's still some work to do. Fresh fish, really? And nobody's responsibility to check?????
July 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Glad to see civil society and the judicial system taking over. The following quote from the article shows there's still some work to do. Fresh fish, really? And nobody's responsibility to check?????
Good news of the day: EU one percentage point away from meeting its 2030 climate target (-55% relative to 1990).
Yes, it can be done 💪 (and we have not even started doing the more difficult stuff: behavior & agriculture)
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Next milestone: 2040 and -90% relative to 1990.
Yes, it can be done 💪 (and we have not even started doing the more difficult stuff: behavior & agriculture)
on.ft.com/4mr3Ro9
Next milestone: 2040 and -90% relative to 1990.
May 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Good news of the day: EU one percentage point away from meeting its 2030 climate target (-55% relative to 1990).
Yes, it can be done 💪 (and we have not even started doing the more difficult stuff: behavior & agriculture)
on.ft.com/4mr3Ro9
Next milestone: 2040 and -90% relative to 1990.
Yes, it can be done 💪 (and we have not even started doing the more difficult stuff: behavior & agriculture)
on.ft.com/4mr3Ro9
Next milestone: 2040 and -90% relative to 1990.
Just came across this interesting blog on why carbon removal markets don't scale up. Choices made in the past still influence things today. There are lessons for the emerging biodiversity market too (don’t use the existing carbon credit market as a template), but maybe not the same tradeoffs.
April 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Just came across this interesting blog on why carbon removal markets don't scale up. Choices made in the past still influence things today. There are lessons for the emerging biodiversity market too (don’t use the existing carbon credit market as a template), but maybe not the same tradeoffs.
La France étudie la suppression des Low Emissions Zones. Marion Leroutier 🧵résume l’impact de ces mesures : les bénéfices santé sont clairs, on en sait moins sur l’impact sur la mobilité des ménages. Et si on s’y intéressait réellement, plutôt que de les supprimer ou les postposer comme à Bruxelles?
April 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
La France étudie la suppression des Low Emissions Zones. Marion Leroutier 🧵résume l’impact de ces mesures : les bénéfices santé sont clairs, on en sait moins sur l’impact sur la mobilité des ménages. Et si on s’y intéressait réellement, plutôt que de les supprimer ou les postposer comme à Bruxelles?
We should all sweep in front of our doors. This report by AI reminds me of a quote in a recent Brussels Times article: Many people don't care about asylum seeker rights, but "what is happening now with their rights is exactly what will happen to ours tomorrow." Not proud of my country.
April 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We should all sweep in front of our doors. This report by AI reminds me of a quote in a recent Brussels Times article: Many people don't care about asylum seeker rights, but "what is happening now with their rights is exactly what will happen to ours tomorrow." Not proud of my country.
New decorations and posters have appeared on campus this past week. Sometimes it is useful to remind ourselves of the obvious … 😍
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March 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
New decorations and posters have appeared on campus this past week. Sometimes it is useful to remind ourselves of the obvious … 😍
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Soon no more language issues in Belgium ? 🎊
English becomes the most widely-spoken language among the 14-34 yr-olds in Belgium, before Dutch and French.
More data at: languageknowledge.eu
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English becomes the most widely-spoken language among the 14-34 yr-olds in Belgium, before Dutch and French.
More data at: languageknowledge.eu
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February 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Soon no more language issues in Belgium ? 🎊
English becomes the most widely-spoken language among the 14-34 yr-olds in Belgium, before Dutch and French.
More data at: languageknowledge.eu
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English becomes the most widely-spoken language among the 14-34 yr-olds in Belgium, before Dutch and French.
More data at: languageknowledge.eu
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Starting today at ULB : A primer on electricity market design by Natalia Fabra
January 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Starting today at ULB : A primer on electricity market design by Natalia Fabra