I am a Doctoral Researcher in the research group "Data-based climate decision". I focus on the interactions between climate change and supply chains. I use Multi-Regional Input Output Tables to analyze how international trade reshuffles responsibilities for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and other externalities. I develop new approaches to assess the implications of Border Carbon Adjustments on global cooperation against climate change.
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I hold a Master Degree in Engineering from CentraleSupelec (France) with a major in Energy Networks and a Master of Environmental Economics from Université Paris-Saclay (France), with a major in prospective modelling applied to Energy, Environment and Transportation. My Master's thesis focused on applications of Multi-Regional Input-Output tables for decision-making and was the result of a collaboration between Pricewaterhouse Coppers France and PIK.
I started my doctoral research at PIK in May 2020.
My current research focuses on understanding how producers, consumers and intermediate can help reduce emissions along international supply chains. I developed the Throughflow Based Accounting (TBA) framework to quantify comprehensively the externalities caused by supply chains starting from, going through and ending in a given country. I have used this framework to evaluate the exposure of middle- and low-income countries to the European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). I am currently bringing together elements of Input-Output analysis, trade economics and game theory to explore the implications of CBAMs on global climate cooperation.
During my PhD, I have developed several methods and techniques to extend and analyze Multi-Regional Input-Output tables. I developed the Scenario-based Projection of the International trade Network (SPIN) method to generate Input-Output tables aligned with simplified long-term macro-economic scenarios and the Multi-Scale Mapping (MSM) to extrapolate Greenhouse Gases inventories to developing countries with a high sectoral resolution. I am currently developing a Python package to handle and exploit Multi-Regional Input-Output tables for externality accounting.
- Beaufils, T., Ward, H., Jakob, M., .& Wenz, L. Assessing different European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism implementations and their impact on trade partners. Commun Earth Environ 4, 131 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00788-4
- Beaufils, T., Berthet, E., Ward, H., & Wenz, L. (2023). Beyond production and consumption: Using throughflows to untangle the virtual trade of externalities. Economic Systems Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2023.2174003
- Beaufils, T., Wenz, L. (2022). A scenario-based method for projecting multi-regional input-output tables. Economic Systems Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2021.1952404
- Beaufils T., (2019). Multi Regional Input Output modelling as a tool for sustainable decision-making. Master Thesis. CentraleSupelec, Université Paris-Saclay, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Pricewaterhouse Coppers France
- Beaufils, T., Pineau, P-O. (2019). Assessing the impact of residential load profile changes on electricity distribution utility revenues under alternative rate structures. Utilities Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2019.100959
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