I am a Doctoral Researcher in the research group "Data-based climate decision". I use Multi-Regional Input Output Tables to explore how international trade can help us mitigate climate change and its impacts. I develop innovative approaches to analyze the impact of local climate policies on foreign countries.
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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. My Master thesis focused on applications of 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.
I develop 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.
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 framework to quantify comprehensively the externalities caused by supply chains starting from, going through and ending in a given country. I am now using these approaches to evaluate whether unilateral trade policies such as Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms could incite foreign countries to implement more ambitious climate policies.
- 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 Multi Regional Input Output modelling as a tool for sustainable decision-making- Master Thesis (unpublished). November 2019
- 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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