New Paper! The challenge of a sustainable territorial inclusion in France

The challenge of a sustainable territorial inclusion in France by Madeleine Péron was written under the aegis of the European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition at Sciences Po and published in February 2022.

The paper argues that a successful transition towards a more sustainable society cannot afford to ignore the existing vulnerabilities. Apart from social and economic inequalities, territorial disparities represent a specific issue that the sustainability transition can either reinforce or mitigate. In a country like France, the Yellow Vests movement revealed the necessity of a more inclusive path to sustainability. Building on existing literature, the paper proposes to analyze territorial inequalities and challenges in a context of sustainable development objectives, focusing on several key determinants of well-being (employment, education, and, in a more prospective manner, health and social relations). The author suggests some perspectives to integrate territorial inclusion challenges into the sustainable development framework and policy design.

Madeleine Péron obtained her degree at the Paris School of Economics (Master Analysis and Policy in Economics). She has been working at the Well-being Observatory of the Cepremap, and is currently an economist at the French Council of Economic Analysis. Building on diverse experiences, her main topics of interest converge towards public policies and in particular topics related with the economics of well-being and territorial inequalities.

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• The European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition