European Institute
on Economics and the Environment

The Institute

EIEE’s mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement. The Institute is committed to being a central focal point for research insights and policy solutions within Europe, and connecting that work internationally.

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Our research

Topics

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Climate
Transition

Achieving climate neutrality requires a rapid and profound transformation of our societies. Strong analytical capacity can be harnessed to design transition pathways which are feasible and equitable.

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Climate Impacts
& Adaptations

Understanding how agents, as well as physical and biophysical systems, react to climate change.

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Climate Finance
& Macroeconomics

The macroeconomic repercussion of environmental challenges are key for designing a sustainable transition.

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Climate
Justice

Solving climate change will not happen without an adequate distribution of the efforts and an inclusive approach.

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Sustainable Innovation
& Digitalization

Reaching climate-neutral economies and societies in a just and equitable way requires innovation of both technological and social systems.

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Behavioural
Data Science

Solving ecological problems understanding how people and organizations behave.

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Human Health
& Migration

Environmental change affects migration, and in turn, migration provides ways to escape ecological risks.

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Resilient
Cities

Urban areas are at the forefront of climate mitigation adaptation policies, being a place where a range of actors interact in different economic activities

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Henke H., Dekker M., Lombardi F., Pietzcker R., Fragkos P., Zakeri B., Rodrigues R., Sitarz J., Emmerling J., Fattahi A., Dalla Longa F., Tatarewicz I., Fotiou T., Lewarski M., Huppmann D., Kavvadias K., van der Zwaan B., Usher W.

The mutual benefits of comparing Energy System Models and Integrated Assessment Models

Open Research Europe , - 2024

Calcaterra M., Aleluia Reis L., Fragkos P., Briera T., de Boer H. S., Egli F., Emmerling J., Iyer G., Mittal S., Polzin F. H. J., Sanders M. W. J. L., Schmidt T. S., Serebriakova A., Steffen B., van de Ven D. J., van Vuuren D. P., Waidelich P., Tavoni M.

Reducing the cost of capital to finance the energy transition in developing countries

Nature Energy , - 2024

Kelly, David; Heutel, Garth; Moreno-Cruz, Juan; Shayegh, Soheil

Solar Geoengineering, Learning, and Experimentation

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists , - 2024

Azuero-Pedraza, Cindy G.; Thomas, Valerie M.

Incorporating biodiversity impacts in land use decisions

Ecological Modelling , - 2024

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October 16 - October 17

September 27 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CEST

September 5 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CEST

July 22 @ 1:00 pm - July 24 @ 2:00 pm CEST

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Localised decarbonisation pathways for citizens, local administrations and businesses to inform for mitigation and adaptation action

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Europe's Moment: Designing Effective Policies in Energy Storage Technology for Renewables

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