Kick-off meeting of the ENGAGE project |18-20 September
As the world faces the risks of dangerous climate change, policy-makers, industry and civil society leaders are counting on Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) to inform and guide strategies to deliver on the objectives of the Paris Agreement (PA). The “Exploring National and Global Actions to reduce Greenhouse gas Emissions“- ENGAGE rises to this challenge by […]
European Research and Innovation Days – 25 September 2019
Bringing stakeholders together to shape future research and innovation policy at Kanal Centre Pompidou, Brussels. European Research and Innovation Days is the first annual policy event of the European Commission, bringing together stakeholders to debate and shape the future research and innovation landscape. On 25 September Elena Verdolini will be in High Level Panel on […]
Elena Verdolini awarded a ERC Grant for her innovative project – 4 September 2019
Will the digital revolution act as an enabler or as a barrier to reach our emissions reduction target? Elena Verdolini, senior researcher at RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE), CMCC Foundation and Assistant Professor at Università degli Studi di Brescia, was awarded a ERC grant for her project focused on the interplay […]
Econometric Models of Climate Change Conference – 29/30 August 2019
The Econometric Models of Climate Change Conference (EMCC-IV) aims at promoting an interdisciplinary approach to the detection and attribution of climate change, cross-fertilization between climate science, economics and econometrics, and econometric estimates of climate impacts and policy evaluation. More info about the conference program is available here. EIEE researchers participate in the Conference on Friday […]
Projections of electricity demand in European cities using downscaled population scenarios – 18 September 2019
September 18, 2019 Seminar | h. 12:30 – 13:30 pm CEST Venezia – VEGA, aula CANCELLETTO, primo piano Speakers: Gianni Guastella Stefano Pareglio Introduced by: Ramiro Parrado, CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Abstract This work is an attempt to estimate future electricity demand in cities based on current population projections. In […]
NAVIGATE Kick-off meeting 11-13 September 2019
The NAVIGATE kick-off meeting will take place on 11-13 September 2019 at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Potsdam, Germany. NAVIGATE (“Next generation of AdVanced InteGrated Assessment modelling to support climaTE policy making”) is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme and carried out by a consortium of 15 […]
Adapting to a changing world – 24 August 2019
Courmayeur, Aosta – 24 August 2019 The 2019 Edtion of “Scienze in vetta” the festival of Science of Courmayeur this year will have the title “Adapting to a changing world”. Elena Verdolini, EIEE senior researcher, has been invited to give a lecture during the event. The lecture will be organised during a panel on entitled […]
Removing CO2 from the atmosphere? We can do it but huge innovation is required
A new Nature Communications study has shown the potential of Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS), a new technology for removing CO2 directly from the atmosphere, in helping to limit global temperature rise and lowering the costs of achieving the Paris objectives. However, the authors note that these technologies should be used as part of […]
Urban Road Pricing and the Environment: Lessons from Milano and London – May 21st 2019
Cities have deployed innovative policies to reduce urban pollution and incentivize green transportation. At the same time, cities face unprecedented environmental and pollution challenges. It is time to take stock of experiences, evaluate their effectiveness and see how to improve and expand them. This workshop will discuss the environmental impacts of urban policies for two […]
Capital stranding cascades: The impact of decarbonisation on productive asset utilisation – 9 May 2019
This article develops a novel methodological framework to investigate the exposure of economic systems to the risk of physical capital stranding. Combining Input-Output (IO) and network theory, we define measures to identify both the sectors likely to trigger relevant capital stranding cascades and those most exposed to capital stranding risk. We show how, in a […]
