Climate Neutrality Forum
Bringing together leading researchers, policymakers and practitioners working on achieving climate neutrality, the meeting will take place simultaneously at three hubs – Berlin, Milan and Oxford – linked together to create a blended event that is both in-person and virtual in nature. Delegates will be drawn from academic, policy, civil society and business communities. […]
A team of Italian researchers supports central banks in assessing climate risks through the development of new macroeconomic models
A novel project funded by the International network for sustainable financial policy insights, research and exchange (Inspire) – with the participation of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa, Rff-Cmcc European Institute on Economics (Milan), Bocconi University, Politecnico di Milano – is underway. Coordinator Francesco Lamperti: “Synergy of fiscal, monetary and macroprudential policy to ensure a […]
South Africa: the rising temperatures will cost up to 20% of per capita GDP
Reduced wage gap between high-skilled and low-skilled workers, and severe impacts on economic productivity. Climate change effects on economics and labour in a new study led by EIEE (RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment) and the CMCC Foundation. Temperature rise due to climate change has negatively affected labour productivity in the past decades and […]
Low-carbon policies can be ‘balanced’ to benefit small firms and average households
A review of ten types of policy used to reduce carbon suggests that some costs fall on those less able to bear them – but it also shows these policies can form the bedrock of a ‘green recovery’ if specifically designed and used in tandem. Some of the low-carbon policy options currently used by governments […]
Health, air pollution, COVID19: an integrated approach
Lock-down measures in spring in Lombardy saved 20% of premature deaths from COVID19, but pollution exceeded WHO levels one in every four days. In a new publication in Environmental Research Letters, researchers from the European Institute on Economics (EIEE) and the Environment, Bocconi University and Politecnico di Milano have quantified the health repercussions of the […]
New start for the Research Network on Energy Workforce Transitions
ReNEWT, the international consortium aimed at evaluating and designing solutions to ensure a just and equitable transition to carbon neutrality for all, has just launched its new website. Explore the main goals and keep up to date with the activities of the network, currently managed by the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment […]
The state of the art of Integrated Assessment Modelling
Integrated Assessment is a scientific discipline that uses models to describe both the human system and the earth system, to better understand sustainability problems and investigate effective response options. The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Consortium (IAMC) will be held online on December 1st-4th, 2020. The meeting is open to researchers from organizations involved in integrated assessment modelling […]
Path Back to Paris
PATH BACK TO PARIS Edoardo Campo Lobato Earlier this month, the United States became the first and only nation in the world to formally withdraw from the Paris Agreement, the historic international accord on climate change. The landmark agreement, which the United States joined in 2015 together with more than 190 other nations and the […]
The influence of social norms and behaviour on energy use
People tend to conform to what others do and what others regard as right. Do these two social norms influence electric energy consumption? In the prestigious journal Nature Energy, a team of Italian scientists have identified, for the first time, how these norms interact and influence the energy use of hundreds of thousands of Italian […]
A pan-institute Series of Webinars in Environmental and Energy Economics and Policy
Environmental, energy, and ecological problems have grown faster than their solutions. Economists have an important role to play to address these issues by using the latest science, rigorous methods and innovative policy solutions. The SWEEEP webinar series aims to convene the academic community to contribute to the scientific, economic, and policy discourses on important environmental […]
