SWEEEP Webinar series – 2022
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 […]
Addressing jointly air pollution and climate change to reduce health-economic impacts
Accounting for air pollution impacts reduces climate mitigation costs without increasing inequality and increases global and regional welfare. A comprehensive integrated assessment modelling framework capturing the most critical interactions between air […]
Net zero-emission pathways for reducing the risks for the environment and the economy of climate change
Net zero-emission pathways for reducing the risks for the environment and the economy of climate change An analysis led by RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE) and […]
Intervention points for achieving carbon neutrality
The first Climate Neutrality Forum (CNF) took place in 2021 bringing together over 1,000 academics and climate policy experts in a multi-hub hybrid in-person and virtual meeting held in Berlin, […]
To understand solar geoengineering, we need the social sciences
n an article for Science’s Policy Forum, experts from a variety of fields consider how the social sciences can inform the understanding, application, and implications of solar geoengineering. Twenty-one scholars […]
The cost of heatwaves in Europe
Economic losses in Europe are projected to increase by almost a factor of five by 2060 compared to the historical damages experienced and will affect more the areas where heatwave-induced […]
Recent technology cost forecasts underestimate the pace of technological change
A comparison of observed global energy technology costs, with forecasts generated by models and forecasts predicted by human experts, showed that both forecasting methods underestimated cost reductions. This suggests that […]
After the pandemic: economy, poverty and climate in the post-COVID-19 era
The economic activity might not recover quickly and poverty increase in the next 4 years, decarbonisation might be only temporary. The consequences of COVID-19 based on the effects of five […]
CMCC-RFF Policy Session: Policies to promote a Just Transitions – lessons from the EU and the US
CMCC and RFF jointly organized a session entitled “Policies to support workers and communities in the transition to clean energy economies in the US and the EU” during the last […]
Assessing feasibility concerns in climate mitigation scenarios
What drives the feasibility of climate scenarios commonly reviewed by organizations like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? And can they actually be extrapolated to the real world? A […]
