Governments stimulate efficiency measures to save water resources, particularly in areas with high water stress and those that experience droughts. However, economic theory and some…
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The article by Jaume Freire (ENT Foundation) entitled ”Does Water Efficiency Reduce Water Consumption? The Economy-Wide Water Rebound Effect” has been accepted for publication…
The article starts by highlighting how the existing economic framework intrinsically collides with nature conservation goals, due to massive presence of environmental externalities, and…
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The Metres project (Modelling an Environmental Tax Reform in Spain) concluded in December 2018. It was the result of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship awarded by the European…
ENT Environment and Management has prepared, since 2006, a number of studies in several Catalan municipalities to implement waste charges based on “pay as you throw” schemes, through…
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A new article by Jaumre Freire (ENT) has been published in the journal Economic Systems Research. The article is entitled “Carbon Taxes and the Double Dividend Hypothesis in a…
A carbon tax is potentially a policy that can reduce CO2 emissions and mitigate climate risks, at lowest economy-wide costs. We develop a dynamic CGE model for Spain to assess the economic…
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Luis Campos Rodrigues (ENT) will participate in the preparatory meetings of the URIP (Urban-Regional Innovation Partnerships) sessions to be held in 2019, as well as the coordinating group…
A Beatriu de Pinós research grant from the Generalitat de Catalunya has been obtained by Jaume Freire González (ENT Foundation). The main objective of the project is to obtain a better…
The main objective of the proposal is to obtain a better understanding of the Jevons’ Paradox and its potential solutions. We will investigate how government interventions can minimise…
An energy transition toward clean energy sources would reduce environmental impacts. One proposal to trigger this energy transition uses economic instruments, particularly environmental…
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Accepted in the journal Economic Systems Research a new article by Jaume Freire (ENT). The article is entitled “Carbon Taxes and the Double Dividend Hypothesis in a…
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Published in the journal Energy Economics a new article by Jaume Freire and Ignasi Puig (ENT) entitled “Reformulating taxes for an energy transition”.
An energy transition…
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Projects
The paper presents the rationale for an EU-wide tax on plastic, and discusses at what stage of the value chain it could be applied. Several alternatives are presented in relation to the…
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The paper presents the rationale for an EU-wide tax on plastic, and discusses at what stage of the value chain it could be applied. Several alternatives are presented in relation to the…
New article by Gabriel Weber (ENT fellow), Maria Calaf (ENT), Igansi Puig (ENT), Ignazio Cabras and Giacomo d’Alisa in Ecological Economics entitled ”Promoting Waste Degrowth…
This paper investigates the introduction of unit-pricing (UP) schemes in waste management with regard to grassroots initiatives promoting bottom-up participatory processes in local…
From 5-7 November 2018, the ELCN will organise a Workshop on Incentives for Private Land Conservation in Madrid. Ignasi Puig (ENT) will have a presentation on Payment for environmental…
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On October 2nd and 3rd the General Assembly of the DECISIVE project about decentralization of organic matter management financed with Horizon 2020 funds was held in Trieste, Italy. This…
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In September, Jaume Freire (ENT) will participate in the conference “EMP-E Conference 2018. Modeling Clean Energy Pathways.” The conference, will be held on September 25 and 26…
