Colombia aims to diversify and decarbonize its energy sector by encouraging the use of non-conventional renewable resources. Policies and/or measures to achieve this will presumably help…
A new article on households energy efficiency with the participation of Jaume Freire (ENT Foundation) has been published. The article, entitled “Environmental rebound effect of…
Specific actions in households like voluntary reducing energy use or changes in consumption patterns, are supposed to have an impact on reducing carbon emissions and so, fighting climate…
The rebound effect reflects the difference between the expected energy savings from energy efficiency, and the real ones, considering the former is higher than the latter. In some extreme…
The article by Jaume Freire (ENT Foundation) entitled ”Energy taxation policies can counteract the rebound effect: Analysis within a general equilibrium framework“ has been…
ENT Foundation joins more than 50 organizations in sending a letter to EU leaders urging the protection of the oceans as a climate action
On 25 September, on the occasion of the…
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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The Journal “Climate” has published an article titled ”Climate Change Adaptation of Alpine Ski Tourism in Spain” by Luís Campos, Jaume Freire, Aina González…
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Mountain ecosystems are considered to be vulnerable to climate change, with potential detrimental effects including the reduction of the snow seasons, the gradual retreat of glaciers, and…
The article, titled “A scenario-based framework for assessing the economic potential of droughts impavyes” is authored by Jaume Freire (ENT), Christopher Decker and Jim Hall. It’s…
Estimating the potential economic impacts of drought is increasingly prominent in policy discussions on resilience to future population and climate changes. We develop a scenario-based…
Energy efficiency improvements reduce the costs of energy services, and under some circumstances, increase the available income. This generates an additional increase of consumption of…
Jaume Freire (ENT) has published a new article about energy efficiency and the rebound effect in the Journal of Cleaner Production. The article entitled “The influence of energy…
Some progress has been done during the last years on the methods and provision of empirical evidence on the direct and indirect rebound effect. However, these methods are complex, and…
Jaume Freire (ENT) has published a new article about the rebound effect in the journal Energy. Specifically, the article entitled “A new way to estimate the direct and indirect…
On 27 March, the workshop “Water supply and water stress- roles for Economic Instruments?” was held at Pati Llimona (Barcelona). Organized by the Institute for European…
The EU Energy Union Strategy is one of the 10 key priorities for the current European Commission and it aims to provide “secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy”.
In…
Energy Policy journal publishes in its number 102 (March 2017) a new article by Dr. Jaume Freire (ENT) on energy efficiency and the rebound effect on European households entitled…
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The project funded by the Fundación Biodiverdad and entitled “Climate change adaptation in urban coastal areas with high population density and touristic and cultural relevance in…
The EU Energy Union Strategy is one of the 10 key priorities for the current European Commission and it aims to provide “secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy”.
In…
