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Beatriu de Pinós research grant from Generalitat de Catalunya obtained by Jaume Freire González (ENT Foundation). The main objective of the proposal is to obtain a better understanding of…
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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…
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This January Oliver Canosa (UB), student of Environmental Sciences, has started a period of research internship at the ENT Foundation until mid-May. His tutor at the UB is Professor Jordi…
An energy transition toward clean energy sources would reduce environmental impacts. One proposal to trigger this energy transition uses economic instruments, particularly environmental…
The circular economy concept offers a number of solutions to increasing amounts of biowaste and resource scarcity by valorising biowaste. However, it is necessary to consistently address…
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…
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Following our Research Plan 2014-2020, ENT presents its Research Report 2017. This research report is organized around different indicators and its evaluation. In this sense, the report…
An environmental fiscal reform (EFR) represents a transition of a taxation system toward one based in environmental taxation, rather than on taxation of capital, labor, or consumption. It…
Computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling is a flexible and open way to model the economic systems that allow practitioners to assess the impacts of different policies or external…
Municipal waste charges (MWCh) have been widely acknowledged as a crucial tool for waste management at the local level. This is because they contribute to financing the costly provision of…
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…
Naples has experienced serious waste mismanagement during the last several decades. Illegal waste trafficking, the lack of an appropriate municipal solid waste management plan, and the…
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…
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…
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This is a European Commission-funded research project which seeks into the economic benefits of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and other spatial protection measures (SPMs) including no-take…
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From March 9-14 Ignasi Puig to move to Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) to meet up Jaume Freire (Harvard-ENT) and other researchers regarding METRES project (Modelling Environmental Tax…
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Following our Research Plan 2014-2020, ENT presents its Research Report 2016. This research report is organized around different indicators and its evaluation. In this sense, the report…
Droughts are a specific type of natural hazard. Economic assessments of drought impacts require a framework capable of accounting for its unique and particular characteristics. Traditional…
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Fundación Biodiversidad selected a project proposed by Fundació ENT in the context of the 2015 call for projects in the fields of terrestrial, marine and coastal biodiversity, climate…
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Nature-Based Solutions have the potential to limit impacts of climate change, enhance biodiversity and improve environmental quality while contributing to economic activities and social…
