The report aims to provide Local Authorities, particularly in a high-density context, with more information about these systems and to describe the basic steps needed for their…
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…
Recycling of plastic waste is promoted by the European Union as an important step toward a circular economy. Recovered plastic waste is a complex and heterogeneous material, and the…
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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…
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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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Following our Research Plan 2014-2020, ENT presents its Research Report 2018. This research report is organized around different indicators and its evaluation. In this sense, the report…
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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…
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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…
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…
