The SEME Division analyses the transition to sustainability, helping identify and evaluate low carbon, sustainable strategies. The approach used is multidisciplinary, with strong use of quantitative methods based on data science, integrated modeling and experimental and behavioral economics.
Objectives
- Evaluate the low carbon transformation of the energy, land and climate sectors;
- Evaluate behavioural and traditional policy interventions for promoting pro-environmental behavior;
- Assess green innovation and its determinants;
- Study the interplay between various sustainable development goals;
- Identify robust policy strategies to climate risks and uncertainties;
- Identify technological and societal transition pathways;
- Study climate induced migration.
SEME Projects
The RE-CONNECT project is dedicated to assisting the 196 Parties committed to…
Despite the wide recognition of the complex interactions between trade (policy) and…
SEME Publications
Warning words in a warming world: Central bank communication and climate change
Campiglio E., Deyris J., Romelli D., Scalisi G.
2025, European Economic Review, doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2025.105101
Human after all: Occupations at the core of AI adoption
Fontanelli L., Calvino F., Criscuolo C., Nesta L., Verdolini E.
2025, Labour Economics, doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102754
SEME Models
FASST(R) is a source receptor model, an R version of the reduced-form…
WITCH (World Induced Technical Change Hybrid) is an integrated assessment model designed…