SEME Projects
PARIS REINFORCE aims to underpin climate policymaking with authoritative scientific processes and results, and enhance the science-policy interface, in light of the Paris Agreement and associated...
Consulting activities for the sensitivity analysis on the main macro-economic drivers and for the macro-economic assessment regarding the scenarios on climate and energy...
ADRIADAPT aims at promoting local and regional resilience by developing the knowledge base required to identify suitable climate adaptation and planning options, thereby enabling local authorities to...
SEME Publications
A Multi-Model Assessment of Food Security Implications of Climate Change Mitigation
Fujimori S., Hasegawa T., Krey V., Riahi K., Bertram C., Bodirsky B.L., Bosetti V., Callen J., Després J., Doelman J., Drouet L., Emmerling J., Callen J., Després J., Doelman J.,
2019, Nature Sustainability, Vol. 2, No. 5 (May 13, 2019): 386–96., DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0286-2, web page
Analysing Future Change in the EU’s Energy Innovation System
Kim Y. J. , Wilson C.
2019, Energy Strategy Reviews, 24C (2019) pp. 279-299, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2019.04.012, web page
Looking under the hood: A comparison of techno-economic assumptions across national and global integrated assessment models
Krey V., Guo F., Kolp P., Zhou W., Schaeffer R., Awasthy A., Bertram C., De Boer H.S., Fragkos P., Fujimori S., He C., Iyer G., Keramidas K., Koberle A., Oshiro K., Aleluia Da Silva Reis L., Shoai-Tehrani B., Vishwanathan S., Capros P., Drouet L., Edmonds J.E., Garg A., Gernaat D., Jiang K., Kannavou M., Kitous A., Kriegler E., Luderer G., Mathur R., Muratori M., Sano F., van Vuuren D.
2019, Energy Journal, Volume 172, pages 1254-1267, DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.12.131, web page
SEME Models
WITCH (World Induced Technical Change Hybrid) is an integrated assessment model designed to assess climate change mitigation and adaptation policies WITCH consists of a dynamic global model that...
Research Units
Research unit leader:
Giovanna D’Adda
– Behavioural change
– Nudging
– Impact evaluation
– Behavioural policies
Research unit leader:
Cristina Cattaneo
– Climate induced migration
– Conflict
– Skills
Research unit leader:
Elena Verdolini
– Green patenting
– Low carbon R&D
– Learning curves
– Energy system modelling
– Induced technical change
Research unit leaders:
Johannes Emmerling and Laurent Drouet
– IAM scenarios
– International mitigation policies
– Modelling of impacts and adaptation
– Energy system modelling
– Inequality
RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment leverages two leading international centers for economic and environmental research: Resources for the Future – RFF, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change – CMCC.
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