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
GEOCEP is a project on climate and energy policy modelling and an…
LOCALISED is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme…
Air pollution remains Europe’s top environmental threat to health, as recently reminded…
SEME Publications
The Social Cost of Carbon with Intragenerational Inequality under Economic Uncertainty
van der Ploeg F.,Emmerling J., Groom B.
2022, RFF Working Papers Series, Working Paper 22-08, web page
Climate Change, Labor Availability, and the Future of Gender Inequality in South Africa
Shayegh S., Dasgupta S.
2022, Climate and Development Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2022.2074349, web page
Climate change, labour availability and the future of gender inequality in South Africa
Shayegh S., Dasgupta S.
2022, Climate and Development, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2022.2074349, web page
SEME Models
FASST(R) is a source receptor model, an R version of the reduced-form…
Cities & Coasts, Future Earth.
WITCH (World Induced Technical Change Hybrid) is an integrated assessment model designed…
Energy, Future Earth, Global Policy, Migrations & Inequalities.
Research Units
We examine pathways of transition of the economic, environmental and technological systems. We develop and use complex models that integrate sectors and systems and delineate the key strategies compatible with climate stabilization. We carry out empirical work on the efficacy of climate policies around the world.
Leaders: Laurent Drouet and Johannes Emmerling
We assess the behavioural elements that affect individuals, corporations and institutions in the realm of environmental choices. We evaluate energy efficiency and low carbon programmes of industries and governments, both in developed and developing countries, through randomized controlled trials.
Leader: Giovanna d’Adda
We study the links between climate change and migration and estimate to what extent climate change and other environmental risks influence patterns of human migration.
Leader: Cristina Cattaneo
We identify innovation and technological pathways, strategies and policies for the low-carbon transition; we analyse the mechanisms and the role of specific policies and technological disruptions in fostering or hindering the transition toward low carbon development.
Leader: Elena Verdolini
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