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 transitioning to a low-carbon society, as mandated by the Paris Agreement…
The RE-CONNECT project is dedicated to assisting the 196 Parties committed to…
SEME Publications
Mitigation deterrence and unrealistic expectations: the future costs of forest carbon offsets
Moioli C., Drouet L., Roeser D., Emmerling J., Zerriffi H.
2025, Global Environmental Change, doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.103068
The power of bridging decision scales: Model coupling for advanced climate policy analysis
Filatova T., Akkerman J., Bosello F., Chatzivasileiadis T., Cortés Arbués I., Ghorbani A., Ivanova O., Knittel N., Kwakkel J., Lamperti F., Magliocca N. R., Marangoni G., Nabernegg S., Pichler A., Poujon A., Safarzynska K., Taberna A., van Sluisveld M. A. E., Verbeek L., Wei T.
2025, PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2411592122
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…