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
Geopolitical and socio-economic uncertainties are putting the European and Global energy transitions…
The transitioning to a low-carbon society, as mandated by the Paris Agreement…
SEME Publications
Field Validation of Hydraulic Model-Based Leak Localization Methods in Water Distribution Networks
Liu Y., Pecci F., Stoianov I.
2025, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, doi: 10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-7100
Aligning differentiated mitigation capacity with the Paris agreement goals
Brutschin E., Bertram C., Baptista L. B., Bosetti V., Daioglou V., de Boer H. S., Drouet L., Fosse F., Fragkiadakis D., Fragkiadakis K., Fricko O., Fujimori S., Kejun J., Krey V., Kikstra J., Pianta S., et al.
2025, Environ. Res.: Climate, doi: 10.1088/2752-5295/ae0ea5
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…


