Próximos Eventos

This year we run the 10th edition of the BC3-UPV/EHU Summer School on Climate Change that started in July 2010, when the international community was in the search of a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, following a non-binding Copenhagen Accord put forth in 2009. Since then, the Summer School has covered a wide range of topics from an interdisciplinary perspective and has closely [...]

Las infecciones por bacterias multirresistentes son una de las mayores amenazas para la Salud Pública, tanto por el coste en vidas como por el gasto económico derivado. Pero, aunque las consecuencias más dramáticas se observan en el entorno clínico, el problema de la diseminación de resistencias a antibióticos tiene su origen en el medio ambiente, entendiendo como tal entornos agrícolas, ganaderos y urbanos. Esta [...]

: This study proposes a novel method to assess the overall economic effects of agricultural droughts using a coupled agronomic-economic approach that accounts for the direct and indirect impacts of this hazard in the economy. This methodology is applied to Italy, where years showing different drought severity levels were analysed. Agricultural drought stress was measured using the fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fAPAR).