Noticias

May 15, 2017

BC3 co-chairs a session on Adaptation Tracking at the “3rd European Climate Change Adaptation Conference”, Glasgow 2017

Researchers from BC3, McGill University and Wageningen University organize a parallel session in the main reference forum on climate change adaptation at European scale, the "European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2017" that is to held in Glasgow from the 5th to the 9th of June. This parallel session will focus on the challenges of measuring the progress on adaptation at multiple levels.
May 5, 2017

BC3 Journal Article “Delineating boundaries of social-ecological systems for landscape planning: A comprehensive spatial approach”

An increasing number of studies demonstrate the need of applying a social-ecological system approach for landscape planning. However, there is a lack of empirical research that operationalizes the concept of social-ecological system for landscape planning through the characterization of social-ecological interactions. In this study, we develop a methodological framework to delineate the boundaries of social-ecological systems and to characterize their main social-ecological units in a spatially explicit way.
May 4, 2017

BC3 Nota de Prensa (04-05-2017)

"Las ciudades costeras del sudeste asiático, de África oriental y de la costa oeste de los Estados Unidos deberán actuar con urgencia ante la subida del nivel del mar".[Leioa, 04 de mayo de 2017] Para la población, lo mismo que para las compañías aseguradoras, los eventos extremos –cuya probabilidad es muy baja, pero cuyos daños son enormes—son los más devastadores. La tormenta Desmond, por ejemplo, inundó las áreas noroccidentales del Reino Unido en 2015, y el huracán Katrina provocó una catástrofe en Nueva Orleans en 2005. Lo mismo podría afirmarse respecto a la futura subida del nivel del mar. Ahora un estudio ha establecido el riesgo por inundaciones costeras a causa de la subida del nivel del mar para 120 grandes ciudades del litoral, y muestra cuáles son las más vulnerables a la hora de enfrentarse a acontecimientos extremos.
May 3, 2017

BC3 Journal Articles “The efficiency cost of protective measures in climate policy”

New BC3 Journal Article published: "Böhringer C., Garcia-Muros X., Cazcarro I., Arto I. 2017. The efficiency cost of protective measures in climate policy. Energy Policy. 104. 446-454"
May 3, 2017

BC3 Journal Articles “Feeding the Household, Growing the Business, or Just Showing Off? Farmers’ Motivations for Crop Diversity Choices in Papua New Guineal”

New BC3 Journal Article published: "Nordhagen, S. Pascual, U., Drucker, A. . 2017. Feeding the Household, Growing the Business, or Just Showing Off? Farmers' Motivations for Crop Diversity Choices in Papua New Guinea. Ecological Economics. 137. 99-109."
May 3, 2017

BC3 Journal Articles “Unexpected weak seasonal climate in the western Mediterranean region during MIS 31, a high-insolation forced interglacial”

New BC3 Journal Article published:Oliveira, D.,Sánchez Goñi, M.F.,Naughton,F.,Polanco-Martínez,J.M.,Jimenez-Espejo,F., Grimalt,F., Martrat, B., Voelker, A.H.L., Trigo, R.,Hodell, D.,Abrantes, F.,Desprat,S. 2017. Unexpected weak seasonal climate in the western Mediterranean region during MIS 31, a high-insolation forced interglacial. Quaternary Science Reviews. 161. 1-17
May 3, 2017

BC3 Journal Articles “Has renewable energy induced competitive behavior in the Spanish electricity market?”

New BC3 Journal Article published: Ciarreta, A., Espinosa, M.P, Pizarro-Irizar, C. 2017. Has renewable energy induced competitive behavior in the Spanish electricity market?. Energy Policy. 104. 171–182
April 25, 2017

BC3 Journal Article “Dancing With Storks: The Role of Power Relations in Payments for Ecosystem Services”

The institutional change induced by payments for ecosystem services (PES) schemes is a ‘messy’ process. The uptake and outcomes of PES schemes cannot be fully explained from a rational choice perspective. The notion of ‘institutional bricolage’ is needed to analyse how actors assemble or reshape their actions by combining new institutions such as a PES scheme within other locally embedded institutions.
April 15, 2017

Entrevista ofrecida por Mikel González-Eguino en el programa de radio “Más que palabras” (Radio Euskadi): “Se puede avanzar hacia una economía baja en Carbono”

Entrevista ofrecida por el investigador de BC3, Mikel González-Eguino, en el programa de radio "Más que palabras" (Radio Euskadi): "Se puede avanzar hacia una economía baja en Carbono"Mikel Gonzalez-Eguino es profesor de investigación en Economía del Cambio Climático, Economía Ambiental y de la Energía y Evaluación Integrada del Centro Vasco para el Cambio Climático.
April 10, 2017

BC3 Journal Article “Evaluation of the health impact of an urban regeneration policy: Neighbourhood”

Background Neighbourhood Renewal (NR) was launched in Northern Ireland (NI) in 2003 to revive the social, economic and physical fabric of 36 deprived communities, characterised by a legacy of sectarian conflict. This study evaluates the impact of the policy on health over a decade. Methods A merged panel of secondary data from the British Household Panel Survey (2001–2008) and Understanding Society (2009–2012) yields longitudinal information on respondents for 12 years.