Announcements
September 16, 2020
BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change participates at the 2020 European Mobility Week. Since 2002, EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK has sought to improve public health and quality of life through promoting clean mobility and sustainable urban transport. The campaign gives people the chance to explore the role of city streets and to experiment with practical solutions to tackle urban challenges, such as air pollution. BC3 as an interdisciplinary research centre on the causes and consequences of climate change takes the opportunity to show the research that we are doing to understand the impact of mobility in the climate emergency.
June 8, 2020
BC3 – Basque Centre for Climate Change postdoctoral researcher Bosco Lliso won the 2nd Prize for Excellent Development Research for his PhD thesis “Social Equity and Payments for Ecosystem Services: From Macro to Micro” by Researcher Group on Development Economics of the German Economy Association and KfW Development Bank. The Research Prize honours academic work combining original research and practical relevance, thus giving fresh impetus for development cooperation
June 4, 2020
5th of June World Environment Day is celebrated on under the theme "World Time of Nature". Since 1974, 5th of June has become a global public outreach platform bringing together governments, businesses, celebrities and citizens around a pressing environmental issue.
June 3, 2020
The Department of Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing of the Basque Government and the BC3 have signed an agreement to carry out actions in the area of mitigation and adaptation of the territory to face climate change.
May 28, 2020
The ARIES team regrets to announce that due to the global crisis deriving from the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 edition of the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) International Spring University (ISU) on Ecosystem Services Modelling will not be able to take place and have been postponed until May 2021.
March 27, 2020
BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change joins the world’s largest movement against climate change and biodiversity loss, Earth Hour. This Saturday, March 28, the workers of joined us to launch in Morse code from windows and balconies using your phone’s flashlight or another one you have at home.
March 24, 2020
Research published in the scientific journal Ecosistemas de la Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre shows that temperate forests that have been conserved for more than 100 years after suffering centuries of human activity have not yet been fully recovered, a longer period than previously estimated. In the words of the authors of this study, “at first sight a forest that has many trees and other plants may seem recovered, but in addition to that, the trees, fungi and other species present must interact and this may even require centuries“.
March 16, 2020
Given the exceptional situation caused by the Coronavirus (COVID19), all BC3 on-site services are suspended. Among them, the face-to-face service, meetings, seminars, activities, etc.
At BC3 we have put in place preventive measures to preserve everyone's health. We continue to work with this new established protocol.
We remind you for any need you can contact us by email info@bc3research.org or by phone 94 401 46 90 during the following hours
March 9, 2020
BC3- Basque Centre for Climate Change, as a research centre for the causes and consequences of Climate Change, has acceded to take part at ReActívate + initiative promoted by the Bizkaia Provincial Council.The initiative is based on the commitment to the Global Action Plan (GAP), an international network created with the objective of reducing CO2 emissions, and helping to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This initiative aims to make 180,000 households change their habits in daily activities to: reduce household expenses, reduce the impact we produce on the planet and improve the quality of life of the place where we live.
March 2, 2020
BC3, Basque Center for Climate Change, “Bilbao Radio Award for Excellence in Research Category” 2020
Awards for Excellence will recognize in their fourth edition the good work of many personalities in the basque territory. BC3, Basque Center for Climate Change has been one of the entities awarded with an award for Excellence by Radio Bilbao (Cadena SER), in this case for research excellence. The awards, which will be presented on March 24 at an event to be held at the Euskalduna Palace, will be received by the Scientific Director of BC3, Maria José Sanz. BC3 obtains the award thanks to its multidisciplinary centre profile to investigate the causes and consequences of climate change.This award is a recognition to all the professionals who work at BC3, Basque Center for Climate Change and, on their behalf thank you very much Radio Bilbao for recognizing our research work. Also, we will like to congratulate the rest of the winners.