Announcements

August 14, 2017

Launched special issue on human-nature relational values edited by Prof. Unai Pascual in the journal “Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability”

The special issue would be relevant for a wide readership and especially for people engaged in various disciplines such as sustainability science, environmental ethics, environmental psychology, environmental sociology, ecological economics, anthropology, and associated fields. Potential authors are welcome to check two recent publications on this topic where relational values are introduced (Chan et al., 2016) and connected to current science-policy approaches regarding environmental values
June 30, 2017

BC3 promotes the networking between Japan and Europe by means of its BC3-NUT Office

The BC3-NUT Office, that was officially opened at the headquarters of BC3 - Basque Center for Climate Change in Leioa on the 22nd of May, has the mission to coordinate the relations between Europe and Japan within the framework of Japan’s Top Global University (TGU) Project together with the Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT, Japan).
June 29, 2017

BC3 recognized as one of the 2016 Top Climate Think Tanks in Europe specialized in climate change and climate policy

June 14, 2017

BC3 hosted the IPCC Lead Author Meeting focused on Methodology Report for the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (June 2017)

The IPCC meeting was co-organized by Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), with the collaboration of the Basque Government’s Department of Environment, the University of the Basque Country and the Spanish Climate Change Office.More than 190 experts met in Bilbao on June 7-14 to begin work on a new Methodology Report to update the guidelines countries use for estimating greenhouse gas emissions and removals, bringing them into line with the new requirements of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
June 7, 2017

Open Letter edited by BC3 researchers and published by “El Correo”: “El Acuerdo de París sigue adelante, con o sin Trump”

Open Letter edited by BC3 researchers and published by "El Correo" newspaper, 7th of June 2017."El Acuerdo de París sigue adelante, con o sin Trump"MARÍA JOSÉ SANZ Y MIKEL GONZÁLEZ EGUINO DIRECTORA CIENTÍFICA E INVESTIGADOR DEL CENTRO VASCO PARA EL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
December 23, 2016

Postdoctoral Scholarship Program at UNAM

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) offers one Postdoctoral position for a candidate who would like to pursue a career in international environmental policy and the multiple values of ecosystems and biodiversity.
November 25, 2016

Stefano Balbi appointed member of the Future Earth on the Sustainable Development Goals Working Group

"Future Earth on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Assessment Core Group".The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to end poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring the inclusion and protection of societies most vulnerable groups. The SDGs are organized in 169 targets whose rate of achievement should be monitored by indicators developed by the “Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators.
November 9, 2016

Maria Jose Sanz, Scientific Director of BC3 moderates Green Climate Fund Dialogue on REDD+ at COP22

Green Climate Fund can play a significant role in supporting countries achieve scale by delivering adequate and predictable finance, complementing other existing sources of finance and helping catalyze public and private financial flows
November 4, 2016

Maria Jose Sanz, Scientific Director of BC3, selected member of the Evaluation Panel of the first line of judges for the new MacArthur Initiative: 100&Change

100&Change is a MacArthur Foundation competition for a $100 million grant to fund a single proposal that will make measurable progress toward solving a significant problem.
September 16, 2016

Research by Iñaki Arto and Anil Markandya mentioned in Juncker’s State of the Union

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, in his State of the Union on 14 September 2016, mentioned the report “EU Exports to the World: Effects on Employment and Income” authored by BC3 researchers Dr. Iñaki Arto and Prof. Anil Markandya.