Jon Sampedro, Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow at BC3, has released an open version of the Global Change Analysis Model (GCAM) that consolidates consumer heterogeneity in the form of income deciles in the different end-use demand sectors of the model, namely residential energy, transportation and the food system.

El estudio de emisiones adelantadas 2023 del Observatorio de la Transición Energética y la Acción Climática (OTEA) de BC3 revela una reducción estimada del 7,5% en las emisiones respecto a 2022 en el territorio español.

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) decision was adopted on 13 December, 2023 after a long night of discussions at the Expo City Dubai, where BC3 operated as a member organization of the Spain Delegation to the 2023 COP28.

Desde olas de calor mortales y sequías devastadoras hasta incendios y costas erosionadas por la subida del nivel del mar, el cambio climático ya está pasando factura a España. Estos fenómenos no solo afectan al medio ambiente y a la economía, sino también a la salud de la población.

Dr Julia Neidig graduated with a thesis entitled “The making of a green city ideal: Challenges and opportunities for g(l)ocal climate action” today at Univ Autónoma Barcelona (ICTA).

BC3 presents in a simple and accessible document the actions, methodology, and other elements for the facilitation of climate citizens’ assemblies. Authored by facilitation experts from the Tangente Cooperative Group, Conchi Piñeiro and Laura Lucio González, and coordinated by BC3’s scientific director, Maria José Sanz, the guide has the collaboration of assembly members and experts from the Citizens’ Assembly for Climate (CAC).

BC3 en colaboración con el centro vasco de matemática aplicada (BCAM) y el centro vasco de investigación para el estudio de la cognición, el cerebro y el lenguaje (BCBL) organizará, por primera vez, una feria de ciencia única y diferente en conmemoración de su 15º aniversario.La celebración, diseñada para sumergir a la ciudadanía en desafíos emocionantes relacionados con el cambio climático, las matemáticas y la neurociencia, tendrá lugar el 1 de diciembre en el Azkuna Zentroa (Lantegia 1 gunea) en Bilbao de 17.00 a 19.30

BC3, together with the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and the Elcano Royal Institute, organized the Think2030 Dialogue Spain on November 16 in Madrid, in collaboration with the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Neus Escobar, MSCA researcher at BC3, was recognized for her outstanding contribution to the Policy Pitch Competition at the MSCA Conference 2023, held in conjunction with the Spanish Presidency of the EU on 14-15 November. Out of 170 participants, Escobar was selected as one of the 15 finalists, competing with four other MSCA-IF projects in the category ‘Exposure to Policy Making’.

Recent findings published in Landscape Ecology reveal that a considerable amount of methane emissions caused by herbivores—traditionally linked to modern livestock—could originate from natural ecosystem processes. This discovery calls for reevaluating the environmental impact of wild and domesticated herbivores.