March 2, 2020
The attribution of the responsibility for the emissions for CO2 between producers and consumers is a controversial issue in NEW BC3 publication in Nature Communications journal “Towards a more effective climate policy on international trade” climate change policy and research. Two main accounting methods are used in the literature to determine countries’ contribution to global emissions. The production-based accounting (PBA) measures the amount of CO2 released to the atmosphere by the industries and households of a country. The consumption-based accounting (CBA) attributes emissions to the country’s consumption of final products. CBA redistributes the emissions from PBA and considers that emissions in another country are necessary for the home country’s consumption. These two accounting frameworks are used to assign responsibility for current CO2 emissions. Producer responsibility addresses the countries that directly generate the emissions. Consumer responsibility addresses the countries that ultimately drive the pressure.
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.
March 3, 2020
A globally sufficient response to climate change will require new models of organization, coalition building, and implementation in which rapid decarbonization at the national level will be rooted in actions initiated by a diverse range of actors. The United States provides a window into how the diversification of climate action across actors can drive changes in emissions.
March 5, 2020
[Bilbao, 5 de marzo de 2020] La decimoséptima edición de ECOFLOR se celebra los días 5 y 6 de marzo en el Bizkaia Aretoa de Bilbao. Organizada por Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) y la Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre (AEET), reúne a 100 investigadores de 15 países diferentes y es la primera vez que se organiza en Euskadi.