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BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Spain
Ikerbasque, the government granted Basque Foundation for Science
has established a new centre for research on climate change.
BC3 - Basque
Centre for Climate Change - is based in Bilbao within a university
setting but with an independent management
and operational structure. The main
areas of focus are interdisciplinary basic research on physical
climate modelling, intregrated climate modelling, the analysis of
mitigation and vulnerability and adaptation, and the study of
alternative methods
of international cooperation in this area. 
Beijer International Institure of Ecological Economics, Sweden
The Beijer Institute is an international research institute under the
auspices of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The goal of the
Beijer Institute is to foster interdisciplinary activities among natural
and social scientists, in order to deepen understanding of the interactions
between humans and nature, and to inform management of our common environment.
The Institute seeks to realize this goal through a variety of activities,
including research and training programs, seminars and conferences,
and publications aimed both at the general public and the scientific
community.
Climate ChangeS
Climate ChangeS is a frequently updated web-site with the latest and most interesting working papers on the Economics of Climate Change. The literature on the Economics of Climate Change is growing at an unprecedented rate and it is becoming increasingly harder for researchers to keep the pace with new advancements of their discipline. Climate ChangeS is a web-site created to bridge this knowledge gap by providing researchers with a timely and accurate update of new research papers. On a weekly basis, links to the most recent and interesting working papers on the Economics of Climate Change are aggregated from a variety of sources for easy and convenient reference. The focus is on research at the frontier, with most contributions appearing just a few days after having been released. For this reason, journal articles are not tracked. Climate ChangeS has been designed for researchers in the field, mainly economists, but policy experts and specialized journalists alike will find it a useful tool to gain wide, timely and easy exposure to the developments of the discipline.
Climate Science&Policy - CLISP
Climate Science and Policy aims to provide substantial analysis on climate change, using a language comprehensible even to a non-specialized audience, encouraging an international discussion based on dissemination of ideas and knowledge. Climate Science and Policy hosts and promotes an open international discussion on climate science, policy and economics. It publishes articles, columns, op-ed, and interviews by outstanding experts, researchers, scientists and writers who contribute to the global debate on climate change issues, based on in-depth and qualified information, opinions, arguments and ideas. Climate Science and Policy is edited by CMCC - Euro-Mediterranean center on Climate Change.
CMCC - Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change
The Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change is the Italian based center for international research on climate science and policy.
CMCC promotes and realizes integrated, multi-disciplinary and frontier research for understanding, controlling and adapting to Climate Change. The CMCC develops its activities also promoting the collaboration among Universities, national and international research bodies, territorial bodies and the industrial sector. The CMCC's web site hosts TEC - The Earth and Climate, a blog published in English and Italian fully dedicated to CMCC's initiatives updates and news on the science and policy of Climate Change.
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Climate Tracker
Climate Tracker is the blog of the International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) aimed to report and analyse clearly the evolution of negotiations agreements and international and national climate policies. Especially, it tracks the negotiating process, debated issues, countries positions as well as news and updates concerning the UNFCCC meetings.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth is a new electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and will be useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public.
Environment
Agency for England and Wales, UK
It is the leading public body for protecting and improving the
environment in England and Wales. Has got offices across England and
Wales working on carrying out Government policy, inspecting and regulating
businesses and reacting when there is an
emergency such as a flood or pollution incident.
Environmental
Economics Unit at Göteborg University, Sweden
EEU is a research
and teaching unit within the
Environment for Development - EfD
The Environment for Development (EfD) initiative is an environmental
economics program focused on international research collaboration,
policy advice and academic training. It supports centers in
Central America, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania
in
partnership with the Environmental Economics Unit at the University
of Gothenburg in Sweden and Resources for the Future in Washington
D.C. Financial support for the program is provided by the Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The overall
objective of the EfD initiative is to support poverty alleviation
and sustainable development, through increased use of environmental
economics in the policy making process.
European Chemicals Agency - ECHA
The Agency, located in Helsinki, Finland will manage the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction processes for chemical substances to ensure consistency across the European Union. These REACH processes are designed to provide additional information on chemicals, to ensure their safe use, and to ensure competitiveness of the European industry. In its decision-making the Agency will take the best available scientific and technical data and socio-economic information into account. It will also provide information on chemicals and technical and scientific advice. By assessing and approving testing proposals, the Agency will minimize animal testing. EAERE is a ECHA stakeholder organisation and has nominated two experts to represent it: Prof. Roy Brouwer and Prof. Thomas Sterner.
FEEM
- Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Italy
The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) is a no-profit, no-partisan
research institution established to carry out research in the
field of sustainable development.
Recognised by the President of the Italian Republic in July 1989,
it has since become a leading international research centre.
One of its principal aims is to promote interaction between academic,
industrial and public policy spheres in order to comprehensively
address concerns about economic development and environmental
degradation.
GEVAD-
Greek Environmental Valuation Database
GEVAD aims to facilitate the application of environmental economics
in decision-making processes using the benefits transfer approach.
About 1,400 studies were reviewed and, finally, more than 300
recent studies, mainly European, were registered. The studies,
the valuation method used, the main author and the country of
the “study site”, can be searched through a user-friendly environment. The database includes a tool for adjusting the transferred values in order to offset influences concerning differences of price level and time between the “study” and the “policy” site. Thus, EAERE members and other environmental valuation experts are mostly welcome to submit studies to be included in GEVAD through the “Submit a study”page.
In addition, they are encouraged to send their comments at gevad@metal.ntua.gr.
Globalisation and the Environment
A dedicated website for academic research into economic aspects of the globalisation and the environment debate. And a place to find news, research and discussion on economic issues related to the impact of globalisation on the environment. The research project is led by Dr Matthew A. Cole and Dr Robert J.R. Elliott of the University of Birmingham, UK, and funded by the Leverhulme Trust and the ESRC.
International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG)
The International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) is a joint initiative of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and the Fondazione Giorgio Cini (FGC), which focuses its research activities on the design of climate policy and related governing institutions. Located on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, in front of Saint Mark’s Square in Venice, the ICCG gathers researchers in economics and political sciences who explore the interdependencies between the economic, social, cultural, religious and political aspects of climate governance. Fully interdisciplinary and open to the interaction and cooperation between different worlds and cultures, the ICCG favours dialogues and negotiations to achieve equitable and effective decisions on climate policy. The ICCG promotes initiatives at the sectoral, regional, national, and international level designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere and to facilitate the adaptation of economic and environmental systems, particularly in developing countries, to the changing climate patterns. Cooperation has already started with the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, Princeton University, the Harvard Environmental Economic Programme and other major international organisations and research institutions.
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
The International Institute for Environment and Development is a global leader in sustainable development. IIED was launched in 1971 by renowned economist and policy advisor Barbara Ward, making it one of the very first organisations to link environment with development. As an independent international research organisation, we are specialists in linking local to global. In Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Middle East and the Pacific, we work with some of the world's most vulnerable people to ensure they have a say in the policy arenas that most closely affect them — from village councils to international conventions. Through close collaboration with partners at the grassroots, we make our research and advocacy relevant to their needs. We advise governments, business and international development agencies and publish widely. Our website provides an
on-line resource database of over 4,000 items, most of which are free to download at www.iied.org/pubs.
Tilburg Sustainability Center (TSC)
The multidisciplinary Sustainability Center (TSC) is hosted by Tilburg University. The ambition is to become an internationally leading center for scientific expertise in the field of sustainability and to help understanding society. We aim to provide support to companies, governments and other organisations in their quest for a sustainable development.
Venice International University - TEN Center (Thematic Environmental Networks)
The Center for Thematic Environmental Networks (TEN)
is a Center for education and research in the fields of
environment and sustainable development. TEN Center promotes
the exchange of knowledge and information on the environmental.
Virtual Resource Centre on Green Accounting - UNEP's Economics and Trade Branch
This centre provides a searchable database of various materials and Internet links related to integrated environmental and economic accounting, also known as green accounting. It supports the objectives and programme of work of the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA).
WITCH Policy Simulator
The WITCH Policy Simulator is an online tool, developed within FEEM’s Sustainable Development research programme, for exploring the effects on the environment, on the energy and on the economy of different mitigation policy scenarios. Visit the newly redesigned WITCH website to learn how to use the interface applied to a variety of different scenarios.
EAERE members can post announcements at no charge. It is sufficient
to send an e-mail to eaere@eaere.org containing
the information to be posted. If the announcement includes files
to be linked, please note that only .pdf files will be accepted
(maximum one per announcement).
Non-members are also invited to post announcements according
to the rules avaiable here.