Climate
FSR Climate delivers research focused on the environmental and economic evaluation of climate policies implemented in the EU at different jurisdictional levels.
FSR Climate aims to provide a reliable source for information, analysis, and evaluation of EU climate policies ex-post and a forum for discussion of research carried out in this area.
Our main research interests are the EU Emissions Trading System, the renewable energy promotion, the distributional impact of climate policy, energy efficiency policies and environmental and energy taxation.
Our events (workshops, conferences, online events, and others) and training courses (both residential and on-line) involve researchers and the policy and business communities for the purposes of developing and discussing research that evaluates EU climate policies.
This paper carefully surveys the econometric literature that tests for competitiveness effects and related carbon leakage caused by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). The results of this literature…
On 28-29 November 2019 FSR Climate has held its 5th Annual Conference on the Economic Assessment of European Climate Policies…
COP25 just ended in Madrid with no step forward on the issue of international cooperation related to Article 6 of…
In this work, we investigate which countries have been more central during Phases I and II of the European Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) with respect to the different types…
Steven Weissman from the University of Berkeley California discusses the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan in relation to the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Clean Power Plan aims to…
Given its current carbon intensity, the power industry is particularly sensitive to the reform of the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). Eurelectric, the association representing many of the big players…
This brief contains all the latest news about Climate. Stay in the loop and read more about the US leaving…
Simone Borghesi, Director of FSR Climate, has joined the CEPR Research and Policy Network (RPN) on Climate Change, a new think…
Scientific journal Sustainability has launched a call for scientific contributions on the topic of Maladaptation to Climate Change. Read below…
Sharing the European experience on Climate Governance with policy-makers worldwide Facts about climate change are worrying citizens and policy-makers across the globe. Since Climate Change became a subject of international…
This 5-week online course will include video lectures, readings, as well as interactive online activities. A one-hour live class will take place each week on Fridays, aimed at discussing issues related…
The school carries out multidisciplinary research with the purpose of developing economically, legally, and socially-sound regulation and policy.
Designed by an international faculty of academics and the main experts in the field, our courses are designed to meet the educational needs of professionals at all levels.
Our events bring together the world of academia and practice to offer a vast range of opportunities for open discussion and practice sharing.
The implications of Brexit are today the object of heated debate and have gained much attention in the public opinion, both in the UK and in the rest of Europe. Among the many different consequences that Brexit could have, an…
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Modern societies face many global challenges. Climate change is certainly among the most urgent and important ones, if not the…
Applications for the 2020 Summer School on “Economic Foundations for Energy and Climate Policies” are now open! After the great…
