Research

The School carries out applied research with the purpose of developing economically, legally, and socially-sound regulation and policy, using a multidisciplinary approach.

Should I offset or should I plough? : voluntary carbon offsets and ETS in an evolutionary model

Companies with high emissions can offset their climate impact by participating in emission reduction projects through voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) in several countries. Firms...

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Matteo Mazzarano Simone Borghesi MR SV
Article
The regulatory framework for independent aggregators
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Policy Paper
A framework for electricity grid data exchange and reuse for AI foundation models : reflections on five implementation aspects
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The Energy Regulation Academy (EnRA) is a 3-year capacity-building initiative to help accelerate the energy transition in Europe.

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Christopher Jones

Part-time Professor
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Biography

Christopher Jones is a Part-time Professor at the Florence School of Regulation (European University Institute).

Christopher is Adviser ‘Hors Classe’ and former Deputy Director General at DG Energy.

He has a background in Law (University of Reading; Colledge of Europe) and he has been serving in the European Commission for more than thirty years.

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