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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
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A framework for electricity grid data exchange and reuse for AI foundation models : reflections on five implementation aspects
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Simone Borghesi keynote speaker at the Workshop SEEDS – Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies

Sep 13, 2018

Simone Borghesi, Director of FSR Climate, will be the keynote speaker at the workshop SEEDS – Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies to be held at the University of Ferrara on  18 September 2018. The title of the keynote lecture is “ETS: Everything You Always Wanted To Know (But Were Afraid to Ask)“. More information on the conference are available from this link.

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