Last Thursday, May 12th, GEAR team was visited by the researcher of the Centre of Economic Scenario Analysis and Research, S.L. – CESAR (http://www.cesarecon.es/en) and the Austrian Institute of Economic Research, WIFO (http://www.wifo.ac.at/kurt_kratena). Kurt is also Associate Professor at the University of Loyola (Seville).
At the working meeting, some lines of future collaboration between the two teams were established.
Guadalupe Arce is visiting Richard Wood in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) for the next 3 months. The work to be developed in these months is going to be related to the importance of extreme inequality in the sustainability, taking into account the social, economic and environmental impacts.
Óscar Dejuán, María Ángeles Cadarso and Manfred Lenzen are going to be the editors of the book entitled “Environmental and economic impacts of decarbonization. Input-output studies on the consequences of the 2015 Paris agreements”.
The publisher has shown a great interest in the following proposal:
CONTENT:
The title of the book provides a clear framework for the chapter. It is opened, however, to a broad array of topics and approaches:
DEADLINES:
If you are interested, please contact with María Ángeles Cadarso (angeles.cadarso@uclm.es).
Guadalupe Arce, miembro de GEAR, asistió el pasado 2 de abril a la Gala Benéfica que organiza anualmente la asociación sin ánimo de lucro AUDA., donde se concretaron algunas líneas de colaboración con esta asociación en materia de divulgación.
AUDA tiene como objetivo principal la información y concienciación de cada individuo así como del colectivo social por una sociedad justa con todos los animales, independientemente de la especie a la que pertenezcan. Está compuesto por un grupo de profesionales, la mayoría especialistas en derecho animal.
María Ángeles Cadarso has been invited by the Illes Balears University (UIB) to giving a talk entitled: «Biophysics accounting of the tourism system in the Spanish state», as a part of the workshop-seminar «Biophysical and social accounting of economic activity. A theoretical and practical proposal of sustainability indicators».
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Ya está disponible el podcast con la entrevista a Luis A. López en el programa de divulgación científica ‘Ciencia para Escuchar’. Para acceder pincha en este LINK
GEAR team members María Ángeles Cadarso, Nuria Gómez, Luis A. López and María Ángeles Tobarra and Jorge E. Zafrilla have recently published in Journal of Sustainable Tourism the paper entitle «Quantifying Spanish tourism’s carbon footprint: the contributions of residents and visitors. A longitudinal study».
GEAR team members Luis A. López, María Ángeles Cadarso, Nuria Gómez and María Ángeles Tobarra have recently published in Journal of Cleaner Production the paper entitle «Food miles, carbon footprint and global value chains for Spanish agriculture: assessing the impact of a carbon border tax«.
GEAR team members Jorge E. Zafrilla, María Ángeles Cadarso and Fabio Monsalve in collaboration with Cristina de la Rúa (CIEMAT) have recently published in Environmental Science and Technology the paper entitle «How Carbon-Friendly Is Nuclear Energy? A Hybrid MRIO-LCA Model of a Spanish Facility«. The paper also appears on the cover of the issue.
GEAR team members Luis A. López, María Ángeles Cadarso and Jorge E. Zafrilla in collaboration with Tiago Domingos (from University of Lisbon) have published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) the letter entitle «The smarter, the cleaner? Collaborative
footprint: A further look at taxi sharing«. (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1420242112).
