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Approval of the Travel Policy
Transport has become one of the largest sources of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) worldwide. This sector, in the European Union, is responsible for generating a quarter of total emissions. Moreover, some studies say that climate scientists tend to travel by plane more often...
Response to the critics received of our article “The limits of transport decarbonization under the current growth paradigm”
A few weeks ago we published our article (“The limits of transport decarbonization under the current growth paradigm”) “What does decarbonizing transport actually mean?” in which we showed some results obtained with our MEDEAS model on the limits of technological...
What does decarbonizing transport actually mean?
The European Green Pact considers very ambitious targets for decarbonising the European economy, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 or cutting emissions in sectors such as transport by 90% by 2050. Objectives of similar ambition are considered by...
New journal article: “Just energy transitions to low carbon economies: A review of the concept and its effects on labour and income”
Today, our society is more aware than ever of the point of no return where it stands. We are initialising a process of energy transition of historical proportions and profound multidimensional implications. Since human and environmental spheres are interlinked, the...
Call for Expressions of Interest for the submission of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF) 2020
The Group of Energy, Economy and Systems Dynamics (GEEDS) of the University of Valladolid, Spain, is interested in receiving Expressions of Interest of potential candidates for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF) 2020 call in the...
MEDEAS models methodology article published: integrating global biophysical and socioeconomic constraints in the energy transition
After four years of intense work, the Research Group of Energy, Economy and Systems Dynamics of the University of Valladolid (GEEDS-UVa) is pleased to announce that we have just published the scientific article that describes the methodology of the MEDEAS models, for...
XV Congress of the Spanish Association for Energy Economics
As the climate emergency and the need for an energy transition to a low carbon economy gain momentum in all spheres of society, the 15th Congress of the Spanish Association for Energy Economics, celebrated in Toledo between January 29th and 31st, was devoted to the...
Article in Mother Pelican
Today, we want to share you an article published in the scientific journal named Mother Pelican about the dynamic EROI: http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv15n11page15.html Regards.
WANTED: SOPHISTICATED MODEL SEEKS COMMITTED PARTNERS
The next article has been taken from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) official website. The original is in: https://meta.eeb.org/2019/10/30/wanted-sophisticated-model-seeks-committed-partners/ A new EU-backed research project is seeking civil society and policy...
Article in the Ecologist journal
Good morning, Today we share you a new piece of news published in the "Ecologist" journal. The article was written by Margarita Mediavilla (GIR-GEEDS) y Khaled Diab (EEB, European Environmental Bureau). ...
Meeting “Decarbonization Planning” by Ignacio de Blas (GEEDS) in the Col-legi d’Enginyers de Camins, Canals i Ports de Catalunya
On October 18, the Col·legi d'Enginyers of Camins, Canals and Ports de Catalunya organized the Workshop: “Decarbonization Planning". Ignacio de Blas from the University of Valladolid (Uva-GEEDS) made the presentation "Transition towards a low carbon economy....
Publication of scientific article about the game “Global Sustainability Crossroads”
Over the past two years, we have been refining a game designed to bring the issue of the sustainability crisis to anyone without scientific experience. It is a participatory dynamic in which the participants have the opportunity to build "indirect" simulations with...