The ONEPlanET project aims to develop a common Nexus modelling framework to simulate and evaluate pathways to define a more sustainable future in Africa through the deployment of renewable energy infrastructure. In this way, it will be possible to stimulate a green energy transition in the continent as well as a decarbonization of existing energy plants

The main objective of RethinkAction is to engage citizens and decision-makers to participate in the energy transition and actively support climate adaptation and mitigation. The focus is on land use as a key driver, even critical, to sustain life and to reach climate objectives and SDGs in the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

The official web of the project is https://rethinkaction.eu/#home

The overall objective of the IAM COMPACT Project is to pay more attention to the social aspects of the climate and energy transition: especially to directly take into account lifestyle changes and individual choices as well as to integrate climate action as an aspect of overall sustainability.

The transition to a low-carbon economy must achieve multiple objectives: competitiveness, environmental protection, quality job creation and social welfare. Therefore, policy makers and other key stakeholders require tools that must focus beyond the energy sector to include these other economic, social and environmental domains. MEDEAS aims to solve the current needs for integration and transparency by developing a state-of-the-art policy modeling tool based on WoLiM, TIMES and LEAP models and incorporating Input-Output Analysis, which allows accounting for environmental, social and economic impacts.

World Crossroads: fun eco-tools for the energy transition

This project will have as actions the realization of different dissemination and popularization materials on the climate problem and the transition towards sustainable societies, for which a team of more than thirty specialists from areas as diverse as Engineering, Computer Science, Pedagogy, Earth Sciences, History, Sociology, Economics, Philosophy, Journalism and audiovisual communication has been constituted, joining efforts in a project that is intended to be transdisciplinary in order to contribute to the awareness of civil society on the importance and importance of climate change, History, Sociology, Economics, Philosophy, Journalism and audiovisual communication, joining efforts in a project that is intended to be transdisciplinary in order to contribute to the awareness of civil society on the importance and complexity of the political decision-making processes on the transition towards sustainable societies.

Energy-economy-climate change IAM for Spain

The objective of this project is to develop a simulation model of the energy-economy-climate change system based on system dynamics for the Spanish state, which allows the analysis of different energy policy, economic and technological scenarios. The basic structure of the model is based on the extraction curves of non-renewable energy resources (according to studies on peak oil and other depletion profiles) and on the implementation rates of different types of renewable energies and saving technologies. The final result of the project should be a simulation model that allows to analyze the impact of different policies on the Spanish energy supply and the impact that the depletion of fossil fuels may have on the economy.

Climate change and energy

The research will consist of a prospective analysis of the territorial implications of the expansion of renewable energies at the European level. Firstly, applying input-output methodology, the demand for electricity and final energy for a number of countries will be evaluated from the territorial and consumption point of view (i.e. energy footprint). Secondly, theoretical models will be applied in order to assess the potential land needs – as well as their main characteristics, e.g. irradiance, productivity, etc. – that a 100% renewable energy based system would require for each country. Both static and dynamic (prospective) analyses are foreseen.

Analysis of the situation of ecological agriculture in the province of Valladolid

This research project is developed by the GIR in Energy, Economics and System Dynamics of the University of Valladolid for the Entretantos Foundation. The research consists of carrying out an exhaustive inventory of organic agriculture producers (farmers and operators) in the province of Valladolid, as well as consumer groups and specialized stores of organic products. This inventory must specify at least: identification of the producer or operator, age of the farm, area of the farm or facilities, crops or products and quantities produced and sold, main economic variables of the farm, and temporal evolution. In addition, interviews with producers and consumers and discussion groups will be carried out. Finally, an overall report of the work is prepared.

SMART, EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE AND TOTALLY INTEGRATED CITIES (CITIES PROJECT)

CYTED is the Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development, created by the governments of the Ibero-American countries to promote cooperation in science, technology and innovation for the harmonious development of Ibero-America. CYTED’s main objective is to contribute to the harmonious development of the Ibero-American region through cooperation mechanisms that seek scientific and technological results transferable to productive systems and social policies. The beneficiaries of CYTED’s financing instruments may be universities, R&D centers and innovative companies from member countries.