Green transition
Pollution in Spain: its economic and health impacts
Pollution (particles from a series of substances suspended in the air) has a scientifically identified negative effect on health. We present here an estimate of this effect for Spain based on data and models from the European Environment Agency, to which we add our own economic impact calculation. According to estimates based on models from […]
7 Oct, 2024
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The functioning of the European electricity market needs new instruments to encourage investment in large-scale renewable energy projects and storage. Although in theory markets such as the European could incentivize investment, in practice they have failed to do so. In fact, at a certain point of maturity, the price decline in the electricity markets reduced […]
29 NOV, 2023
Last Tuesday, November 28th, we talked about our book “Un País Posible: Manual de Reformas Políticamente Viables” (Un País Posible: A Handbook of Politically Viable Reforms) thanks to the invitation of the Harvard Kennedy School Spain Alumni Network. The conversation counted with the interventions of Toni Roldán, Miguel Almunia, Marta Suárez-Varela and Antonio Cabrales and […]
23 Nov, 2023
The urgent need for decarbonization has broadened the scope of transportation policy from improving network conditions, such as reducing congestion or improving accessibility, to include sustainability considerations, promoting zero-emission mobility, and climate change adaptation measures. While these measures are critical in reducing the carbon footprint of the transportation sector, they can also have unintended social […]
17 Nov, 2023
As the volatility of short-term energy market prices increases due to exogenous shocks and the changing nature of the energy mix market interventions are gaining importance in the policy debate. Accurate and robust quantification of their impact is becoming therefore essential. This paper conducts a causality analysis to evaluate the Spanish ‘gas cap’ for electricity […]
18 Oct, 2023
Ideas clave → Con la evidencia disponible no podemos afirmar que la subvención al transporte metropolitano en ferrocarril haya reducido los coches en las calles de Madrid. → Tampoco hay efecto para las zonas con mayor intensidad de tráfico, menor (o mayor) nivel de renta, ni para las vías principales (M-30) de acceso a la […]
10 Oct, 2023
España tiene prácticamente la misma renta real per capita que hace 15 años, mientras que otros países de nuestro entorno son mucho más ricos que entonces. Esto significa que en los últimos dieciocho años no hemos mejorado, de media, nuestro nivel de vida. Nos encontramos, por tanto, en el camino hacia dos décadas perdidas. Hay […]
13 SEP, 2023
Ayer se celebró el Workshop – Cómo avanzar en la planificación sostenible y socialmente responsable del transporte metropolitano de EsadeEcPol en colaboración con JASPERS (Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions) – 1 Banco Europeo de Inversiones (BEI) en Esade Madrid. Se reunieron diferentes expertos y policymakers en el campo del transporte sostenible […]
31 Aug, 2023
La divulgación de información sobre sostenibilidad o ESG supone un requisito previo y un elemento central para el desarrollo de las finanzas sostenibles y la reorientación del modelo económico hacia la sostenibilidad. Sin ella los inversores no pueden distinguir entre aquellas empresas con modelos de negocio más resilientes y sostenibles, ni dirigir fondos suficientes hacia […]
8 Jun, 2023
Energy-intensive sectors in the European Union pay for the environmental costs of their activities through an emissions allowance market, where each tonne of CO2 emitted has a specific price. To prevent these additional costs from putting European industry at a disadvantage compared with imports from third countries, a free quota was previously allocated to the […]
2 Feb, 2023
The most notable measure to curb the escalation of electricity prices during 2022 has been the temporary gas price cap implemented in Spain and Portugal. This is a compensation paid to combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT), coal, and cogeneration plants to lower the price offered in the wholesale market, thus seeking a decrease in the […]
21 Dec, 2022
Para impulsar las finanzas sostenibles y reducir el blanqueo ecológico, la Unión Europea (UE) ha establecido la Taxonomía, un sistema de clasificación sobre qué actividades pueden ser consideradas “sostenibles” desde un punto vista climático y medioambiental (la E dentro del acrónimo ESG). El objetivo principal de la Taxonomía es proporcionar definiciones robustas y requerimientos de […]
14 Oct, 2022
Se acerca el frío, y con ello los gobiernos europeos activan y amplían las medidas para enfrentar la crisis energética en la que ya está metido el continente. El Ejecutivo español no es una excepción, y durante esta semana ha anunciado una serie de medidas en tres ámbitos principales: apoyo a los consumidores, aceleración de […]