Latest Publications Working Papers 21.2010 Fairness, Credibility and Effectiveness in the Copenhagen Accord: An Economic Assessment, by Enrica De Cian and Alice Favero 25.2010 Returns to Migration, Education, and Externalities in the European Union, by Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Vassilis Tselios 47.2010 The Circulation of Ideas in Firms and Markets, by Thomas Hellman and Enrico Perotti more... Policy Briefs 02.2010 New perspectives in the economics of culture and social interactions, by Giovanni Prarolo 03.2010 Assessing the climate pledges of China and India: how much do they bite?, by Massimo Tavoni 04.2010 Lisbon vs Kyoto vs Moscow: towards a smart EU energy policy, by Jacques de Jong, Jean-Michel Glachant, Manfred Hafner and Robert Grant more... Books Governance For The Environment. A Comparative Analysis of Environmental Policy Integration, edited by Alessandra Goria, Alessandra Sgobbi and Ingmar von Homeyer more... EQUILIBRI N. 1-2010: Oltre il PIL Save the Dates Workshops and Conferences 20-21 May, 2010 - Venice, Italy: International Workshop on "Institutions for Climate Governance", organized by FEEM, ICCG, and Harvard 24-25 May, 2010 - Venice, Italy: International Workshop on "Sustainable Paradigms from the definition to the operationalization of sustainability indicators in policy making" organized by FEEM 28 June - 2 July, 2010 - Montreal, Canada: Fourth World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, a joint initiative of EAERE and AERE more...	Highlights A climate partnership: a centre of excellence is created in Venice to encourage dialogue between science and institutions On April 16, 2010 in Venice at the new FEEM headquarters on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, the Chairman of Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Giovanni Bazoli, the Chairman of Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Paolo Scaroni and the director of Climate Policy Initiative, Thomas Heller, presented in a press conference a new international initiative to encourage dialogue between science and institutions on climate change. The initiative encompasses different aspects. First of all, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Fondazione Giorgio Cini have founded the International Center for Climate Governance, a joint initiative with the aim of contributing to the study and development of future policies for global climate control. Second, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and the International Center for Climate Governance begin an important collaboration with Climate Policy Initiative - a new organization created by George Soros to evaluate the effectiveness of energy and climate policies through dialogue with the world of business and finance and with policymakers. Assessing the climate pledges of China and India: how much do they bite? One of the most important outcomes of Copenhagen has been the pledge of China and India to reduce the carbon intensity of their economies. The latter is especially relevant since China already generates 25% more emissions than the second world country emitter, the US. And it becomes even more relevant if we give credit to recent statements of Chinese officials indicating that the Copenhagen commitment might already be included into the twelfth five year plan (2011-2015), to be approved early next year. If that was the case, China would have a domestic climate policy before more accountable nations such as the US. However, given the somehow elusive carbon intensity metric, there is considerable speculation about what kind of climate leadership is entailed by the Copenhagen pledges. A new FEEM policy brief explores this issue by providing an assessment of the Asian giants' efforts required to meet their climate goals. Are they consistent with a "business as usual" scenario? Or do they entail a shift away from the way energy is produced and consumed now? Which way forward do they indicate, if any? Lisbon vs Kyoto vs Moscow: towards a smart EU energy policy The Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP), the Loyola de Palacio Programme of the European University Institute, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Wilton Park (WP) organized a four-tier project to discuss the potential for a smart EU Energy Policy. The project consisted of three workshops where academics discussed the various interactions between the three core objectives of EU energy policy with stakeholders from governments, regulators, and industry. Following the three workshops a conference took place to examine the workshop reports and to formulate overall project conclusions and recommendations. The objective of the project was to come out with a set of "smart" conclusions and recommendations for the 2010 EU energy policy review. Philippe Aghion at FEEM for a seminar on "The environment and directed technical change" How to control and limit climate change caused by our growing consumption of fossil fuels and to develop alternative energy sources to these fossil fuels are among the most pressing policy challenges facing the world today. However, while a large part of the discussion among climate scientists focuses on the effect of various policies on the development of alternative and more environmentally friendly energy sources, the response of technological change to environmental policy has until very recently been all but ignored by leading economic analyses of environment policy. On April 14, 2010 Philippe Aghion (Harvard University) discussed these issues with FEEM researchers and held a seminar on "The Environment and Directed Technical Change". After the seminar Professor Aghion answered questions on the future of economics after the crisis, reforms to improve European universities, climate change policies and the economic instruments needed to support innovation under environmental constraints. The interview is available on You Tube FEEM Channel. UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Talks:"A different approach to climate policy: the optimal balance between mitigation and adaptation" The first round of climate change negotiations after the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, held in December 2009, took place in Bonn, Germany from 9 to 11 April 2010. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei organized the Side Event: "A different approach to climate policy: the optimal balance between mitigation and adaptation", highlighting how an efficient approach integrates these two options, and identifies the optimal distribution of mitigation and adaptation efforts though space and time. FEEM goes social! Follow FEEM activities on Twitter, and become a fan on Facebook! You can also actively take part to discussions on FEEM Blog, by posting your own articles or commenting posts from our researchers and fellows. FEEM News - Published bimonthly. 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