Publications

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Latest publications on Pollution

Mexico | Did the COVID-19 lockdown reduce air pollution?

25 October 2022

This Working Paper offers rigorous statistical evidence on the influence of the reduction in mobility, derived from the COVID-19 pandemic, on the concentration levels of pollutants that affect air quality in the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico.

Spain | Green taxation to fight climate change

17 January 2022

There is evidence that climate change is largely caused by human action: greenhouse gases emissions into the atmosphere are the main cause of global warming.

Spain | The necessary shift toward electric transport

16 November 2020

The European economy faces an unprecedented challenge: reducing greenhouse gas emissions by over 40% over the next 10 years in order to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal.

Spain | Greenhouse gas emissions as a problem, electric vehicle as a solution?

4 November 2020

A necessary condition for mitigating GHG emissions from road transport is its electrification. To maximise the contribution of the electric vehicle to meeting the decarbonisation targets, its diffusion must be accelerated and the share of fossil fuels in electricity generation must be reduced.

Automobiles: Regulatory Changes and Demand

25 February 2019

Did you buy an automobile in 2018? If so, was this a decision you'd considered in advance? Or were you encouraged to do so by ads from manufacturers and distributors with eye-catching discounts, driven by the new emissions approval cycle known as WLTP, which came into force in September?

"Closing the tap" on plastics

5 November 2018

The pollution of the oceans by plastic is one of the most severe environmental problems facing humanity. This phenomenon has recently come to the fore in public opinion thanks to the distribution of distressing images on the internet and social media. Photographs of marine animals killed by ingestion, suffocation or entanglement have gone viral.

U.S. | Fighting Ocean Plastic Pollution

12 October 2018

Bringing opportunities in the circular economy. A crisis of planetary proportions. An ocean of plastic. Preventing plastics from reaching the ocean. For banks, plastics could be more than credit cards.

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