This ETC/WMGE report provides the detailed analysis underpinning the EEA Briefing "The plast... more This ETC/WMGE report provides the detailed analysis underpinning the EEA Briefing "The plastic waste trade in the circular economy" https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/waste/resource-efficiency/the-plastic-waste-trade-in In doing so, it provides an overview of exports of plastic waste from the EU and discusses its possible consequences and opportunities.
The essay addresses the socio-economic drivers and policy instruments of waste management in Ital... more The essay addresses the socio-economic drivers and policy instruments of waste management in Italian provinces through Panel Data technique
Part 1 Introduction, A. Quadrio Curzio, L.Prosperetti and R. Zoboli): the general trends the prob... more Part 1 Introduction, A. Quadrio Curzio, L.Prosperetti and R. Zoboli): the general trends the problem of disposal and recycling technologies - options and costs the financing of MSW investments and operations MSW policies - the problem of efficiency and effectiveness the economic approach to MSW policy. Part 2 General trends: the municipal solid waste problem in the main industrialised countries, J.E. McCarthy - waste management methods, standards for waste management facilities, public attitudes toward waste disposal, the role of producer industries, future directions municipal solid waste - a quantitative overview, 0. Arango and C.Bertuzzi - waste generation, the composition of the municipal solid waste, packaging waste, waste collection and disposal, recycling. Part 3 Technological options and costs: technological options and costs of municipal solid waste disposal and recycling, A. Raggi - major technological options, costs and scale at the plant level technological innovation and costs of municipal solid waste treatment, G. Barbiroli - waste-to-energy technologies, co-composting, recycling, integrated systems the use of municipal solid waste in agriculture and animal breeding and its environmental impact, S. Silva - recycling of organic materials, use of MSW in animal feeding, composting a decision-support system for solid waste management, C. Caruso, A. Colomi and M. Paruccini - formulation of the problem, geographical description of the region, the model, the package "Purple". Part 4 The financing of MSW investments and operations: public and private resources for waste-related investment, L. Prosperetti - project financing - an economic rationale, private resources for waste-related investment EIB and the financing of municipal waste disposal, E.Greppi - the role of EIB. terms and conditions of EIB lending, EIB environmental lending, past developments in municipal waste management in the Community, expected developments in municipal waste management, the long-term lender's conclusions. Part 5 The policy of municipal solid waste - developments and analysis: developments in the EEC regulations on municipal solid waste, R. Cafari Panico - Community policy in the sector of municipal solid waste, the existence of subjective Community rights on matters of waste, initiatives adopted during 1992 and 1993 - the proposed directive on the treatment of packaging waste, regulation 259/93 regarding the supervision and control of waste shipments. Part contents.
Part 1 Introduction, A. Quadrio Curzio, L.Prosperetti and R. Zoboli): the general trends the prob... more Part 1 Introduction, A. Quadrio Curzio, L.Prosperetti and R. Zoboli): the general trends the problem of disposal and recycling technologies - options and costs the financing of MSW investments and operations MSW policies - the problem of efficiency and effectiveness the economic approach to MSW policy. Part 2 General trends: the municipal solid waste problem in the main industrialised countries, J.E. McCarthy - waste management methods, standards for waste management facilities, public attitudes toward waste disposal, the role of producer industries, future directions municipal solid waste - a quantitative overview, 0. Arango and C.Bertuzzi - waste generation, the composition of the municipal solid waste, packaging waste, waste collection and disposal, recycling. Part 3 Technological options and costs: technological options and costs of municipal solid waste disposal and recycling, A. Raggi - major technological options, costs and scale at the plant level technological innovation and costs of municipal solid waste treatment, G. Barbiroli - waste-to-energy technologies, co-composting, recycling, integrated systems the use of municipal solid waste in agriculture and animal breeding and its environmental impact, S. Silva - recycling of organic materials, use of MSW in animal feeding, composting a decision-support system for solid waste management, C. Caruso, A. Colomi and M. Paruccini - formulation of the problem, geographical description of the region, the model, the package "Purple". Part 4 The financing of MSW investments and operations: public and private resources for waste-related investment, L. Prosperetti - project financing - an economic rationale, private resources for waste-related investment EIB and the financing of municipal waste disposal, E.Greppi - the role of EIB. terms and conditions of EIB lending, EIB environmental lending, past developments in municipal waste management in the Community, expected developments in municipal waste management, the long-term lender's conclusions. Part 5 The policy of municipal solid waste - developments and analysis: developments in the EEC regulations on municipal solid waste, R. Cafari Panico - Community policy in the sector of municipal solid waste, the existence of subjective Community rights on matters of waste, initiatives adopted during 1992 and 1993 - the proposed directive on the treatment of packaging waste, regulation 259/93 regarding the supervision and control of waste shipments. Part contents.
In 2020, EU policy clearly recognises that achieving long-term sustainability will require fundam... more In 2020, EU policy clearly recognises that achieving long-term sustainability will require fundamental transformation of the core socio-economic systems driving environmental problems, such as those meeting society\u2019s demand for food, energy and mobility. This understanding comes through forcefully in the new European Green Deal, as well as in the growing body of complementary goals, strategies and tools, including the Energy Union, the New Industrial Strategy for Europe, the just transition mechanism and the proposal for a European Climate Law. In their different ways, these instruments all aim to enable society to meet its material and socio-economic needs while protecting and enhancing the environment in Europe and globally. As detailed in the European Environment Agency\u2019s recent five-yearly assessment, SOER 2020, transforming societal systems represents a major governance challenge, characterised by widespread lock-ins, feedbacks, trade-offs and uncertainties. Achieving sustainability transitions will require that all areas and levels of government work together to enable the emergence and diffusion of new ways of living and working. Fiscal and financial policy tools have a critical role to play in each phase \u2013from enabling experimentation and innovation, and correcting market incentives, to ensuring a fair sharing of the costs and benefits across society. Yet Europe\u2019s financial and fiscal systems themselves face significant disruption and change over coming decades, resulting from the transformation of production-consumption systems, and closely intertwined macro-level processes, such as demographic and technological megatrends (Figure 2). Given the foundational role of the fiscal and financial systems in the functioning and governance of European societies, it is essential to understand how they will be impacted by ongoing social and economic change processes. A forthcoming EEA report, Sustainability transition in Europe in the age of demographic and technological change, provides an initial response to these knowledge needs
The paper provides a comprehensive assessment of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and resilience r... more The paper provides a comprehensive assessment of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and resilience related to natural disasters in Italian municipalities. Indicators of the various components of risk assessment are built according to state-of-the-art methods. The combination of these dimensions is especially useful to identify hot spots that are characterized by high hazard, exposure and vulnerability and by low resilience. We also discuss the extent to which the institutional framework in place in Italy is able to deal with natural disasters. The Disaster Risk Assessment tool (DRAT) developed by our paper may help policy makers in prioritising areas for intervention and it is particularly valuable when effective choices about mitigation and prevention strategies are to be taken in presence of tight public budgets.
The book collects multidisciplinary contributions on the topic of food as seen from the perspecti... more The book collects multidisciplinary contributions on the topic of food as seen from the perspective of culture, art, anthropology, human development, poverty
The paper proposes a new set of indicators to asses urban sustainability in the framework of a De... more The paper proposes a new set of indicators to asses urban sustainability in the framework of a Decision Support System. An application to the city of Milan is developed in the paper.
In the paper, we will firstly depict a few key elements of interaction between agriculture and cl... more In the paper, we will firstly depict a few key elements of interaction between agriculture and climate change. Then we propose to look at climate change adaptation, in general and in LDCs agriculture, as a required paradigm of change in development strategies, which implies, from a methodological perspective, a change in the culture of decision making and governance. We then summarise the recent development of the international higher-level policy approach to climate change adaptation, in which LDCs agriculture has a central role, together with the \u2018climate finance\u2019 framework for adaptation. We conclude by suggesting a set of open issues to be addressed in the current debate on climate adaptation within the Post-2015 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals
This report presents the results of the work carried out at ETC/WMGE on Green economy transition:... more This report presents the results of the work carried out at ETC/WMGE on Green economy transition: Macroeconomic analytical framework in 2020 and 2021. The main aim was to provide the arguments for adopting a macro-level perspective to the green economy transition and to the European Green Deal (EGD). Some analytical results presented in this report provided inputs to the process leading to the EEA report Reflecting on green growth. Creating a resilient economy (EEA 2021).
In questo lavoro viene elaborato un sistema di indicatori sulla dotazione di infrastrutture dei c... more In questo lavoro viene elaborato un sistema di indicatori sulla dotazione di infrastrutture dei comuni italiani. Tali indicatori vengono posti quindi in relazione a quelli di sviluppo economico allo stesso livello territoriale per identificare dei modelli territoriali differenziati di relazione tra dotazione (o non dotazione) di infrastrutture e sviluppo
The \u201cGlobal Governance in a Plural World\u201d research project originated from the observat... more The \u201cGlobal Governance in a Plural World\u201d research project originated from the observation that a single world-scale international system is now largely obsolete and far from realistic in meeting the needs of the 21st century. Seeing the consolidation of heterogeneous political, societal and economic actors, we were convinced of the need to address Global Governance (GG) issues in a plural perspective, acknowledging the emergence of a variety of different \u2018regional societies\u2019 ruled by different norms, principles and expectations. Facing this plural context of differentiated but overlapping societies, we tried exploring new research paths, at the crossroads of ASERI\u2019s main fields of inquiry: economics, politics and institutions, in order to characterise the evolving mix of (potential) conflict and cooperation in the international system. The first volume, published in 2010, addresses the questions that led the design and the making of the project: How to frame a GG design that might be sensitive to and inclusive of the plurality of rules and expectations defining the current international system? Could a unipolar power system actually keep the balance in a multipolar, plural, and fragmented international society? Which features of the different international and regional societies constitute elements of tension or cooperation among them? How do states, international organisations, NGOs, economic stakeholders, and communities of all kinds contribute to framing the new international system? What is the role of democracy, freedom, legitimacy, security in providing the \u2018common good\u2019 of a new governance design
Il saggio presenta alcune indicazioni sulle possibili strategie di sviluppo del sistema universit... more Il saggio presenta alcune indicazioni sulle possibili strategie di sviluppo del sistema universitario brescian
This ETC/WMGE report provides the detailed analysis underpinning the EEA Briefing "The plast... more This ETC/WMGE report provides the detailed analysis underpinning the EEA Briefing "The plastic waste trade in the circular economy" https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/waste/resource-efficiency/the-plastic-waste-trade-in In doing so, it provides an overview of exports of plastic waste from the EU and discusses its possible consequences and opportunities.
The essay addresses the socio-economic drivers and policy instruments of waste management in Ital... more The essay addresses the socio-economic drivers and policy instruments of waste management in Italian provinces through Panel Data technique
Part 1 Introduction, A. Quadrio Curzio, L.Prosperetti and R. Zoboli): the general trends the prob... more Part 1 Introduction, A. Quadrio Curzio, L.Prosperetti and R. Zoboli): the general trends the problem of disposal and recycling technologies - options and costs the financing of MSW investments and operations MSW policies - the problem of efficiency and effectiveness the economic approach to MSW policy. Part 2 General trends: the municipal solid waste problem in the main industrialised countries, J.E. McCarthy - waste management methods, standards for waste management facilities, public attitudes toward waste disposal, the role of producer industries, future directions municipal solid waste - a quantitative overview, 0. Arango and C.Bertuzzi - waste generation, the composition of the municipal solid waste, packaging waste, waste collection and disposal, recycling. Part 3 Technological options and costs: technological options and costs of municipal solid waste disposal and recycling, A. Raggi - major technological options, costs and scale at the plant level technological innovation and costs of municipal solid waste treatment, G. Barbiroli - waste-to-energy technologies, co-composting, recycling, integrated systems the use of municipal solid waste in agriculture and animal breeding and its environmental impact, S. Silva - recycling of organic materials, use of MSW in animal feeding, composting a decision-support system for solid waste management, C. Caruso, A. Colomi and M. Paruccini - formulation of the problem, geographical description of the region, the model, the package "Purple". Part 4 The financing of MSW investments and operations: public and private resources for waste-related investment, L. Prosperetti - project financing - an economic rationale, private resources for waste-related investment EIB and the financing of municipal waste disposal, E.Greppi - the role of EIB. terms and conditions of EIB lending, EIB environmental lending, past developments in municipal waste management in the Community, expected developments in municipal waste management, the long-term lender's conclusions. Part 5 The policy of municipal solid waste - developments and analysis: developments in the EEC regulations on municipal solid waste, R. Cafari Panico - Community policy in the sector of municipal solid waste, the existence of subjective Community rights on matters of waste, initiatives adopted during 1992 and 1993 - the proposed directive on the treatment of packaging waste, regulation 259/93 regarding the supervision and control of waste shipments. Part contents.
Part 1 Introduction, A. Quadrio Curzio, L.Prosperetti and R. Zoboli): the general trends the prob... more Part 1 Introduction, A. Quadrio Curzio, L.Prosperetti and R. Zoboli): the general trends the problem of disposal and recycling technologies - options and costs the financing of MSW investments and operations MSW policies - the problem of efficiency and effectiveness the economic approach to MSW policy. Part 2 General trends: the municipal solid waste problem in the main industrialised countries, J.E. McCarthy - waste management methods, standards for waste management facilities, public attitudes toward waste disposal, the role of producer industries, future directions municipal solid waste - a quantitative overview, 0. Arango and C.Bertuzzi - waste generation, the composition of the municipal solid waste, packaging waste, waste collection and disposal, recycling. Part 3 Technological options and costs: technological options and costs of municipal solid waste disposal and recycling, A. Raggi - major technological options, costs and scale at the plant level technological innovation and costs of municipal solid waste treatment, G. Barbiroli - waste-to-energy technologies, co-composting, recycling, integrated systems the use of municipal solid waste in agriculture and animal breeding and its environmental impact, S. Silva - recycling of organic materials, use of MSW in animal feeding, composting a decision-support system for solid waste management, C. Caruso, A. Colomi and M. Paruccini - formulation of the problem, geographical description of the region, the model, the package "Purple". Part 4 The financing of MSW investments and operations: public and private resources for waste-related investment, L. Prosperetti - project financing - an economic rationale, private resources for waste-related investment EIB and the financing of municipal waste disposal, E.Greppi - the role of EIB. terms and conditions of EIB lending, EIB environmental lending, past developments in municipal waste management in the Community, expected developments in municipal waste management, the long-term lender's conclusions. Part 5 The policy of municipal solid waste - developments and analysis: developments in the EEC regulations on municipal solid waste, R. Cafari Panico - Community policy in the sector of municipal solid waste, the existence of subjective Community rights on matters of waste, initiatives adopted during 1992 and 1993 - the proposed directive on the treatment of packaging waste, regulation 259/93 regarding the supervision and control of waste shipments. Part contents.
In 2020, EU policy clearly recognises that achieving long-term sustainability will require fundam... more In 2020, EU policy clearly recognises that achieving long-term sustainability will require fundamental transformation of the core socio-economic systems driving environmental problems, such as those meeting society\u2019s demand for food, energy and mobility. This understanding comes through forcefully in the new European Green Deal, as well as in the growing body of complementary goals, strategies and tools, including the Energy Union, the New Industrial Strategy for Europe, the just transition mechanism and the proposal for a European Climate Law. In their different ways, these instruments all aim to enable society to meet its material and socio-economic needs while protecting and enhancing the environment in Europe and globally. As detailed in the European Environment Agency\u2019s recent five-yearly assessment, SOER 2020, transforming societal systems represents a major governance challenge, characterised by widespread lock-ins, feedbacks, trade-offs and uncertainties. Achieving sustainability transitions will require that all areas and levels of government work together to enable the emergence and diffusion of new ways of living and working. Fiscal and financial policy tools have a critical role to play in each phase \u2013from enabling experimentation and innovation, and correcting market incentives, to ensuring a fair sharing of the costs and benefits across society. Yet Europe\u2019s financial and fiscal systems themselves face significant disruption and change over coming decades, resulting from the transformation of production-consumption systems, and closely intertwined macro-level processes, such as demographic and technological megatrends (Figure 2). Given the foundational role of the fiscal and financial systems in the functioning and governance of European societies, it is essential to understand how they will be impacted by ongoing social and economic change processes. A forthcoming EEA report, Sustainability transition in Europe in the age of demographic and technological change, provides an initial response to these knowledge needs
The paper provides a comprehensive assessment of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and resilience r... more The paper provides a comprehensive assessment of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and resilience related to natural disasters in Italian municipalities. Indicators of the various components of risk assessment are built according to state-of-the-art methods. The combination of these dimensions is especially useful to identify hot spots that are characterized by high hazard, exposure and vulnerability and by low resilience. We also discuss the extent to which the institutional framework in place in Italy is able to deal with natural disasters. The Disaster Risk Assessment tool (DRAT) developed by our paper may help policy makers in prioritising areas for intervention and it is particularly valuable when effective choices about mitigation and prevention strategies are to be taken in presence of tight public budgets.
The book collects multidisciplinary contributions on the topic of food as seen from the perspecti... more The book collects multidisciplinary contributions on the topic of food as seen from the perspective of culture, art, anthropology, human development, poverty
The paper proposes a new set of indicators to asses urban sustainability in the framework of a De... more The paper proposes a new set of indicators to asses urban sustainability in the framework of a Decision Support System. An application to the city of Milan is developed in the paper.
In the paper, we will firstly depict a few key elements of interaction between agriculture and cl... more In the paper, we will firstly depict a few key elements of interaction between agriculture and climate change. Then we propose to look at climate change adaptation, in general and in LDCs agriculture, as a required paradigm of change in development strategies, which implies, from a methodological perspective, a change in the culture of decision making and governance. We then summarise the recent development of the international higher-level policy approach to climate change adaptation, in which LDCs agriculture has a central role, together with the \u2018climate finance\u2019 framework for adaptation. We conclude by suggesting a set of open issues to be addressed in the current debate on climate adaptation within the Post-2015 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals
This report presents the results of the work carried out at ETC/WMGE on Green economy transition:... more This report presents the results of the work carried out at ETC/WMGE on Green economy transition: Macroeconomic analytical framework in 2020 and 2021. The main aim was to provide the arguments for adopting a macro-level perspective to the green economy transition and to the European Green Deal (EGD). Some analytical results presented in this report provided inputs to the process leading to the EEA report Reflecting on green growth. Creating a resilient economy (EEA 2021).
In questo lavoro viene elaborato un sistema di indicatori sulla dotazione di infrastrutture dei c... more In questo lavoro viene elaborato un sistema di indicatori sulla dotazione di infrastrutture dei comuni italiani. Tali indicatori vengono posti quindi in relazione a quelli di sviluppo economico allo stesso livello territoriale per identificare dei modelli territoriali differenziati di relazione tra dotazione (o non dotazione) di infrastrutture e sviluppo
The \u201cGlobal Governance in a Plural World\u201d research project originated from the observat... more The \u201cGlobal Governance in a Plural World\u201d research project originated from the observation that a single world-scale international system is now largely obsolete and far from realistic in meeting the needs of the 21st century. Seeing the consolidation of heterogeneous political, societal and economic actors, we were convinced of the need to address Global Governance (GG) issues in a plural perspective, acknowledging the emergence of a variety of different \u2018regional societies\u2019 ruled by different norms, principles and expectations. Facing this plural context of differentiated but overlapping societies, we tried exploring new research paths, at the crossroads of ASERI\u2019s main fields of inquiry: economics, politics and institutions, in order to characterise the evolving mix of (potential) conflict and cooperation in the international system. The first volume, published in 2010, addresses the questions that led the design and the making of the project: How to frame a GG design that might be sensitive to and inclusive of the plurality of rules and expectations defining the current international system? Could a unipolar power system actually keep the balance in a multipolar, plural, and fragmented international society? Which features of the different international and regional societies constitute elements of tension or cooperation among them? How do states, international organisations, NGOs, economic stakeholders, and communities of all kinds contribute to framing the new international system? What is the role of democracy, freedom, legitimacy, security in providing the \u2018common good\u2019 of a new governance design
Il saggio presenta alcune indicazioni sulle possibili strategie di sviluppo del sistema universit... more Il saggio presenta alcune indicazioni sulle possibili strategie di sviluppo del sistema universitario brescian
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