Approaching the complexities inherent in human behavior, and compounded by the increasingly multifaceted environment we live in, requires multiple angles of attack. Hence, combining theoretical investigations and applied techniques appears to be a promising approach to inform the scientific and...

From March 14 to 18, representatives of 187 state governments and around 6,500 delegates from inter- and non-government organizations, UN entities, academic and private sector institutions gathered together to debate a new international agreement on disaster risk reduction (DRR), one that would...

This article addresses one of the main threats for the marine ecosystem: Ocean Acidification. Caused by anthropogenic CO2 emissions, it affects the whole marine ecosystem. To cope with it and lower its negative socio-economic effects, it is necessary to adopt a comprehensive adaptation strategy...

On 14 January 2015 international scholars and experts convened in Milan for the International Conference on “Water and Development”. Re3 publishes a selection of the presentations showing how demographic trends, energy development and needs, the water-energy nexus, climate change, and water...

On February 18-20, 2015, twenty-four experts gathered in Berlin to explore approaches to improving the process by which research on climate change is assessed -- with a focus on the social-sciences (economics, political science, policy studies). The workshop was sponsored by the Fondazione Eni...

Re3 publishes the interviews with the winners of the FEEM 2014 Award, which periodically rewards new ideas and innovative research in economics by young scholars. The interviews span a wide variety of topics, from the case of Fukushima to labour market reforms and whether financial incentives...

Climate change negotiations in the framework of the UNFCCC are expected to lead to the adoption of an international agreement at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties in Paris at the end of 2015. In this short video, environmental law expert Francesca Romanin Jacur looks into this...

In this brief interview granted to Re3, Guido Santini from FAO illustrates the main spheres of actions of its Land&Water division, and in particular the effective investment planning tool developed to support countries struggling with water scarcity, most notably in Sub Saharan Africa.

On 29-30 January 2015, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) host the GGKP's third Annual Conference on the theme of "Fiscal Policies and the Green Economy Transition: Generating Knowledge – Creating...

Energy has always been linked to the history of mankind and human development. Nevertheless, universal access to energy was not included in the Millennium Development Goals. A Global Thematic Consultation on Energy was thus started to conduct a multi-stakeholder dialogue at global level aimed at...