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Title:How to revitalise rail freight with digitalisation? Author(s):FINGER, Matthias
; MONTERO-PASCUAL, Juan J.; SERAFIMOVA, Teodora 
Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/01; Florence School of Regulation; TransportAbstract:In its 2011 White Paper the Commission set the objective of shifting 30% of road freight over 300 km to other modes, such as rail or waterborne transport, by 2030. By 2050 the share is to be increased to 50%. In addition ...
; MONTERO-PASCUAL, Juan J.; SERAFIMOVA, Teodora Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/01; Florence School of Regulation; TransportAbstract:In its 2011 White Paper the Commission set the objective of shifting 30% of road freight over 300 km to other modes, such as rail or waterborne transport, by 2030. By 2050 the share is to be increased to 50%. In addition ...
Title:Achieving zero emissions under a cap-and-trade system Author(s):VERDE, Stefano F.; ACWORTH, William; KARDISH, Christopher; BORGHESI, SimoneDate:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/26; Florence School of Regulation; ClimateAbstract:Highlights: Current estimates of marginal abatement costs suggest that achieving zero or net-zero emissions requires much higher carbon prices than ever experienced. Depending on how well they are addressed, competitiveness ...
; ACWORTH, William; KARDISH, Christopher; BORGHESI, SimoneDate:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/26; Florence School of Regulation; ClimateAbstract:Highlights: Current estimates of marginal abatement costs suggest that achieving zero or net-zero emissions requires much higher carbon prices than ever experienced. Depending on how well they are addressed, competitiveness ...
Title:De-escalating the Iran crisis : is there a role for Europe? Author(s):DIVSALLAR, Abdolrasool Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/07; Middle East Directions (MED)Abstract:US-Iran military tension and Europe’s uneasy job running the JCPOA dispute resolution mechanism displays a complicated path to resolve Iran crisis. How can the E3/EU contain the crisis below a manageable threshold? What ...
Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/07; Middle East Directions (MED)Abstract:US-Iran military tension and Europe’s uneasy job running the JCPOA dispute resolution mechanism displays a complicated path to resolve Iran crisis. How can the E3/EU contain the crisis below a manageable threshold? What ...
Title:How many shades of green? : an FSR proposal for a taxonomy of 'renewable' gases Author(s):CONTI, Ilaria Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/06; Florence School of Regulation; Energy; [Gas]Abstract:The role of gas in the future of the EU energy sector has been one of the most debated topics in the last few years. As natural gas (NG) makes up less and less of Europe’s energy mix (according to several studies), there ...
Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/06; Florence School of Regulation; Energy; [Gas]Abstract:The role of gas in the future of the EU energy sector has been one of the most debated topics in the last few years. As natural gas (NG) makes up less and less of Europe’s energy mix (according to several studies), there ...
Title:EU solidarity in times of Covid-19 Author(s):CICCHI, Lorenzo ; GENSCHEL, Philipp ; HEMERIJCK, Anton; NASR, Mohamed Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/34; European Governance and Politics ProgrammeAbstract:European solidarity is in high demand as the Covid-19 pandemic delivers a deep and asymmetric shock to EU economies and societies. Will there be sufficient supply? Using new EUI survey evidence on attitudes towards European ...
; GENSCHEL, Philipp ; HEMERIJCK, Anton; NASR, Mohamed Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/34; European Governance and Politics ProgrammeAbstract:European solidarity is in high demand as the Covid-19 pandemic delivers a deep and asymmetric shock to EU economies and societies. Will there be sufficient supply? Using new EUI survey evidence on attitudes towards European ...
Title:The biochar system in the EU : the pieces are falling into place, but key policy questions remain Author(s):VERDE, Stefano F.; CHIARAMONTI, DavidDate:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2021/08; Florence School of Regulation; ClimateAbstract:The biochar system presents itself as an exceptional negative emissions technology in that it can readily provide multiple public goods at relatively low cost, notably restoration of soil carbon and water conservation in ...
; CHIARAMONTI, DavidDate:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2021/08; Florence School of Regulation; ClimateAbstract:The biochar system presents itself as an exceptional negative emissions technology in that it can readily provide multiple public goods at relatively low cost, notably restoration of soil carbon and water conservation in ...
Title:Greening European cargo operations Author(s):FINGER, Matthias; SERAFIMOVA, Teodora Date:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2021/39; Florence School of Regulation; [Transport Area]Abstract:Around 75% of European cargo transport operations in terms of ton-kilometers are performed by trucks, which, in turn, entail massive environmental and societal impacts. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, road freight was ...
; SERAFIMOVA, Teodora Date:2021Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2021/39; Florence School of Regulation; [Transport Area]Abstract:Around 75% of European cargo transport operations in terms of ton-kilometers are performed by trucks, which, in turn, entail massive environmental and societal impacts. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, road freight was ...
Title:Manifesto for a post-COVID-19 recovery towards smarter and more sustainable transport Author(s):FINGER, Matthias; MONTERO-PASCUAL, Juan J.; SERAFIMOVA, Teodora Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/29; Florence School of Regulation; TransportAbstract:In Fall 2019 we published our Manifesto for the next five years of EU regulation of transport as an input for the incoming European Commission, and the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE), in particular. ...
; MONTERO-PASCUAL, Juan J.; SERAFIMOVA, Teodora Date:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; 2020/29; Florence School of Regulation; TransportAbstract:In Fall 2019 we published our Manifesto for the next five years of EU regulation of transport as an input for the incoming European Commission, and the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE), in particular. ...
Title:Are agri-food workers only exploited in southern Europe? : case studies on migrant labour in Germany, The Netherlands, and Sweden Editor(s):PALUMBO, Letizia; CORRADO, AlessandraDate:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI); 2020; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:This policy brief, which condenses the findings of an exhaustive report commissioned by the Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI) and drafted by a team of researchers coordinated by the Migration Policy Centre at ...
; CORRADO, AlessandraDate:2020Type:OtherSeries/Number:Policy Briefs; Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI); 2020; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:This policy brief, which condenses the findings of an exhaustive report commissioned by the Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI) and drafted by a team of researchers coordinated by the Migration Policy Centre at ...