The Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC) is a non-profit research institution. CMCC’s mission is to investigate and model our climate system and its interactions with society to provide reliable, rigorous, and timely scientific results, which will in turn, stimulate sustainable growth, protect the environment, and develop science-driven adaptation and mitigation policies in a changing climate. CMCC collaborates with experienced scientists, economists, and technicians, which work together in order to provide full analyses of climate impacts on various systems such as agriculture, ecosystems, coasts, water resources, health, and economics. CMCC also supports policymakers in setting and assessing costs, mitigation, and adaptation policies.
Within CMCC, the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE) is the entity directly involved in the ENTICE project.
The Wuppertal Institut (WI) is a non-profit limited company owned by the state of North-Rhine Westphalia and was founded in 1992. WI undertakes research and develops models, strategies, and instruments for transitions to sustainable development at local, national, and international level. It focusses on resources, climate, and energy related challenges and their relation to economy and society.
The Institute employs an inter- and transdisciplinary approach to science and approaches the ecological and social challenges at hand from a systemic perspective. The research staff of the Wuppertal Institute is trained in a wide variety of scientific disciplines: natural and environmental sciences, geography, systems sciences, engineering, planning, law, economics as well as political and social sciences. With its approximately 200 employees – 51.2 % of which are female, the Wuppertal Institute is one of the largest as well as most influential think tanks for applied sustainability science in Europe.
Reform Institute is the Polish independent think tank that supports the continuous improvement of formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies in Poland, Europe and globally.
Reform Institute as a leading centre in Central and Eastern Europe providing solutions, tools and expertise to create the highest quality regulations corresponding with the complexity of global socio-economic, technological and environmental challenges.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU University Amsterdam; VUA), established in 1880, is a Dutch institution for higher education and scientific research. VUA offers high-level higher education, offering 47 undergraduate programs and 92 master’s degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. The VUA has seven faculties, approximately 22,000 students and a staff of 3,200 including 1,800 academic and administrative and technical 1.400.
Scientific research in the faculties includes natural sciences, psychology, pedagogy, medicine, economics, law, arts, computer science, earth science, biology, movement sciences and social sciences. VUA is consistently rated (see e.g. the Times Higher Education University Ranking 2010) among the 140 best universities in the world. VUA hosts one of the leading Semantic Web research groups worldwide. VUA researchers have delivered key contributions to internationally renowned methodologies, frameworks and languages for knowledge engineering and Semantic Web technologies. This includes chairing W3C working groups for RDF 1.1, PROV, SKOS, and OWL. VUA researchers have been active over the years in a wide range of European efforts (from FP2 to H2020) including, recently, Big Data Europe, LarCK VISTA-TV, NoTube, Open PHACTS, and EuropeanaConnect. The group has specific expertise in applying its research to applications in the cultural heritage, media and biomedical domains through close collaborations with (Inter)national institutions.
HOLISTIC is a dynamic consultancy firm offering a wide range of services in the fields of energy and environmental policy and planning, digital services, project organization, and management support. HOLISTIC designs and implements integrated solutions, provides specialised administration services, and designs, develops, and monitors the implementation progress of innovative IT systems. HOLISTIC team consists of executives who have long and extensive experience in the development of projects in these fields, they have the necessary know-how to undertake and execute complex projects of public, municipal, and private organisations in the EU, while they have a considerable research and academic background in cutting-edge methodologies, systems, and technologies, which allows detailed and well-documented studies to be carried out in the areas of expertise of the company.
eNextGen is an innovative startup and spin-off of Politecnico di Milano, specialized in sustainability solutions through carbon footprint analysis, ESG compliance, and life-cycle impact assessment. Using advanced methodologies like Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Input-Output modeling, eNextGen helps businesses measure, understand, and reduce their environmental impact, aligning with frameworks such as CSRD and CBAM
The team brings a strong research background from leading European institutions, with expertise in energy and industrial ecology modeling. Combining academic rigor with practical applications, eNextGen develops market-ready tools to guide companies in the transition toward a low-carbon economy.
The University of Southampton has been rated as one of the world's top 100 universities by the QS World University rankings. It is ranked number 81 in the QS Global World University Rankings 2023. This ranking is based on performance indicators focused on excellence in research as well as the University’s global reputation amongst fellow academics and employers, where Southampton’s academics have particularly made important strides through their increased visibility and engagement around the world.
The University of Verona is a public University established in 1982. The University of Verona focuses on innovation and the quality of research and teaching. It involves over 28,700 students and 1,730 teaching, research and technical-administrative staff. The University of Verona is organised into 13 Departments and 3 Schools, offering a total of 86 Degree Programmes and 17 PhD Programmes.
According to “THE – Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023” the University of Verona is among the 500 best universities in the world.
An institution that carries out a process of continuous growth through the enhancement of the heritage of human, structural and financial resources. An Athenaeum that looks to the future through a continuous strengthening of the link between educational offerings and the world of work.
SEURECO is a SME specialised in research and studies in quantitative economics and in particular in the establishment and the use of detailed macro sectoral models. In 2012, SEURECO (Société EURopéenne d’ECOnomie) became autonomous from the university team ERASME, which was created in a joint structure with the University of Paris-I and the École Centrale Paris. SEURECO continues to maintain important links with the academic world. Some members of the team are associate professors and the company continues to actively participate in research contracts performed within national and European university consortia. This allows us to introduce into the quantitative tools developed by the company, the results of scientific works, and thus to improve them as theoretical and empirical advances are made.
The work of the SEURECO is based on applied economic modelling, i.e. the theorisation, construction, implementation and analysis of the properties of applied macroeconomic models incorporating the most recent advances in economic theory.
The Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) was founded in 1992. The mission of ICCS is to support the deployment, the realisation and the growth of the research priorities of ECE mainly through seeking, pursuing and acquiring research funding via the competitive calls for research proposals that the European Commission had instigated.
The Decision Support Systems Lab / Energy Policy Unit (EPU-NTUA) operates within ICCS/NTUA and is a multidisciplinary scientific unit which provides academic training, carries out research and development projects, and offers management and decision support services across a wide range of complex business, socio-technical, and energy & climate policy/planning problems.
The E3MLab of ICCS/NTUA specializes in the construction and use of large-scale mathematical models covering the areas of Energy, the Economy and the Environment. Such models are used to make projections and analyse complex issues requiring system-wide consideration. Special emphasis is given to policy analysis and support.
ORDECSYS is a research and consultancy firm created in 2003 by professors and researchers from the University of Geneva. Since then, it has been providing methods and tools for techno-economic analysis within the framework of international research and consultancy contracts. ORDECSYS is specialized in systems optimization, decision under uncertainty and risk management. ORDECSYS applies these methods, in particular to modeling the energy transition and the economics of climatic change.
Politecnico di Milano, established in 1863, is a public scientific-technological university which trains engineers, architects and industrial designers. The University has always focused on the quality and innovation of its teaching and research, developing a fruitful relationship with business and productive world by means of experimental research and technological transfer.
The Sustainable Energy System Analysis and Modelling - SESAM group focuses on the analysis and modelling of sustainable energy systems, with the aim of supporting the energy transition in line with the 2030 Agenda. Activities include the simulation and optimisation of multi-sector integrated systems (electricity, heating, transport), life cycle and environmental impact analysis of energy strategies, and the study of off-grid solutions for energy access in developing countries.
The models developed by the group explore interactions between energy and industry sectors and propose policies for sustainability. SESAM collaborates with international organisations and provides advanced training on energy modelling.
Founded in 1992 and based at Purdue University, the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) supports a network of over 32,000 individuals engaged in quantitative analysis of 21st century challenges. A consortium of over 30 leading national, international, and private institutions provides baseline financial support and strategic advice. Guided by a philosophy of collaboration in data development combined with an open marketplace for ideas in analytics, GTAP aims to advance knowledge and facilitate deliberate decision-making.
The centerpiece of the Global Trade Analysis Project is a global data base describing bilateral trade patterns, production, environmental footprints, consumption and intermediate use of commodities and services. The Center also develops and maintains a suite of economic models, including the standard GTAP global computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, as well as various data and model extensions focusing on energy and emissions, circular economy, food and nutrition, land use, biofuels, migration, and detailed trade flows, among others.
GTAP-related analytics are a regular feature in the world’s most prestigious scientific journals and inform a vast array of decision-making processes by governments, international organizations, and private entities around the world.
The ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim is an economic research institute in the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Science Association (WGL).
The Research Unit “Environmental and Climate Economics” investigates the role that individual and collective human behaviour, markets and institutions play in the emergence and solution of environmental problems. We focus in particular on issues of climate change and sustainable energy supply.
As experts in assessing the economic impacts of climate and energy policies, we develop and design options for economic policy measures that are ecologically effective, economically efficient, socially balanced and viable.
Using an empirical and theory-based scientific approach, we work to understand cause-effect relationships. In doing so, we draw on methods of applied economic theory, econometrics as well as behavioural and experimental economic research.
Utrecht University (UU) is the largest university in the Netherlands, with over 3600 faculty members and over 30,000 students. UU is a research university that ranks 13th in Europe and 49th in the worldwide 2019 Shanghai Ranking. UU has focused its research efforts on a limited number of strategic themes, among which ‘Pathways to Sustainability’.
The Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development is a vibrant international research community that aims to help accelerate the transition to a sustainable society. It occupies a unique position as an interdisciplinary natural/social sciences department that solely focuses on sustainability research and is ranked as the best in the Netherlands. It was formed in 2003 as the Department of Innovation, Environmental, and Energy Sciences (IMEW), bringing together the Environmental Governance, Environmental Sciences, and Innovation Studies groups. In 2012, the Science, Technology and Society group joined from the Faculty of Science, forming what is now known as the Energy & Resources group. The Energy and Resources group offers a unique multi-disciplinary environment to develop knowledge and collaborative science projects in this complex field, with an emphasis on system analytical approaches focused on:
- efficient use of energy and materials
- shifting to unconventional and renewable energy sources
- reducing unsustainable land use change
- redirecting the industrial metabolism
The group has a strong track record in energy efficiency, sustainable bio-based production of energy and materials, future low-carbon power generation (including photovoltaics and carbon capture and storage), and energy modelling.