Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Pietro Spataro Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei e Master of Management of Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (LUMSA) Author-Name: Laura Cavalli Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Title: Le azioni politiche italiane sono in grado di mantenere il riscaldamento globale al di sotto di 1,5°C? Abstract: Il riscaldamento globale è senza ombra di dubbio una delle principali sfide del secolo e per contrastare i potenziali effetti negativi è imperativo limitarne l’innalzamento mediante l’introduzione di obiettivi di decarbonizzazione. In tale contesto internazionale, questo lavoro analizza l’efficacia e la coerenza delle politiche italiane di mitigazione del cambiamento climatico nel limitare la risalita delle temperature globali al di sotto dei 2°C e dell’1,5° C. L’analisi delle politiche nazionali e di numerosi scenari, quali gli RSE NDC_90 e Early Action_90, l’IEA B2DS e l’IPCC SR1.5 P1, evidenzia la lontananza delle strategie correnti dall’obiettivo 1,5°C e introduce la necessità di una rapida riorganizzazione politica, sociale ed economica a partire dal 2030 per il raggiungimento dell’obiettivo 2°C. Questo documento identifica potenziali pratiche per risolvere le mancanze delle politiche italiane nei settori emittenti dell’energia, dei trasporti, dell’edilizia, dell’industria e dell’agricoltura. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: January File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief01-2020.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.01-01 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jacopo Galli Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC FEEM@IUAV Title: Postwar Reconstruction Materials and Technologies A Necessary Innovation for a Resourcebased Process Abstract: The current condition of cities involved in recent wars are dramatic, only in Syria more than 4 million houses have been destroyed and almost a third of the entire population has been displaced. The constructive effort necessary for the upcoming reconstruction is well over the possibilities of the country: it would require the whole sector to produce more than ten times the houses produced in prewar years for over ten consecutive years (ESCWA, 2018). Materials and technologies will play a key role in the upcoming processes; for example the water shortage of the area will not allow to reconstruct with concrete technologies that are too water demanding (Dardari, 2016). It is necessary to identify, research and develop alternative materials that use rubbles and other wastes as resources through a process of sustainable transformation. Decisions made on the subject of materials and constructive technologies will be key elements in channeling future reconstruction policies. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: January File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief02-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.01-02 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Giulia Lucertini Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC FEEM@IUAV Title: Circular Cities – Urban Metabolism and Circular Economy as a Planning Approach to Building Resilient Cities and Territories Abstract: After the adoption of the 4th Circular Economy Package by the European Commission, become very important that cities use the resources circularly. In the last century, urbanization and consumption model have built unlimited cities and societies. Without considering the finite resources, the paradigm of the linear economy (production-consumption-waste) has built unsustainable cities and societies. Urban Metabolism and Circular Economy are interesting approaches that can help planners and decision-makers to re-think and re-design future cities and their relations whit rural and peri-urban areas. Understanding how flows of materials and energy shaping urban space, society, and governance system is the first step to construct cities able to close the cycles and become sustainable and resilient also in face to the climate change challenge. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: April File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief03-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.04-03 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Denis Maragno Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC FEEM@IUAV Author-Name: Vittore Negretto Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC FEEM@IUAV Title: Vulnerability Assessment and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to Drive Climate-proof Planning Abstract: Climate change is one of the most complex issues of the 21st century, and the magnitude of the problem is globally recognized and largely discussed both in the academic and political arena. Climate-proofing cities require substantial modifications in planning, design and management approaches. That includes the strategies to reduce climate change emissions and to make urban systems more resilient to climate change effects (Musco, 2014). More fine-scale pieces of information are necessary to produce more detailed analysis. In particular, Remote Sensing Technologies are particularly suited to produce an information framework that can support climate-proof planning processes. The general inadequateness of the available data is the major obstacle in developing those vulnerability assessment. For this reason, Public Administration might find it worthwhile to overcome the concept of information ownership, preferring to adopt a new model based on knowledge resources sharing. This paradigm presupposes the involvement and the cooperative participation of citizens, academia and private enterprises with a common objective orientation. Therefore, building an innovative knowledge framework and a reliable network should be the first step to develop a shared and integrated climate-proof planning. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: April File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief04-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.04-04 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Riccardo Christopher Spani Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Title: Launching the EU’s Just Transition Mechanism Abstract: On December 11th 2019, the European Commission adopted a Communication on the European Green Deal shedding light on the roadmap to implement the new growth policies for Europe. Ambitious environmental objectives and cooperation between public and private institutions are key pillars of the initiative. In particular, it contains dispositions regarding the Just Transition Mechanism. This tool, as Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal Frans Timmermans stated, is inspired by solidarity and fairness values and is aimed at supporting the countries and the sectors which will suffer the most during the transition towards a climate-neutral economy by making investments more attractive with an overall financial package worth at least €100 billion. This action, together with all the others included in the European Green Deal, are pivotal steps towards the achievement of the Paris Agreement goals. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: May File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief05-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.05-05 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mia Alibegovic Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Laura Cavalli Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Giulia Lizzi Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Ilenia Romani Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Sergio Vergalli Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Università degli Studi di Brescia Title: COVID-19 & SDGs: La pandemia impatta i target dei 17 Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile? Una riflessione qualitativa Abstract: Nel seguente Policy Brief si propone un’analisi qualitativa dell’impatto che la pandemia COVID-19 e l’attuale crisi italiana da essa generata, potrebbero avere sul raggiungimento dei 17 Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile (SDGs – Sustainable Development Goals). Sono stati presi in considerazione tutti i 169 target contenuti nell’Agenda, analizzando quindi, nello specifico, gli effetti della crisi sulle tre dimensioni di sviluppo sostenibile: economica, sociale, ambientale. Le riflessioni che emergono nel presente documento cercano di comprendere per ciascun Goal e target quali potrebbero e possono essere gli effetti della pandemia, del lockdown e della crisi economica da essi generata. I risultati presentati nel documento si basano sull’andamento della pandemia e dei decreti attuati dal governo italiano per contrastarla fino a data odierna, 8 maggio 2020; tuttavia, tali outcomes non possono ancora definirsi definitivi, visto il carattere ancora sussistente della crisi, il lockdown ancora in essere, e l’assenza di dati quantitativi relativi al postcrisi. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: May File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief06-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.05-06 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mia Alibegovic Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Laura Cavalli Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Giulia Lizzi Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Ilenia Romani Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Sandro Sanna Author-WorkPlace-Name: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Centro Regionale di Programmazione Author-Name: Sergio Vergalli Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Università degli Studi di Brescia Title: COVID-19 & SDGs: Does the Current Pandemic Have an Impact on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals? A Qualitative Analysis Abstract: The following Policy Brief proposes a qualitative analysis on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic and the current Italian crisis could have on the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The analysis considers all the 169 targets of the 2030 Agenda, in order to study, specifically, which will be the effects of the crisis concerning the three dimensions of sustainable development: economy, society and environment. The reflection emerging from this document attempts to understand for each Goal and target which could and can be the impacts of the pandemic, of the lockdown and of the overall economic crisis caused by the previous. The results presented in the Brief are based on the evolution of the crisis and on the decree-laws of the Italian government in order to contain it; nevertheless, those outcomes cannot be taken as final, considering the subsisting nature of the crisis, the still outstanding lockdown measures, and the absence of quantitative data related to the post-crisis. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: June File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief07-2020.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.06-07 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mia Alibegovic Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Laura Cavalli Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Giulia Lizzi Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Ilenia Romani Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Sandro Sanna Author-WorkPlace-Name: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Centro Regionale di Programmazione Author-Name: Sergio Vergalli Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Università degli Studi di Brescia Title: Oltre l’Agenda 2030: la risposta del sistema sanitario italiano al COVID-19 Abstract: Il presente Policy Brief intende esaminare il framework del sistema sanitario alla luce della crisi COVID-19, per analizzare nello specifico quelle che sono le cause che sottostanno alle enormi difficoltà ed i limiti che l’Italia e l’Unione Europea stanno riscontrando nella battaglia contro la pandemia. Una breve analisi quantitativo-descrittiva delinea in che modo lo Stato italiano e l’Unione Europea intervengono nell’area della sanità. Ne emerge che l’Italia è un Paese ben preparato per fare fronte a pericoli del genere, non solo per quanto riguarda i finanziamenti e le performance della sanità, ma anche perché inserito in una più ampia ottica internazionale, dotata di strumenti e framework validi – uno tra tanti l’Agenda 2030. Dunque, considerando che i finanziamenti e le policies in questione, seppur virtuose, non si sono rivelate pronte per affrontare lo shock sanitario imposto dalla pandemia, ora più che mai diventa necessario rivedere i parametri riferiti alla sanità e al benessere utilizzati nel panorama nazionale ed internazionale, quali, ad esempio, l’Agenda 2030 per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: June File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief08-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.06-08 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Riccardo Christopher Spani Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Title: The New Circular Economy Action Plan Abstract: On March 11th 2020, the European Commission presented one of the European Green Deal’s (EGD) main blocks: the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP). The Commission recognised that the ambitious environmental objectives, the transition towards a regenerative growth model, and the decoupling of economic growth from resource use need to be adequately supported and identified a strategy to upscale the circular-economy approach from the front-runners to the mainstream economic players. Such a strategy is presented as the main instrument to achieve these goals, as it would contribute significantly to ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the European Union. The plan, in particular, aims at guaranteeing the regulatory framework implementation, the maximisation of the business opportunities that the transition provides and the minimisation of the burdens and the obstacles on people and businesses. This action, together with all the others included in the European Green Deal, represents a pivotal step in meeting the Paris Agreement goals. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: July File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief09-2020.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-09 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mattia Bertin Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC | FEEM@Iuav Title: The Pre-disaster Recovery Plan - a Tool for Climate-proofing Southern Europe Abstract: The climate change is increasing the need of planning tools able to produce great territorial transformations. The urban configurations in Southern Europe, especially the late modern and contemporary neighbourhoods, are frequently situated in very dangerous hydrogeological areas. The local effects of the climate change process act as drivers on these areas, increasing the number of catastrophic impacts. On the one hand there is a need for a capacity to reduce the effects of the disaster in the social, physical and economic dimensions of local communities; on the other hand, there is a need to build tools for territorial adaptation, in order to avoid future impacts. It is more necessary than ever to develop a new urban planning tool to bridge the current risk with future climate-proof transformations. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: July File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief10-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-10 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Giulia Lucertini Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC | FEEM@Iuav Author-Name: Francesco Musco Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC | FEEM@Iuav Title: Lo spreco alimentare, pianificazione e circolarità Abstract: I temi relativi all’alimentazione e alla produzione di cibo hanno, negli ultimi anni, ottenuto un’attenzione sempre maggiore, sia da parte delle istituzioni sia dei cittadini. Tra i temi più rilevanti, ma non ancora pienamente studiato, si trova lo spreco alimentare. Lo spreco alimentare annuo ha un valore economico diretto stimato pari a 750 miliardi di dollari, che se considerato in correlazione con i costi dei danni ambientali generati può arrivare a 2600 miliardi di dollari. Nonostante questo ingente impatto economico non molto è stato fatto per limitare o recuperare queste perdite. Solo recentemente alcune iniziative, stimolate principalmente dal dibattito sull’economia circolare o dalla realizzazione dei piani urbani del cibo, hanno portato ad azioni concrete. Tuttavia, queste iniziative benché numerose non hanno ancora un carattere sistemico e diffuso, restano principalmente esempi virtuosi locali che, pertanto, non riescono ancora ad incidere efficacemente sulla riduzione dello spreco alimentare. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: July File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief11-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-11 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jacopo Galli Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC | FEEM@Iuav Title: Conceptual and Practical Approaches of Early Stage Urban Reconstruction in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Abstract: The civil war that has interested Syria since 2011 has witnessed numerous different actors, state and non-state parties linked by momentary alliances in a fluid and informal political environment. The Kurds of North and East Syria, with the establishment of the Rojava autonomous region in 2014, have been among the most interesting examples of attempts to construct innovative administrative and territorial authorities. Guided by the principals of libertarian municipalism, the self-proclaimed administration has undertaken early reconstruction efforts in areas such as Kobane heavily damaged by the conflict with ISIS. The policy brief will shortly define the conceptual and practical approaches that have been laid out by the Kurd administration and investigate how the innovative organisation methods might influence urban form in the upcoming reconstruction processes. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: July File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief12-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-12 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jacopo Galli Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC | FEEM@Iuav Title: Decentralisation, an Innovative Settlement Model for War Torn Areas. Can Reconstruction be the Chance to Rethink Administrative and Urban Patterns? Abstract: The upcoming processes of reconstruction in countries and territories involved in civil wars in the MENA region will necessary require new models, not only from an urban pattern standpoint but also from an administrative one. Centralised reconstruction poses the risk of further widening economic and social inequality and possibly triggering conflict recurrence, on the contrary a process of decentralisation could allow reconstruction to be tailored on the needs of each territory and work towards a long-lasting peace. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: July File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief13-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-13 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Denis Maragno Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC | FEEM@Iuav Author-Name: Carlo Federico dall’Omo Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC | FEEM@Iuav Author-Name: Gianfranco Pozzer Author-WorkPlace-Name: EPiC | FEEM@Iuav Title: Coastal Areas in Transition. Assessment Integration Techniques to Support Local Adaptation Strategies to Climate Impacts Abstract: Land–sea interaction dynamics are physiologically regulated by an exchange of matter (and energy) between the anthropic system and the natural environment. Therefore, the appropriate management of land–sea interaction (LSI)contexts should base on those planning approaches which can holistically support coastal development, such as Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) and Climate Adaptation Planning (CAP). One of the main limiting factors for this integration is the fragmentation of existing databases and information sources, which compose the territorial knowledge framework. Investigations have sought to address the representation and assessment of “wicked” and interconnected coastal problems. The present research focuses on the production of the necessary information to fill sectorial knowledge gaps and to merge the available data into a single framework. The research methodology is based on remote sensing assessment techniques and is designed to be replicated in other coastal areas to integrate CAP and MSP. The output maps are a result of the empirical application of the integration of the assessment techniques and are meant to support local decision-making processes. The result aims at illustrating and highlighting the relationships between climate change impact vulnerabilities their spatial relation to marine resources and maritime activities. This can support effective actions aimed at environmental and urban protection, the organization of the uses of the sea and adaptation to climate impacts. The application of the assessment techniques is developed on a case study in the north Adriatic Basin. The Gulf of Trieste constitutes a representative case study for the Mediterranean Basin due to its transboundary nature. The relationship and the ongoing projects between Slovenia and Italy make the case study an interesting context in which to test and train the proposed integrated planning approach. Therefore, the study investigates local vulnerability to climate impacts, i.e., Urban Heat Island (UHI) and urban runoff, and the existing relationship between the urban fabrics and the marine environment. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: July File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief14-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-14 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Giulia Dario Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and University of Torino Author-Name: Laura Corazza Author-WorkPlace-Name: Departmenet of Management, University of Torino Title: How the European Directive 2014/95/EU shaped the non-financial reports of Italian listed companies: environmental features and political implications Abstract: In December 2016, the European Directive 2014/95/EU (namely Directive) has been adopted by the Italian legislative system with the Legislative Decree n. 254/2016, which sets the legal framework for regulating the non-financial information disclosure of companies. The purpose of this policy brief, which represents a part of a wider research project1, is to understand how Italian companies have interpreted the Directive with their non-financial report (NFR). Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: September File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief15-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-15 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marta Marini Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Politecnico di Milano Title: Can the sanitary emergency be a trigger to rethink our cities? Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic lays bare several problems of livability in our cities. Most of the largest cities are losing the people-oriented characteristic in order to pursue growth and attract investments. Conversely, the emergency reminds us that the essence of cities is to enhance the quality of life of its inhabitants, and build local resilience and sustainability, also through well-planned urbanization. The question we raise in this policy brief is whether this period of emergency could be a springboard to rethink city renewal, allowing the capacity of tackling future challenges – as novel epidemics or climate change effects. Trying to answer this question we provide some historical examples of how sanitary crises have changed the urban environment in the past. Furthermore, we highlight policy suggestions for policymakers and urban planners to foster a sized and liveable city. Multifunctionality, polycentrism, and slow mobility must be key targets to achieve the urban trends of resilience, circularity and sustainability. The tool to realize this bold improvement could be the recent concept of “15 minutes neighbourhood”. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: November File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief16-2020.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-16 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Massimiliano Rizzati Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Title: City Networks for Sustainability: Goals Achieved and Future Developments Abstract: In the last two decades, several cities and local governments coalitions, partnerships, networks, and alliances have emerged to tackle the issue of sustainability. They act as a collaborative and interactive tool to allow cities to formulate actions and policies and to interact with other cities, institutions, and firms in a transnational, and often in an autonomous manner from their upstanding level of governance. In this Policy Brief, we detail why policymakers might be interested in joining one of these, and what are the main typologies and form of actions that emerged in the previous decade. We conclude by highlighting advantages and issues that emerged from the applied and academic literature, and derive recommendations grounded on these considerations. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: November File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief17-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-17 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Gianni Guastella Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Catholic University Author-Name: Stefano Pareglio Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Catholic University Author-Name: Massimiliano Rizzati Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Enrico Lippo Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Title: The Changing Spatial Distribution Of Electricity Demand In Europe: Insights For The Transition To Low-Carbon Cities Abstract: A study developed within the FACTS (Firms and Cities Transition towards Sustainability) research program, “Projections of electricity demand in European cities using downscaled population scenarios” resulted in a Data-set of residential Electricity demand projections at the LAU level for a sample of European Countries. The study projected future residential electricity demand starting from cites population and residential land use projections. The analysis was developed from national-level energy intensity with the aim to disaggregate residential electricity at the Local Administrative Unit level for all EU member states in the year 2050. The results suggested that the amount of electricity required by cities depend mostly positively on their land-use patterns, but with an evident between- and within-country heterogeneity. This evidence poses significant challenges to the planning of future cities as it points out how the current patterns of land use will need to be properly categorized concerning future electricity requirements. Here we highlight how the development of additional downscaled datasets will help policymakers in obtaining crucial information on how to shape the future configuration of cities to reach an efficient energy transition and decarbonization. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: November File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief18-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-18 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Massimiliano Rizzati Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Title: La “Sharing Mobility”, contributo alla Rassegna 2019 GdL5 “Città e Territorio”, (ICESP) Abstract: Sintetizzando il contributo di Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei alla Rassegna 2019 GdL5 “Città e Territorio”, (ICESP), e aggiornandolo agli avvenimenti più recenti, questo articolo presenta il punto della situazione riguardo alle pratiche di Sharing Mobility (o mobilità condivisa) contemporanee, ai loro sviluppi e alle barriere e agli ostacoli che ne rallentano l’adozione. Particolare attenzione è rivolta al contesto italiano, attraverso l’analisi dei dati forniti da Istat e dall’Osservatorio Nazionale della Sharing Mobility. Il Brief conclude formulando alcune raccomandazioni e alcune possibili soluzioni agli ostacoli rilevati. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: December File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief19-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-19 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Rawad Choubassi Author-WorkPlace-Name: Systematica Author-Name: Lamia Abdelfattah Author-WorkPlace-Name: Systematica Title: How Big Data is Transforming the Way We Plan Our Cities Abstract: The availability of ubiquitous location-based data in cities has had far-reaching implications on analytical powers in various disciplines. This article focuses on some of the accrued benefits to urban transport planners and the urban planning field at large. It contends that the gains of Big Data and real-time information has not only improved analytical strength, but has also created ripple effects in the systemic approaches of city planning, integrating ex-post studies within the design cycle and redefining the planning process as a microscopic, iterative and self-correcting process. Case studies from the field are used to further highlight these newfound abilities to process finegrained analyses and propose more customized location-based solutions, offered by Big Data. A detailed description of the Torrance Living Lab experience maps out some of the potentials of using movement data from Big Data sources to design an alternative mobility plan for a low-density urban area. Finally, the paper reflects on Big Data’s limited capacity at present to replace traditional forecast modelling tools, despite demonstrated advantages over traditional methods in gaining insight from past and present travel trends. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: December File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief20-2020.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-20 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Laura Cavalli Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Giulia Lizzi Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Veronica Polin Author-WorkPlace-Name: Università degli Studi di Verona Title: Quale visione di sostenibilità per i territori montani? Voce agli esperti Abstract: Declinare la sostenibilità a livello locale significa considerare le caratteristiche di ogni territorio comprendendone le priorità, le necessità e le ambizioni. Le montagne, spesso trascurate nelle programmazioni e direttive nazionali ed internazionali, sono luoghi in cui lo sviluppo sostenibile può e deve essere perseguito unendo le risorse naturalistiche e paesaggistiche con le potenzialità economiche e sociali in esse racchiuse. Per riconoscere e valorizzare il ruolo attivo dei territori montani nel processo di localizzazione dei 17 Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile e nell’implementazione del piano d’azione proposto dall’Agenda 2030 internazionale, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei ed il Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche dell’Università degli Studi di Verona hanno organizzato l’evento “Quale visione di sostenibilità per i territori montani? Un dialogo tra studiosi e abitanti”. Il primo dei due appuntamenti ha ospitato in un webinar online contributi multidisciplinari di esperti di montagne. Il presente Workshop Brief fornisce una sintesi strutturata di questo evento. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: December File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief21-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-21 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Stefano Pareglio Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Roberto Zoboli Author-WorkPlace-Name: Catholic University and SEEDS Author-Name: Massimiliano Mazzanti Author-WorkPlace-Name: University of Ferrara and SEEDS Author-Name: Laura Bonacorsi Author-WorkPlace-Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Author-Name: Elisa Chioatto Author-WorkPlace-Name: University of Ferrara and SEEDS Author-Name: Alessio D’Amato Author-WorkPlace-Name: University of Rome Tor Vergata and SEEDS Author-Name: Claudia Ghisetti Author-WorkPlace-Name: Catholic University and SEEDS Author-Name: Mario A. Maggioni Author-WorkPlace-Name: Catholic University Author-Name: Susanna Paleari Author-WorkPlace-Name: IRCrESCNR) Author-Name: Emy Zecca Author-WorkPlace-Name: Catholic University and SEEDS Title: Energy and the Circular Economy: How to fill the integration gap? Abstract: The Circular Economy can be seen in a broader NEXUS framework, in which the relationships between the CE transition, the decarbonization transition, and the bioeconomy transition are at the core of sustainability strategies and policies. The CE can save large amounts of energy in ‘closing the material loops’ (recycling), but the net effects of business models in the ‘slowing down’ and ‘narrowing’ loops (e.g. sharing economy) can be uncertain depending on technologies or systemic effects. Energy production within the CE loops is still much based on virgin biomaterials, which can have more value in innovative non-energy uses (e.g. green chemistry), while the production of energy from waste arising from ‘closing the loops’ is limited also as a consequence of EU policies. Before the EGD, there was a weak integration between energy and the CE within the EU legislation. The EU-level definitions of CE criteria for funding business suffers for a ‘material circularity’ bias, which gives little attention to energy production from CE loops. However, CE and energy are increasingly connected within the EGD. The concepts of CE and ‘CE business models’ are increasingly holistic. Direct surveys indicate that this approach prevails in practice and firms adopt CE strategies that involve energy management and materials in an integrated way. The energy industry shows a mounting interest in the CE, both as an internal management approach and as a source of new market opportunities. Approaches and initiatives from major market players are heterogeneous and largely based on the appropriation of specific innovative businesses. The measurement of CE inside the companies is still challenging, and this issue must be addressed in front of the future adoption of ‘CE criteria’ by European policies and the financial system. The development of ‘integrated’ CEenergy business models can be needed to get the opportunities arising from the increasing CEenergy integration expected from the EGD. Journal: FEEM Policy Brief Year: 2020 Month: December File-URL: https://feem-media.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/brief22-20201.pdf File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:fem:fbrief:2020.07-22