The general objective is the development and application of
methodologies in order to evaluate the potential impact of the climatic
change over several particularly relevant socio-economic factors, with
the aim of establishing the sensitivity of such variables against
unexpected climatic conditions. Additionally, various financial
instruments that might be useful to manage the risks associated to the
climatic change will be studied. The specific objectives are:
Analysis of the impact of the climatic change over
socio-economic variables.
Structure and modelling of the demand for energy.
Energy derivatives.
Weather derivatives.
In order to reach the planned objectives, first the analysis
of the impact of the climatic change in the energy sector will be
pursued, as the research group has been working very successfully in
this field for several years. Later, the analysis will be extended to
socio-economic variables related to economic growth and to relevant
demographic aspects. Additionally, the consequences of the climatic
change over human activity planning will be taken into account.
The projected aim suits perfectly into the priority objective
“Atmosphere and Climate” inside the National Programme of “Natural
Resources”.
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