Europe’s cities are lagging behind in adapting to climate change and its risks. This is the main conclusion of a new study published in Nature Climate Change with the leading participation of the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3). The work reveals that almost 70% of climate adaptation plans in European cities have significant inconsistencies,…
A study by the University of the Basque Country –UPV/EHU– and ‘BC3‘ says that the reproductive success of wild and cultivated plants is reduced by the loss of pollinator diversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution has published the meta-analysis conducted by a UPV/EHU researcher together with several members of BC3. This analysis produced a more realistic…
Polykey, the startup from Donostia – San Sebastian —one of the most important cities in the Basque Country— produces polymers obtained from renewable resources (bio-based) and develops technologies for the chemical recycling of plastics. The natural polymers come from renewable and sustainable material sources, such as plants or waste products. Taking advantage of their sustainable…
With approaches ranging from a local viewpoint informing of the initiatives launched by some coastal communities to a regional and global perspective addressing phenomena such as the slowing of the North Atlantic Current, the Uhinak Congress will provide an overall introduction to the problems faced by the coast and its towns and communities due to rising sea…
UPV/EHU, TECNALIA, EUSKAMPUS FUNDAZIOA and BCAM Basque Center for Applied Mathematics are launching ORE4citizens, a complete programme of free activities for all ages to bring science closer to citizens through marine renewable energies. The initiative has the support of more than 15 organisations and companies, and includes experiments in centres, excursions on the high seas…
The tool designed by the CAVIAR group of the ‘UPV/EHU’ will help to formulate housing regeneration policies to meet the European Union’s decarbonisation requirements Markel Arbulu has developed a resource to assess whether the strategies for implementing the energy renovation of housing are sustainable from the perspective of environmental and economic sustainability. The simulation tool…
The journal Nature has released a research examining the trend of invertebrate diversity and organisation in rivers and how these organisms respond and evolve to environmental stressors. The study is based on data collected from river systems in 22 European countries between 1969 and 2020. The University of the Basque Country’s (UPV/EHU) Group of Stream…
In the field of energy, Professor Michel Armand is the most influential researcher in the Basque Country overall and among all of Spain’s researchers. In the field of mechanical engineering, on the other hand, the most influential researcher in the Basque Country is Elena Palomo, the Ikerbasque Professor and head of the Scientific Direction of…
The basque scientist Mercedes Maroto-Valer, director of the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) and deputy director of Global Sustainability at Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom, won the Net-Zero Industries Award in the category of ‘Innovative Woman’ this Friday at a ceremony held in the framework of the United Nations Climate Change Conference…
The NEIKER technology centre, together with other European agents, has participated in the development of the ClimAlert digital platform for predicting water-related climate risks. This tool is already accessible and will contribute to more efficient public-private water management and to preventing soil erosion due to climate change. The initiative aims to achieve the objectives set…