Analysing stylised scenarios with economic modelling tools reveals complex relations, incentives and trade-offs of the different policy instruments, in particular regarding the environmental dimension. Marginal areas of the EU are most vulnerable to drastic policy changes....
In recent years, the topic of Hybrid Threats has dominated the security landscape in Europe. Whereas it may be considered a new topic by several stakeholders, in actual fact it is not. It is as old as conflict and warfare, but repackaged and empowered by changing security environment dynamics, n...
In its communication on Short-term EU health preparedness for COVID-19 outbreaks (COM(2020) 318 final) the Commission calls for “targeted and localised non-medical countermeasures, informed by research and evidence” to avoid major social and economic consequences from large-scale lockdown measur...
The 2013 EU strategy on adaptation to climate change aims at contributing to a more climate-resilient Europe. However, there are still large gaps in understanding and characterising climate impacts in Europe and how impacts in the rest of the world could affect Europe. This report provides quant...
This report highlights the importance of assessing emission mitigation from a multi-dimensional perspective. For this, a quantitative framework to analyse the potential contribution of different technological mitigation options in EU agriculture is described in this report. Within the boundaries...
Euro area governments have committed to break the doom loop between banks and sovereigns. But policymakers disagree on how to treat sovereign exposures in bank regulation. Our contribution is to model endogenous sovereign portfolio reallocation by banks in response to regulatory reform. Simulati...
METIS is an on-going project initiated by DG ENER for the development of an energy modelling software, with the aim to further support DG ENER’s evidence-based policy making, especially in the areas of electricity and gas. The software is developed by Artelys with the support of IAEW (RWTH Aache...
The present document has been prepared by the Institute of Power Systems and Power Economics (IAEW) at RWTH Aachen University in response to the Terms of Reference included under ENER/C2/2014-6391. Readers should note that the report presents the views of the Consultant, which do not necessarily...
The technical report describes the structure, the equations and the data that constitute the model FIDELIO 3. FIDELIO is a multi-sectoral model developed by the unit B.5 of the Directorate General Joint Research Centre (JRC) — the circular economy and industrial leadership unit. The model is des...