This event has been organised by Icarus and Università Cà Foscari di Venezia on June 30 2013. Please check the dedicated website for further details on the organisation, or head directly to the video, to the pictures of the event, or to the Storify (in Italian only)
Upcoming TEDx: Passport for the future
ICARUS, together with Ca’ Foscari University organizes a TEDx event in late June 2013: “Passaporto per il futuro“. TEDx was created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading.” The program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. At TEDx events, […]
ICARUS sponsors the European Summer School: “Uncertainty, Innovation and Climate Change”
The 2013 Summer School will take place from the 30th of June to the 6th of July at the VIU campus on the Island of San Servolo, in Venice, located just in front of St. Mark’s Square. The theme of this Summer School is Uncertainty, Innovation and Climate Change. Uncertainty is a key component of […]
Workshop on Climate Change Impacts and Integrated Assessment
ENERGY MODELING FORUM : Workshop on Climate Change Impacts and Integrated Assessment (CCI/IA) July 23 h. 8.00 –August 3 h. 17.00 – 2012 – Snowmass, Colorado, US The Climate Change Impacts and Integrated Assessment (CCI/IA) Workshop XVIII scheduled from Monday morning July 23 until the afternoon of Friday August 3, at Top of the Village in Snowmass, Colorado. […]
The Linkage Between Income Distribution and Clean Energy Investments: Addressing Financing Cost
With a focus on alternative methods for accelerating clean energy policy adoption, this study introduces an innovative financing scheme for renewable and energy efficiency deployment. Financing barriers represent a notable obstacle for energy improvements and this is particularly the case for low-income households. Limited access to credit, due to socio-economic status and the lack of […]
CommentVisions: Which technology innovations will meet the world’s energy challenge?
A reply to CommentVision query by Valentina Bosetti, ICARUS principal investigator
Workshop: R&D Portfolio Analysis Tools and Methodologies
December 02-03, 2010 – JGCRI Portfolio Workshop Joint DOE Lab Offices, Suite 930, Large Conference Room 901 D Street S.W. – Washington, D.C. 20024 — “R&D Portfolio Analysis Tools and Methodologies” The primary objectives of this two-day workshop were: (1) to improve coordination between the disparate research on different elements of energy technology portfolio analysis […]
Nuclear web survey launched
The ICARUS Nuclear Survey was launched on November, 4th, 2010. The expert elicitation survey involves top European experts and aims at better understanding the current status and future prospects of nuclear research, development, and demonstration at the European and global level. This information will help draft a set of precise and comprehensive recommendations on future […]
Internal kick-off meeting
The ICARUS project was presented to the research staff of Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei on January 20th. Valentina Bosetti, principal investigator, presented the project’s main objectives and the research team that will take part in the project. She described the general rationale behind the Empirical Analysis phase and the Experts’ Elicitation phase. Elena Verdolini presented […]