Jeroen van den Bergh
@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social
ICREA Professor & Head research group Environmental & Climate Economics at @icta-uab.bsky.social • Systemic solutions, Energy rebound, Instrument synergy, Carbon pricing, Public support, Low-carbon innovation, Evolutionary modelling, GDP paradox & Agrowth
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Climate change & policy have revived the old debate on growth vs environment. Most people think they have to choose between pro-growth (green growth) & anti-growth (degrowth). But both have an ideological/dogmatic flavor which moreover polarizes opinions & debate. I propose a third option:
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I'm very glad to share that the second paper coming from the doctoral research of my PhD student Margarida Casau (which I co-supervise with Marta Ferreira Dias) has just been published at "Environment, Development and Sustainability". Feel free to read and cite ;)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Economics, happiness and climate change: exploring new measures of progress - Environment, Development and Sustainability
This research explores the relationship between environmental sustainability, well-being, and economic output, specifically critiquing the predominant reliance on GDP as the main progress indicator. T...
link.springer.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:59 PM
I'm very glad to share that the second paper coming from the doctoral research of my PhD student Margarida Casau (which I co-supervise with Marta Ferreira Dias) has just been published at "Environment, Development and Sustainability". Feel free to read and cite ;)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
You should expect this as the Paris Agreement includes no mechanism for limiting (rational) free riding by countries. Only an expanding climate club like the EU-ETS can overcome this.
Almost none of the 40 governments we analyse have updated their 2030 target, which is critical to keep warming levels below 1.5°C
... nor have they set out the kind of action in their new 2035 targets that would change the warming outlook.
... nor have they set out the kind of action in their new 2035 targets that would change the warming outlook.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
You should expect this as the Paris Agreement includes no mechanism for limiting (rational) free riding by countries. Only an expanding climate club like the EU-ETS can overcome this.
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CAT Global Update 2025 🚨 Ten years after the #ParisAgreement we see little to no measurable progress in warming projections - for the fourth consecutive year.
The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook.
🔗 bit.ly/CAT_Global_2...
The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook.
🔗 bit.ly/CAT_Global_2...
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
CAT Global Update 2025 🚨 Ten years after the #ParisAgreement we see little to no measurable progress in warming projections - for the fourth consecutive year.
The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook.
🔗 bit.ly/CAT_Global_2...
The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook.
🔗 bit.ly/CAT_Global_2...
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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How does wealth inequality impact climate change?
Alongside my brilliant colleagues @morrison-james.bsky.social & @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social we attempt to answer this in a new article @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions
Alongside my brilliant colleagues @morrison-james.bsky.social & @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social we attempt to answer this in a new article @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
How does wealth inequality impact climate change?
Alongside my brilliant colleagues @morrison-james.bsky.social & @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social we attempt to answer this in a new article @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions
Alongside my brilliant colleagues @morrison-james.bsky.social & @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social we attempt to answer this in a new article @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions
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@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social y yo escribimos en @publico.es sobre la postura de la derecha española ante la crisis climática y el aumento de fenómenos extremos en los últimos años en nuestro país @icta-uab.bsky.social www.publico.es/opinion/colu...
Ignorancia o complicidad ante la crisis climática
La inacción ante la crisis climática es una decisión activa que pone en peligro nuestro futuro común.
www.publico.es
October 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social y yo escribimos en @publico.es sobre la postura de la derecha española ante la crisis climática y el aumento de fenómenos extremos en los últimos años en nuestro país @icta-uab.bsky.social www.publico.es/opinion/colu...
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I'm back from vacation (and the huge Oakland No Kings protest). Lots to catch up on posting. In the EI blog today, Jim Sallee has an excellent analysis of the poorly designed, but good direction, of proposed international shipping GHG regulations.
energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
Carbon Pricing on the High Seas?
The international maritime organization gets close to a carbon tax. If an environmental economist stumbled upon a magic lamp and got one wish from the genie, most of us would know what to ask for—a…
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October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm back from vacation (and the huge Oakland No Kings protest). Lots to catch up on posting. In the EI blog today, Jim Sallee has an excellent analysis of the poorly designed, but good direction, of proposed international shipping GHG regulations.
energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
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What can we do about it?
Wealth tax are growing in popularity, eg in the UK, France and through a G20 plan for a minimum wealth tax on billionaires.
We argue that a wealth tax would do little to reduce inequality-related emissions but would be a valuable source of revenue for decarbonisation.
Wealth tax are growing in popularity, eg in the UK, France and through a G20 plan for a minimum wealth tax on billionaires.
We argue that a wealth tax would do little to reduce inequality-related emissions but would be a valuable source of revenue for decarbonisation.
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
What can we do about it?
Wealth tax are growing in popularity, eg in the UK, France and through a G20 plan for a minimum wealth tax on billionaires.
We argue that a wealth tax would do little to reduce inequality-related emissions but would be a valuable source of revenue for decarbonisation.
Wealth tax are growing in popularity, eg in the UK, France and through a G20 plan for a minimum wealth tax on billionaires.
We argue that a wealth tax would do little to reduce inequality-related emissions but would be a valuable source of revenue for decarbonisation.
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A more effective way of reducing inequality-related emissions would be to directly regulate carbon intensive consumption like private jets and limit the political influence of elites.
Free eprint link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WMBDY...
@icta-uab.bsky.social
Free eprint link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WMBDY...
@icta-uab.bsky.social
The impact of wealth inequality on carbon emissions and climate policy
Reducing inequality and carbon emissions represent interrelated global challenges. Whereas research has paid considerable attention to income inequality in relation to emissions and climate mitigat...
www.tandfonline.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A more effective way of reducing inequality-related emissions would be to directly regulate carbon intensive consumption like private jets and limit the political influence of elites.
Free eprint link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WMBDY...
@icta-uab.bsky.social
Free eprint link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WMBDY...
@icta-uab.bsky.social
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How does wealth inequality impact climate change?
My co-authors @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social and I attempt to answer this in a new article in @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions.
My co-authors @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social and I attempt to answer this in a new article in @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions.
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
How does wealth inequality impact climate change?
My co-authors @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social and I attempt to answer this in a new article in @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions.
My co-authors @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social and I attempt to answer this in a new article in @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions.
New publication examines how pricing instruments in environmental & climate policy perform under bounded rationality & social influence. The case is strengthened for cap-and-trade. We also discuss additional policy instruments under such conditions.
rdcu.be/eLEyR
rdcu.be/eLEyR
Pricing instruments in environmental and climate policy when polluters are boundedly rational
npj Climate Action - Pricing instruments in environmental and climate policy when polluters are boundedly rational
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October 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
New publication examines how pricing instruments in environmental & climate policy perform under bounded rationality & social influence. The case is strengthened for cap-and-trade. We also discuss additional policy instruments under such conditions.
rdcu.be/eLEyR
rdcu.be/eLEyR
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Our researcher Daniel Torren Peraire wins prestigious award for research on low-carbon transitions.🌿
The article is coauthored by @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and Ivan Savin, from ICTA-UAB
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
The article is coauthored by @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and Ivan Savin, from ICTA-UAB
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Daniel Torren wins prestigious award for research on low-carbon transitions
Daniel Torren, researcher at ICTA-UAB, has been recognized with the Best PhD Student Article Award by the Journal of Artificial Societies and...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our researcher Daniel Torren Peraire wins prestigious award for research on low-carbon transitions.🌿
The article is coauthored by @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and Ivan Savin, from ICTA-UAB
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
The article is coauthored by @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and Ivan Savin, from ICTA-UAB
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
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🤔 Did you know Europeans support climate policies with subsidies for rail or home insulation, but strongly oppose taxes on polluting behaviors like cars or meat?👎👍
New survey conducted by @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social from ICTA-UAB explores this topic in depth.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
New survey conducted by @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social from ICTA-UAB explores this topic in depth.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
The climate policies that EU citizens like (and those they don't)
European citizens show greater support for climate change mitigation policies that allocate subsidies for rail transport or home insulation,...
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September 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🤔 Did you know Europeans support climate policies with subsidies for rail or home insulation, but strongly oppose taxes on polluting behaviors like cars or meat?👎👍
New survey conducted by @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social from ICTA-UAB explores this topic in depth.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
New survey conducted by @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social from ICTA-UAB explores this topic in depth.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
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🏙️ Our Perspective Paper is out in Nature Cities!
“The growth-vs-environment debate at the urban scale" — with @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social
📖 Open access: rdcu.be/etaiq
🗞️ Link to the paper: lnkd.in/e9Bra7r9
“The growth-vs-environment debate at the urban scale" — with @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social
📖 Open access: rdcu.be/etaiq
🗞️ Link to the paper: lnkd.in/e9Bra7r9
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June 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
🏙️ Our Perspective Paper is out in Nature Cities!
“The growth-vs-environment debate at the urban scale" — with @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social
📖 Open access: rdcu.be/etaiq
🗞️ Link to the paper: lnkd.in/e9Bra7r9
“The growth-vs-environment debate at the urban scale" — with @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social
📖 Open access: rdcu.be/etaiq
🗞️ Link to the paper: lnkd.in/e9Bra7r9
Here is our review of carbon-pricing studies for developing countries. It provides an overview of national modelling as well as of analyses of the international context.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
50 free copies are available here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RVUUF...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
50 free copies are available here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RVUUF...
A review of carbon-pricing studies for developing countries
We review studies that assess hypothetical and actual carbon-pricing schemes in developing countries, focused on policy effectiveness in terms of emissions reduction. The article opens with gatheri...
www.tandfonline.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Here is our review of carbon-pricing studies for developing countries. It provides an overview of national modelling as well as of analyses of the international context.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
50 free copies are available here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RVUUF...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
50 free copies are available here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RVUUF...
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🙌 Jim Skea, President of @ipcc.bsky.social met the Catalan climate science community in an event hosted by the Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia.
Our director Isabel Pont & researchers @estevecorbera.bsky.social, @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and Victoria Reyes took part.
Our director Isabel Pont & researchers @estevecorbera.bsky.social, @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and Victoria Reyes took part.
May 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🙌 Jim Skea, President of @ipcc.bsky.social met the Catalan climate science community in an event hosted by the Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia.
Our director Isabel Pont & researchers @estevecorbera.bsky.social, @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and Victoria Reyes took part.
Our director Isabel Pont & researchers @estevecorbera.bsky.social, @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and Victoria Reyes took part.
New article on "System complexity vs environmental sustainability":
Solutions to environmental challenges often increase #complexity in the overall socioeconomic system. This hampers achieving #sustainability. We discuss key mechanisms and policy cures.
doi.org/10.1155/cplx...
Solutions to environmental challenges often increase #complexity in the overall socioeconomic system. This hampers achieving #sustainability. We discuss key mechanisms and policy cures.
doi.org/10.1155/cplx...
System Complexity Versus Environmental Sustainability: Theory and Policy
We discuss the relationship between environmental sustainability and system complexity. This is motivated by the fact that solutions to environmental challenges often create additional complexity in ...
doi.org
March 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New article on "System complexity vs environmental sustainability":
Solutions to environmental challenges often increase #complexity in the overall socioeconomic system. This hampers achieving #sustainability. We discuss key mechanisms and policy cures.
doi.org/10.1155/cplx...
Solutions to environmental challenges often increase #complexity in the overall socioeconomic system. This hampers achieving #sustainability. We discuss key mechanisms and policy cures.
doi.org/10.1155/cplx...
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EU legislation has been adopted today for 20 million EU ETS allowances, estimated at €1.6 billion, to speed up the use of e-fuels and sustainable biofuels for flights where there is also effective carbon pricing #climateaction #polluterpays climate.ec.europa.eu/news-your-vo...
Adoption of EU rules on the ETS support system to accelerate the use of sustainable aviation fuels
The Commission has adopted EU rules for ETS financed support to speed up the use of sustainable aviation fuels.
climate.ec.europa.eu
February 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
EU legislation has been adopted today for 20 million EU ETS allowances, estimated at €1.6 billion, to speed up the use of e-fuels and sustainable biofuels for flights where there is also effective carbon pricing #climateaction #polluterpays climate.ec.europa.eu/news-your-vo...
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I've kept my posts on energy, but Trump is undermining global democracy, selling out Ukraine to a fellow facist, and running govt as a mafia boss. I'll also be highlighting important non-energy news. Hope govt will some day allow experts to focus on their expertise.
www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
Trump’s Attack on Zelensky Signals New World Order Taking Shape
From alienating allies to praising adversaries, President Trump appears set to abandon decades of American foreign policy.
www.wsj.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I've kept my posts on energy, but Trump is undermining global democracy, selling out Ukraine to a fellow facist, and running govt as a mafia boss. I'll also be highlighting important non-energy news. Hope govt will some day allow experts to focus on their expertise.
www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
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My @bruegel.bsky.social colleagues put together the continuously growing EUROPEAN CLEAN TECH TRACKER.
www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...
A great resource for a quick overview on trends in innovation, manufacturing & deployment
Here they show how much of the innovation fund money was spent on hydrogen:
www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...
A great resource for a quick overview on trends in innovation, manufacturing & deployment
Here they show how much of the innovation fund money was spent on hydrogen:
February 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My @bruegel.bsky.social colleagues put together the continuously growing EUROPEAN CLEAN TECH TRACKER.
www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...
A great resource for a quick overview on trends in innovation, manufacturing & deployment
Here they show how much of the innovation fund money was spent on hydrogen:
www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...
A great resource for a quick overview on trends in innovation, manufacturing & deployment
Here they show how much of the innovation fund money was spent on hydrogen:
Our new paper in @naturesustain.bsky.social offers a first computational linguistic analysis of all the Paris pledges (NDCs). This identifies 7 thematic groups covering 21 topics. We relate topics to party/country characteristics and assess changes in NDC updating.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Analysing content of Paris climate pledges with computational linguistics - Nature Sustainability
Parties to the Paris Agreement state their climate goals, and any action plans to meet them, in their nationally determined contributions. This study uses computational linguistic analysis to shed lig...
www.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Our new paper in @naturesustain.bsky.social offers a first computational linguistic analysis of all the Paris pledges (NDCs). This identifies 7 thematic groups covering 21 topics. We relate topics to party/country characteristics and assess changes in NDC updating.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform!!! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform!!! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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124 years of global electricity generation
January 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
124 years of global electricity generation
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I am excited to share the first chapter of my PhD thesis, published in npj Climate Action! 🌍I assess EU and Member States climate policies in a multi-level framework and offer insights for achieving the European Green Deal’s goals: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#climatepolicies #EuropeanGreenDeal
#climatepolicies #EuropeanGreenDeal
What, how and where: an assessment of multi-level European climate mitigation policies - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - What, how and where: an assessment of multi-level European climate mitigation policies
www.nature.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I am excited to share the first chapter of my PhD thesis, published in npj Climate Action! 🌍I assess EU and Member States climate policies in a multi-level framework and offer insights for achieving the European Green Deal’s goals: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#climatepolicies #EuropeanGreenDeal
#climatepolicies #EuropeanGreenDeal
Great study of Paris-pledge implications uses an ultimatum-game experiment. It finds voters apply fairness principles to others but not to themselves. This challenges the political-democratic capacity for (unilateral) climate policies. It also suggests the need to re-negotiate global burden sharing.
🌍 New paper out!🌍 🧵
As 2024 concludes and 2025 brings a lot of exciting challenges and perspectives, I’m delighted to announce the publication of one of my PhD articles: "International Climate Justice: What the People Think". You can find it at the following link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
As 2024 concludes and 2025 brings a lot of exciting challenges and perspectives, I’m delighted to announce the publication of one of my PhD articles: "International Climate Justice: What the People Think". You can find it at the following link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Great study of Paris-pledge implications uses an ultimatum-game experiment. It finds voters apply fairness principles to others but not to themselves. This challenges the political-democratic capacity for (unilateral) climate policies. It also suggests the need to re-negotiate global burden sharing.