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Ibon Galarraga

Ibon Galarraga

Climate change requires to overcome the short-term vision of public policy. Having the right facts and scientific information is vital, but only one part of the variables that are taken into account by policy makers.

Research that supports decision making process is extremely important and necessary to build a bridge between scientific knowledge and policy action."

  • Position:
     Research Professor
  • Main Research Line:
    Public policies, policy instruments and economic valuation, with special attention to research that can be useful to inform Basque Climate Policy.
  • BC3 joining year: 2009
  • Contact information:
    Email adress: ibon.galarraga@bc3research.org
    Contact phone: 94-401 46 90 ext. 33

Short CV

Ph.D. in Economics (Environmental Economics) from the University of Bath (UK), M.A. Economics at the University of Essex (UK) and B.A. Economics (speciality of International Economics and Development) at the University of Basque Country.
He has worked as an environmental consultant for many years for both public and private clients such as the World Bank, the Department for International Development of the British Government or the Basque Government. He was co-founder of a consultancy company.
Ibon taught microeconomics and macroeconomics at the University of Bath and Economic Policy at the University of Deusto.
During July 2005 and May 2009, he was the Deputy Minister for the Environment of the Basque Government, Vicepresident of IHOBE and member of the board of the Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE). While in this position he was in charge of the preparation of the Environmental Framework Programme 2007-2010, the Basque Plan to combat Climate Change 2008-2012 or the Contaminated Soil Plan 2007-2012 among others. Regarding the International sphere, he was the Deputy Co-Chair of the Network of Regional Governments on Sustainable Development (nrg4sd) from 2005-2008 and has actively participated in the CoP 11, CoP 12, CoP 13, CoP 14, COP 15 and COP 16.

Journal Articles

  • 2011
  • Abadie, L. M and Galarraga, I. 2011. The European Emission Trading Scheme: Implication for Long-Term Investment Valuation. Climate Change Economics. 2. 129-48. 10.1142/S2010007811000243.  
  • Ansuategi, A. and Galarraga, I. 2011. Carbon Pricing as an Effective Instrument of Climate Policy: Searching for an Optimal Policy Instrument. Rivista di Economia Politica. 20.  
  • Galarraga, I, González-Eguino, M and Markandya, A. 2011. Willingness to pay and price elasticities of demand for energy-efficient appliances: combining the hedonic approach and demand systems. Energy Economics.  
  • Galarraga, I, González-Eguino, M. and Markandya, A. 2011. De Cancún a Durban en un largo camino contra el cambio climático. Economistas. 127.  
  • Galarraga, I, Heres, D. and González-Eguino, M. 2011. Price premium for high-efficiency refrigerators and calculation of price-elasticities for close-substitutes: A methodology using Hedonic Pricing and Demand Systems. Journal of Cleaner Production.  
  • Galarraga, I., González-Eguino M. and Markandya, A. 2011. The Role of Regional Governments in Climate Change Policy. Environmental Policy and Governance. 21. 164-182.  
  • Gallastegui, M. C., Gonzalez-Eguino, M. and Galarraga, I. 2011. Cost effectiveness of a combination of instruments for global warming:. SERIEs.  
  • González-Eguino, M, Galarraga, I, Ansuategi, A. 2011. (Forthcoming). The Future of Old Industrial Regions in a Carbon Constrained World. Climate Policy.  
  • 2010
  • I. Galarraga and A. Markandya. 2010. The Road to Copenhagen-COP 15. Elhuyar. 4.  
  • I. Galarraga and A. Markandya. 2010. El Cambio Climático y su Importancia Socioeconómica. Ekonomiaz. 25.  
  • 2009
  • M. C. Gallastegui, I. Galarraga and González, M. 2009. La Ciencia del Cambio Climático: Una Visión General. Papeles de Economía Española. 25.  
  • 2006
  • Galarraga, I. and Markandya, A. 2006. A proposal to correct external effects in the coffee market: a tax on regular coffee and tea to subsidise the fair trade coffee. Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales. 12. 22.  
  • 2005
  • Galarraga, I. and Gonzalez-Eguino, M. 2005. La Fiscalidad Ambiental: un nuevo reto, una nueva oportunidad. Zergak. 1. 22.  
  • Galarraga, I., Martin, I., Beristain, I. and Boto, A. 2005. El método de transferencia de valor (benefit transfer), una segunda opción para la evaluación de impactos ambientales: el caso del Prestige. Ekonomiaz. 51.  
  • 2004
  • Galarraga, I. and Markandya. A. 2004. Economic techniques to estimate the demand for sustainable products: A case study for fair trade and organic coffee in the UK. Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales. 4. 22.  
  • 2003
  • Galarraga, I and Markandya, A. 2003. The analysis of welfare effects of an environmental product tax: an application to the taxation of car tyres in Hungary. Fiscal Studies. 24 (1). 22.  
  • 2002
  • Galarraga, I. 2002. The use of ecolabels: a review of the literature. European Environment. 12 (6).  
  • Markandya, A., Galarraga, I. and Mason, P. 2002. Instrumentos y políticas para la eliminación de productos qure dañan la capa de ozono en el marco del Protocolo de Montreal. Ekonomiaz. 49. 22.  
  • 2001
  • Galarraga, I. 2001. Poverty, environmental degradation and growth. World Bank Reports.  

Books and Specials

  • 2011
  • Ebinger, J. and Vergara, W. 2011. Climate Impacts on Energy Systems: Key issues for energy sector adaptation. Washington. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank.
  • Galarraga, I., Gonzalez-Eguino, M and Markandya, A. 2011. Handbook of sustainable use of energy. -. Edward Elgar.
  • 2005
  • Galarraga, I (eds). 2005. EKONOMIAZ-Valoración de activos y pasivos ambientales: la catástrofe del Prestige. Vitoria-Gasteiz. Ekonomiaz.

Book chapters

  • 2011
  • De la Puente A., Galarraga I., Isasa M. 2011. NORMATIVA Y POLÍTICAS DE EDIFICACION. El marco normativo y legislativo en torno a la definición, cuantificación y expresión de la sostenibilidad en los edificios. 00. CICLOPE.
  • J.I. Hormaeche, Galarraga, I, J.L Sáenz de Ormijana. 2011. Regional Experiences: The Past, Present and Future of the Energy Policy in the Basque Region. The Handbook of Sustainable Use of Energy. Edward Elgar. Edward Elgar. 22.
  • 2010
  • Galarraga, I. 2010. A Discussion of of ‘Involving Developing Countries in Global Climate Policies’ by Markandya A. Climate Change Policies: Global Challenges and Future Prospects. 1st ed. UK. Edward Elgar.
  • Gallastegui, M.C. and Galarraga, I. 2010. La Union Europea frente al cambio climático: el paquete de medidas sobre cambio climático y energía (20-20-20). Tratado de Energías Renovables. Madrid. Iberdrola-Thompson -Aranzadi.
  • Gallastegui, M.C. and Galarraga, I. 2010. Climate Change and Knowledge Communities. Knowledge Communities. Reno, Center for Basque Studies, UNR.
  • 2009
  • Galarraga, I. 2009. El Coste de la No Europa: La Política Ambiental. El Coste de la No Europa: Qué sería de nuestro continente sin la UE. European Free Alliance, European Parliament. European Parliament. 12.

Conference Proceedings

  • 2011
  • Abadie, LM, Ortiz, R and Galarraga, I. 2011. The Determinants of Energy Efficiency Investments in the U.S. Energy. Univ. of Stanford.
  • 2010
  • Galarraga, I. 2010. Comments on “A Global Climate Change Strategy Perspective of India”. FEDEA-Univ. Complutense de Madrid.
  • Galarraga, I, Gonzalez-Eguino, M. and Markandya A. 2010. Evaluating the role of energy efficiency labels: the case of Dish Washers. 4th Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics.
  • Ibon Galarraga. 2010. Climate Change from an economic point of view. Univ of Deusto.
  • Ibon Galarraga, Mikel González-Eguino and Anil Markandya. 2010. Evaluating the Role of Energy Efficiency Labels: The Case of Dishwashers. AERNA (Asociación Hispano-portuguesa de Economía de los Recursos Naturales y Ambientales.



 
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