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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.
  • Expected Results:
    First significant results and contributions are expected by mid 2010.
  • BC3 joining data:
    01/06/2009.
  • Contact information:
    Email adress: ibon.galarraga@bc3research.org
    Contact phone: +34 94-401 46 90

CURRICULUM VITAE

  • 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. He has several publications in the field of environmental economics in journals such as European Environment, Fiscal Studies, Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales o Papeles de Economía Española.
  • During July 2005 and May 2009, he was the Deputy Minister for the Environment of the Basque Government. 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. 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 and CoP 14.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Gallastegui, M.C., Galarraga, I. y González, M. (2009), “La Ciencia del Cambio Climático: Una Visión General”. Papeles de Economía Española. (Forthcoming)
  • Galarraga, I. and Markandya, A. (2009), “El Cambio Climático y su Importancia Socioeconómica”. Ekonomiaz. (Forthcoming)
  • Galarraga, I. (2009), “Coste de la No Europa: la Política Ambiental” en “El Coste de la No Europa: Qué sería de nuestro continente sin la UE” editado por la Alianza Libre en Europa, Parlamento Europeo.
  • Galarraga, I. (2007), “La Apuesta del País Vasco en la lucha contra el cambio climático”. En Ekonomi Gerizan: “Desarrollo Sostenible y cambio climático” editado por la Federación de Cajas Vasco-Navarras.
  • Galarraga, I. y 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, Vol. 12.
  • Galarraga, I y González, M (2005), “La Fiscalidad Ambiental: un nuevo reto, una nueva oportunidad”. Zergak, Vol 1.
  • Galarraga, I, Martín, I, Beristain, I y 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, 57.
  • Galarraga, I. y Markandya, A. (2004), “Economic Techniques to Estimate the Demand for Sustainable Products: A Case Study for Fair Trade and Organic Coffee in the United Kingdom. Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales, Vol. 4(7).
  • 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).
  • Markandya, A, Galarraga, I y Mason, P. (2002), “Instrumentos y Políticas para la Eliminación de Productos que Dañan la Capa de Ozono en el Marco del Protocolo de Montreal”, Ekonomiaz, 49.
  • Galarraga, I (2002), “The use of Eco-labels: A Review of the Literature” European Environment. Vol. 12, issue 6.
  • Galarraga I. (2001), “Poverty, Environmental Degradation and Growth: A Review with specific Focus in the Albanian Case”. World Bank Reports.
  • Markandya, A. and Galarraga I. (1999) Poverty, Environment and Development in Brazil, and Mexico: A Scoping Study, Prepared for DFID, University of Bath, Bath.
 



 
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