Climate change is a great market failure. International cooperation and government intervention is essential to promote a transition to a low carbon economy which according to scientific criteria will require halving the global emissions to 2050.
I feel privilege for having the opportunity to work at BC3 in this research field.
Mikel Gonzalez is researcher fellow at BC3 (Basque Centre for Climate Change) and lecturer at the University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain). His main interests are in the fields of Environmental and Energy Economics. He is an expert in economic modelling.
He has a degree in Engineering (University of Deusto, 2001) and a PhD in Economics (University of the Basque Country, 2006). He is author of several articles in international and national journals. His output also includes the edition of several journal issues and the participation in European research projects. He has been a visiting researcher in University of Wageningen (The Netherlands) and presented papers in different international and national conferences. He has carried out consulting activities on environmental and economics related issues for Basque and Spanish bodies. His doctoral thesis was awarded with the Enrique Fuentes Quintana prize (FUNCAS, 2006) in the field of Applied Economics.