Basque Centre for Climate Change
We integrate the environmental, socioeconomic and ethical dimensions of climate change.
We provide knowledge, tools, new methodologies that we lead towards action in a collaborative framework.
We produce multi and trans-disciplinary knowledge relevant to decision making towards sustainable development at international level.
Vision
To steer climate change science towards the co-production of new knowledge and the co-design of policy solutions together with other stakeholders through a solid and transdisciplinary approach, with the ultimate goal to achieve sustainable development.
Mission
BC3 mission is to strategically foster co-production of knowledge relevant to decision making by integrating environmental, socioeconomic, and ethical dimensions of climate change.
Overall Objectives
News
How do we imagine the future of our cities?
Postdoctoral Researcher for AdJUST Project
Cómo abordar una gobernanza del agua en agricultura más justa y equitativa
BC3k gizartea eta klima zientzia konektatu ditu Euskararen egunean
RESEARCH ASSISTANT position: Experimental Ecosystem Recovery Dynamics
Research Assistant for BlueAdapt project: Granularity of cognitive maps
Tackling the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution
Un cuento infantil para transitar hacia una sociedad baja en carbono
Towards a scientific research with a gender perspective
Volver al pasado para pensar el futuro: La memoria colectiva como herramienta de adaptación urbana al cambio climático
Journal Articles
Alonso-Epelde, E., García-Muros, X., González-Eguino, M. 2026. How can we alleviate transport poverty? Insights from a cluster analysis for Spain. Transport Policy. 175. DOI (10.1016/j.tranpol.2025.103863).
Itani, M., Monteiro-Henriques, T., El Zein, H., Manzano, P., Cabeza, M. 2026. Pastoral governance hierarchies shape vegetation dynamics in Lebanon's high-elevation rangelands. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment. 398. DOI (10.1016/j.agee.2025.110092).
Jauregui, I., Chiabai, A., Neumann, M.B. 2026. A review on the effects of climate change and pollution on Vibrio infection dynamics. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 116. DOI (10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108126).
Keppo, I., Al Khourdajie, A., Gardumi, F., Holtz, G., Nikas, A., Xexakis, G., Ferreras-Alonso, N., Fragkos, P., Frilingou, N., Ghadaksaz, H., Hawkes, A., Mateo, A., Mittal, S., Parrado-Hernando, G., Peters, G.P., Rinaldi, L., Rocco, M.V., Sognnæs, I., Ven, D.J.v.d., Zamanipour, B. 2026. Model linking for low-carbon transitions: Technical and conceptual challenges and best practices. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 226. DOI (10.1016/j.rser.2025.116384).
Zhang, M., Medina-Elizalde, M., Burns, S., Polanco-Martinez, J., Karmalkar, A., McGee, D., Hu, H.M., Shen, C.C. 2026. Linkages between Caribbean hydroclimate, atmospheric CO2, and methane production on orbital to millennial timescales. Quaternary Science Reviews. 373. DOI (10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109716).
Agramont, A., Villafuerte Philippsborn, L.D., Peres-Cajias, G., Martinez, A.B., Griensven, A.v., Craps, M., Brugnach, M.F. 2025. Navigating ambiguous waters: a relational approach to nested conflicts in the Katari River Basin, Bolivia. Ecology and Society. 30. (2) DOI (10.5751/ES-16028-300215).
Albert-Fonseca, A., Cabello, V., Furlan, V., Galán, E., Herreros-Cantis, P., Liste, L., Mansur, A.V., Neidig, J., Riada, L., Sorman, A.H. 2025. A plea for caring spaces in transformative climate research. Plos Climate. 4 (5 May) DOI (10.1371/journal.pclm.0000620).
Alda-Vidal, C., Olazabal, M. 2025. A review of everyday urban adaptations: What they are and how they can advance progress in adaptation. Global Environmental Change. 95. DOI (10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.103081).
Allen-Perkins, A., Artamendi, M., Montoya, D., Rubio, E., Magrach, A. 2025. Untangling the plant reproductive success of changing community composition and pollinator foraging choices. Ecography. 2025. (6) DOI (10.1111/ecog.07240).
Almagro, M., Rey, A., Inclán, R.M., Barba, J., Vargas, R., Carrara, A., Grünzweig, J.M., Sternberg, M., Talmon, Y., McCulley, R.L., Marañón-Jiménez, S., Serrano-Ortiz, P., Martínez-López, J., Estruch, C., Guidolotti, G., Chang, C.T., Llovet, J., Lo Cascio, M., Perez-Quezada, J.F., Correia, A.C., Banza, J., Caldeira, M.C., Nogueira, C., Bugalho, M.N., Carbone, M.S., Martínez-Mena, M., Mereu, S., Curiel Yuste, J. 2025. Vegetation type and climate determine temperature thresholds of soil respiration across drylands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 211. DOI (10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109984).
Books
Alex Clop & Ferran Pauné. 2025 In: Marc Ordeix & David Soler. In: Recerca d’indicadors potencials del passat pastoral dels boscos de les Guilleries mitjançant la metagenòmica del sòl. Research of potential indicators of the pastoral past of Guilleries forests through soil metagenomics. Vic, Spain. Eumo Editorial (Universities of Girona and Vic). 108. ISBN 978-84-9766-887-3.
Rubén Serrano-Zulueta, Antonio Gómez-Sal, Ferrán Pauné, Elena Velado-Alonso, Jesús Garzón, Agustín del Prado, Pedro María Herrera, Julio Majadas, Francesca Pasetti, Esther Prada-Llorente, Pablo Manzano. 2025 In: Subsecretaría Gabinete tércnico - Ministerio para la transición ecológica y el reto demográfico. In: Una clasificación del pastoralismo en España: comprender el pasado para abordar los retos actuales. Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico.
2024 In: Ester Galende Sánchez, Alevgul H. Sorman, Violeta Cabello, Sara Heidenreich, Christian A. Klöckner. In: Strengthening European Climate Policy Governance Recommendations from Innovative Interdisciplinary Collaborations. Cham. Palgrave Macmillan Springer Nature Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-031-72054-3.
FAO (many authors included). 2023 In: FAO (Agustin del Prado-BC3 amongst 54 authors). In: Methane emissions in livestock and rice systems Sources, quantification, mitigation and metrics. FAO. ISBN 978-92-5-138148-9.
Iratxe Rubio; Amelia Benito del Valle. 2022 In: Mareira Bizi Sociedade Cooperativa Galega. In: Ilargiker eta izotzaren misterioak. 1 32. ISBN 978-84-09-37613-1.
2021 In: Evangelia Belia, Lorenzo Benedetti, Bruce Johnson, Sudhir Murthy, Marc B. Neumann, Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Stefan Weijers. In: Uncertainty in Wastewater Treatment Design and Operation. London, United Kingdom. IWA Publishing. 240. ISBN 9781780401027.
Anil Markandya and Dirk Rubbelke. 2021 In: Richard Tol. In: Climate and Development. 1 Singapore. World Scientific. 509. ISBN 978-981-124-055-3.
Atmadja, S., Martius, C., Leonard, S. and Sanz Sanchez, M.J. 2021 In: FAO. In: Transformational change to reduce deforestation and climate change impacts A review of definitions, concepts and drivers in scientific and grey literature. ISBN 978-92-5-135167-3.
Arto, I., Rueda Cantuche, J.M., Román, M.V., Cazcarro, I., Amores, A.F., Dietzenbacher, E. 2020 EU Trade in CO2 Emissions. Publications Office of the European Union. ISBN 978-92-76-18825-4.
Arto, I., Rueda Cantuche, J.M., Román, M.V., Cazcarro, I., Amores, A.F., Dietzenbacher, E. 2020 EU Trade in Value Added. Publications Office of the European Union. ISBN 978-92-76-18829-2.
Books chapters
Gutiérrez, Nicolás; Ballester, Alba and Cabello, Violeta. 2025 (Forthcoming). A citizen assembly for transitioning the Mar Menor?. In: Zaragoza, Juan Manuel; Soto, David and Canteros, Malena. In: The History of Environmental Degradation in Mar Menor. Taylor & Francis .
Luis Rey, Mikel González-Eguino. 2025 La transición energética en España. In: Mediterráneo Económico. In: La estrategia para la Transición Energética. 39. Madrid. Cajamar Caja Rural. 45–62. ISBN 979-13-990157-2-0.
Solà, M.M., de Ayala, A., Galarraga, I. and Escapa, M. 2025 (Forthcoming). Climate Choices and the Clock: How Timing Shapes Action. Applied Behavioral Economics: Theory, Method, and Practice for Driving Decisions. Nova Publishers.
Violeta Cabello, Alejandro Merlo, María Mancilla, Jesús M. Siqueiros & Xabier E. Barandiaran . 2025 Autonomy and Its Limits in Social-Ecological Systems. In: Xabier E. Barandiaran, Arantza Etxeberria. In: Outonomy: Fleshing out the Concept of Autonomy Beyond the Individual. Springer Nature. 121–130. ISBN 978-3-032-05501-9.
Estibaliz Sanz. 2024 Ciudades y Municipios ante la emergencia climática. In: Editorial Catarata. In: Ciudad Glocal. 1 Editorial Catarata Fuencarral, 70 Madrid. 58-75.
Andrea Albert-Fonseca, Aline Chiabai, Marc Neumann and Olgalu Hernández-Manrique. 2024 One Health in the Socio-Ecological System of the Bay of Plentzia. In: Benjamín Tejerina, Cristina Miranda de Almeida and Clara Acuña. In: Climate change, sustainability and socio-ecological practices: Conference Proceedings. Bilbao. Universidad del País Vasco. 888. ISBN 978-84-9082-680-5.
Elsa Varela Redondo; Pablo Manzano. 2024 Pastoreo: lo tradicional se vuelve innovador. In: Jaime Martínez-Valderrama; Santiago Soliveres Codina; Fernando T. Maestre. In: Arida Cutis. Ecología y retos de las zonas áridas en un mundo cambiante. San Vicente de Raspeig. Servei de Publicacions de l Universitat d Alacant. 256. ISBN 978-84-97178-63-1.
Fernando Estellés and Agustin del Prado. 2024 Huella de carbono e hídrica de los lácteos. In: Fundación española de nutrición. In: Libro blanco de los lácteos. ISBN 978-84-938865-6-1.
González-Eguino, Mikel, Xaquín García-Muros, María Moyano, Eva Alonso-Epelde, María Victoria Román, and Manuel Tomás. 2024 Analysis of the Distributional Impact of Measures to Contain the 2022 Energy Crisis in Spain. In: Édouard Civel, Christian de Perthuis, Janet Milne, Mikael S. Andersen, and Hope Ashiabor. In: Biodiversity and Climate. UK, Cheltenham. Edward Elgar. 216-228.
Laila Vivas. 2024 Normalidades del cambio climático articuladas por la securitización neoliberal y el greenwashing. Libro de la VI Seminario AEPDIRI sobre temas de actualidad en Relaciones Internacionales "Comprendiendo las alianzas y los regímenes de seguridad en Relaciones Internacionales: el papel de la OTAN en el siglo XXI".
Others publications
2025. La importancia de las finanzas sostenibles ante los grandes retos de nuestro tiempo. Ekonomiaz.
2025. WHO. World Health Organization.
2025. The role of livestock in circular bioeconomy systems. FAO. DOI (https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6765en).
Amich, Mercè; Román de Lara, María Victoria; Moyano-Reina, María; Alonso-Epelde, Eva; Arto, Iñaki; González-Eguino, Mikel. 2025. Leasing social. Una propuesta para un nuevo sistema de movilidad privada ambientalmente sostenible, socialmente justo y territorialmente equilibrado . Transport & Environment. 135. DOI (/10.5281/zenodo.17225431).
Ane Loroño, Elisa Sainz de Murieta and Anil Markandya. 2025. Impactos económicos del calor extremo en la salud de las personas mayores de 65 en Euskadi .
Arkaitz Usubiaga-Liaño, María Victoria Román e Iñaki Arto . 2025. Cálculo de la huella de carbono de Euskadi. Ihobe.
Baroja, E., Jauregui, I., Bidegain, G., & Chiabai, A. 2025. Giza, animalia- eta ingurumen-osasunaren intersekzioa: marko kontzeptualen konparaketa. IkerGazte. Nazioarteko Ikerketa Euskaraz. DOI (https://dx.doi.org/10.26876/ikergazte.vi.05.36).
EUROHEALTHNET, BC3, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER. 2025. Protecting human health from climate change and pollution in coastal environments. Using a One Health framework to support effective, equitable policymaking across Europe.
Eurohealthnet, BC3, University of Exeter. 2025. Protecting human health from climate change and pollution in coastal environments - Using a One Health framework to support effective, equitable policymaking across Europe. 11.
June Gorrochategui-Ortega, Sofia Marcos, Jorge Langa, Viviana Valenzano2, Gennaro Di Prisco, Hollie Pufal, Giles E. Budge, Irantzu Bernales, Fernando Rendo, Irati Miguel, Luis Javier Chueca, Melanie Parejo, Iratxe Zarraonaindia. 2025. Handbook of standard laboratory protocols for hologenomics research in apiculture.
Working Papers
[2023-02] An interoperability strategy for the next generation of SEEA accounting Ferdinando Villa, Stefano Balbi, Ken Bagstad, Alessio Bulckaen
[2022-02] Memory effect of appliance rebate programme: evidence from a lab experiment María del Mar Solà, Amaia de Ayala, Ibon Galarraga and Marta Escapa
[2022-01] Estimating the price premium of high energy-efficient washing-machines in Spain: A hedonic approach Elena López-Bernabé, Amaia de Ayala and Ibon Galarraga
[2021-03] Effectiveness of monetary information in promoting the purchase of energy-efficient appliances: evidence from a field experiment at a major retailer in María del Mar Solà, Marta Escapa and Ibon Galarraga
[2021-02] Procesos visibles de la transición del hielo superficial con burbujas a hielo profundo con clatratos en el testigo EDML de Antártida Gonzalo Morcillo and Sérgio Henrique Faria
[2021-01] Land use and land cover databases for Mediterranean landscape analysis at the watershed scale João Pompeu, Itxaso Ruiz, Antonio Ruano, Hugo Bendini and María José Sanz
[2020-02] Impact framing and experience for determining acceptable levels of climate change risk: A lab experiment Ambika Markanday, Steffen Kallbekken and Ibon Galarraga
[2020-01] The effect of providing monetary information on energy savings for household appliances: a field trial in Spain María del Mar Solà, Amaia de Ayala, Ibon Galarraga
[2019-01] Revisión sistemática de los efectos del paso a un ordeño al día en pequeños rumiantes Elena Galán del Castillo
[2018-02] Climate Change and Armed Conflicts African Observatory (CACAO): a georeferenced map of Africa Federica Cappelli, Caterina Conigliani, Valeria Costantini, Keti Lelo, Anil Markandya, Elena Paglialunga and Giorgia Sforna
Policy Briefings
[PB2022-02] Gestión integrada del territorio en la cuenca del río Mijares Itxaso Ruiz, Antonio Ruano, João Pompeu and María J. Sanz
[PB2014/Special Issue-02] Warning to navigators: IPCC report on climate change mitigation Mikel González-Eguino and Iñaki Arto
[PB 2025-01_FR] Changement climatique dans les montagnes africaines: un défi croissant et la contribution des réponses locales d’adaptation Noelia Zafra-Calvo, Abreham B. Aneseyee, Ghislain K. R. Baderha, Rodrigue Batumike,Robert Bitariho, Gerard Imani, Nisha Jha, Kaiza R. Kaganzi, Beth A. Kaplin, Julia A. Klein,Ana Leite, Robert A. Marchant, Emanuel H. Martin, Fatuma Mcharazo, Ben Mwangi, A Alain,S.K. Ngute, Jacques Nkengurutse, Aline Nkurunziza, Lydia Olaka, Teshome Soromessa, Romeo O.K. Tchoffo, Jessica P.R. Thorn, Isaac Twinomuhangi, Martin J.P. Sullivan, Aida Cuni-Sanchez
[PB 2025-01] Climate change in African Mountains: an increasing challenge and contribution of local adaptation responses Noelia Zafra-Calvo, Abreham B. Aneseyee, Ghislain K. R. Baderha3, Rodrigue Batumike,Robert Bitariho, Gerard Imani, Nisha Jha, Kaiza R. Kaganzi, Beth A. Kaplin, Julia A. Klein,Ana Leite, Robert A. Marchant, Emanuel H. Martin, Fatuma Mcharazo, Ben Mwangi, A Alain,S.K. Ngute, Jacques Nkengurutse, Aline Nkurunziza, Lydia Olaka, Teshome Soromessa, Romeo O.K. Tchoffo, Jessica P.R. Thorn, Isaac Twinomuhangi, Martin J.P. Sullivan, Aida Cuni-Sanchez
[PB 2024-02] Nigeria Natural Capital Accounting Compilation of Pilot Ecosystem Accounts for Nasarawa and Kaduna States Alessio Bulckaen, Caterina Gilli, Matias Piaggio, Drita Drade
[PB 2024-01] Innovative Climate Adaptation Measurement Strategies in 13 Global Cities Amanda Marino, William Lewis, Ana Terra Amorim-Maia and Marta Olazabal
[PB 2023-03] El agua en la cuenca del río Mijares: lo que aún faltaría por conocer para avanzar en la toma de decisiones y acciones hacia la sostenibilidad territorial Zafra-Calvo N.; Vivas L.D., Ruiz I., Sanz M.J., Brugnach M.
[PB 2023-02] Evaluating adaptation: an analysis of policy progress in coastal cities and regions Marta Olazabal, William Lewis, Kayin Venner, María Ruiz de Gopegui Aramburu, Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Sascha Mahawelatanne Goonesekera, Ibon Galarraga
[PB 2023-01] Monetary information to increase the adoption of energy-efficient options: trick or treat? María del Mar Solà, Amaia de Ayala, Ibon Galarraga, Marta Escapa
[PB 2022-01] El impulso y desarrollo de la ganadería regenerativa como herramienta para la sostenibilidad agroalimentaria Rubén Zulueta, Pablo Manzano y Agustín del Prado
Our Initiatives
Dissemination
Designed to disseminate and disclose rigorous information on climate change.
Training and Capacity Building
Activities to "bridge knowledge" in terms of scientific advancements.
Science Education and Public Awareness
Raising awareness of Climate Change at Basque Country Scale
- Science Education
- Public awareness
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