BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change - Klima Aldaketa Ikergai

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Xaquín García

Climate change and inequality are two of the most important threats that humankind face in the 21st century. In order to face these two challenges, it is necessary to design and implement policies aimed at favouring a transition toward a low carbon society that, at the same time, contributes to reduce inequality between and within countries. Indeed, if climate change mitigation policies tend to increase the gap between rich and poor households or reduce the affordability of energy services to the poorest households, most of these measures pose the risk of being rejected by the public and policy makers and, therefore, any attempts to tackle climate change could be unsuccessful. Our chances of achieving a low carbon economy goes hand in hand through the correct design of policies that promote a better redistribution of its impacts.

"Climate change and inequality are two of the most important threats that humankind face in the 21st century. In order to face these two challenges, it is necessary to design and implement policies aimed at favouring a transition toward a low carbon society that, at the same time, contributes to reduce inequality between and within countries. Indeed, if climate change mitigation policies tend to increase the gap between rich and poor households or reduce the affordability of energy services to the poorest households, most of these measures pose the risk of being rejected by the public and policy makers and, therefore, any attempts to tackle climate change could be unsuccessful. Our chances of achieving a low carbon economy goes hand in hand through the correct design of policies that promote a better redistribution of its impacts."

Kargua:
Ikerbasque Research Fellow
Ikerketa-lerro nagusia:
Environmental and Public Economics
BC3 Research Line:
2. Research Line Low Carbon
Harremanetarako xehetasunak:
E-posta: xaquin.garcia@bc3research.org
Telefonoa: +34 94-401 46 90 ext. 140
Scopus Author ID: 57189370330
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2667-3292
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Short CV

I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at BC3, Fellow Researcher at the MIT and Ikerbasque Research Fellow. The main research area of my career has been the analysis of the socio-economic impacts of different climate measures and how to ensure a just energy transition that achieves ambitious climate goals without harming vulnerable groups in the society. I have been very active in my research as shown by my publications in some of the best peer-reviewed journals in energy and environmental economics, such as Energy Economics, Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy or Energy Policy. I have also presented at some of the leading international conferences, such as the conferences organised by the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists or the Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (CGET) and closely worked with policy makers. I have been able to work in high-level research projects, which have had both scientific and social impact.

Journal Articles

2024
Alonso-Epelde, E., García-Muros, X., González-Eguino, M. 2024. Climate action from a gender perspective: A systematic review of the impact of climate policies on inequality. Energy Research and Social Science. 112. DOI (10.1016/j.erss.2024.103511).
2023
Alonso-Epelde, E., García-Muros, X., González-Eguino, M. 2023. Transport poverty indicators: A new framework based on the household budget survey. Energy Policy. 181. DOI (10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113692).
Tomás, M., García-Muros, X., Alonso-Epelde, E., Arto, I., Rodríguez-Zúñiga, A., Monge, C., González-Eguino, M. 2023. Ensuring a just energy transition: A distributional analysis of diesel tax reform in Spain with stakeholder engagement. Energy Policy. 177. DOI (10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113558).
2022
Alonso-Epelde, E., Rodríguez-Zúñiga, A., García-Muros, X., & González-Eguino, M. 2022. Impacto social y distributivo de la revisión de la Directiva sobre Fiscalidad Energética en España. Papeles de Energía - FUNCAS. 19.
Böhringer, C., García-Muros, X., González-Eguino, M. 2022. Who bears the burden of greening electricity?. Energy Economics. 105. DOI (10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105705).
Eva Alonso-Epelde, Alejandro Rodríguez-Zúñiga, Xaquín García-Muros y Mikel González-Eguino. 2022. Impacto social y distributivo de la revisión de la Directiva sobre Fiscalidad Energética en España. Papeles de Energía - FUNCAS.
García-Muros, X., Morris, J., Paltsev, S. 2022. Toward a just energy transition: A distributional analysis of low-carbon policies in the USA. Energy Economics. 105. DOI (10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105769).
González-Eguino, M. García-Muros, X. Arto, I., Pizarro-Irizar, C . 2022. Análisis de impacto de alternativas para la financiación de las energías renovables en España. Cuadernos Económicos de ICE. II. (104) 111-135. DOI (https://doi.org/10.32796/cice.2022.104.7476).
2020
González-Eguino,M., Arto,I., Rodriguez-Zuñiga,A., García-Muros,X., Sampedro,J., Kratena,K.,Cazcarro,I.,Sorman,A.H.,Pizarro-Irizar,C.,Sanz-Sanchez,M.J. 2020. Análisis de impacto del Plan Nacional Integrado de Energía y Clima PNIEC 2021-2030 de España. Papeles de Economía Española. 163. 9-22.
Sorman, A.H., García-Muros, X., Pizarro-Irizar, C., González-Eguino, M. 2020. Lost (and found) in Transition: Expert stakeholder insights on low-carbon energy transitions in Spain. Energy Research and Social Science. 64. DOI (10.1016/j.erss.2019.101414).
2019
Arto, I., García-Muros, X., Cazcarro, I., González, M., Markandya, A., Hazra, S. 2019. The socioeconomic future of deltas in a changing environment. Science of the Total Environment. 648. 1284-1296-1296. DOI (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.139).
Böhringer, C., García-Muros, X., González-Eguino, M. 2019. Greener and fairer: A progressive environmental tax reform for Spain. Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy. 8 (2) 141-160-160. DOI (10.5547/2160-5890.8.2.cboh).
2018
GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ, JOAQUÍN; GONZALEZ RUIZ DE EGUINO, MIKEL. 2018. Análisis de una reforma fiscal ambiental para España con devoluciones para todos los hogares. Papeles De Economía Española. (154)
2017
Böhringer, C., Garcia-Muros, X., Cazcarro, I., Arto, I. 2017. The efficiency cost of protective measures in climate policy. Energy Policy. 104. 446-454-454. DOI (10.1016/j.enpol.2017.01.007).
Böhringer, C., Garcia-Muros, X., Gonzalez-Eguino, M., Rey, L. 2017. US climate policy: A critical assessment of intensity standards. Energy Economics. 68. 125-135-135. DOI (10.1016/j.eneco.2017.10.021).
García-Muros, X., Burguillo, M., González-Eguino, M., Romero-Jordán, D. 2017. Local air pollution and global climate change taxes: a distributional analysis for the case of Spain. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 60. (3) 419-436-436. DOI (10.1080/09640568.2016.1159951).
García-Muros, X., Markandya, A., Romero-Jordán, D., González-Eguino, M. 2017. The distributional effects of carbon-based food taxes. Journal of Cleaner Production. 140. 996-1006-1006. DOI (10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.171).

Book chapters

2019
Alevgul H. Sorman, Cristina Pizarro-Irizar, Xaquín García-Muros, Mikel González-Eguino, Iñaki Arto. 2019 Spain: On a rollercoaster of regulatory change: risks and uncertainties of renewable energy transitions . In: Alexandros Nikas, Susanne Hanger, Jenny Lieu. In: Case study narratives on risks and uncertainties associated with climate mitigation pathways. London. Routledge. 296. ISBN 9780429458781.

Other Publications

2023
2023. Análisis del impacto distributivo de las medidas para contener la factura energética de los hogares.
2022
Urios, J., Román, M.V., García-Muros, X, Rodriguez, A. 2022. Can Polluter Pays policies in the aviation sector be progressive?. Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) .
2020
González-Eguino, M., Arto, I., Rodriguez-Zuñiga,A.,X García-Muros, X. Sampedro,J., Kratena,K., Cazcarro, I., Sorman, A.H.,Pizarro-Irizar,C., Sanz-Sanchez, M.J. 2020. Impacto Económico, de Empleo, Social y sobre la Salud Pública del Borrador Actualizado del Plan Nacional Integrado De Energía y Clima 2021-2030. Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica.
González-Eguino,M.,Arto,I., Rodríguez-Zúñiga,A.,García-Muros, X.,Sampedro, J. 2020. Impacto económico y sobre la salud de la Estrategia de Descarbonización a Largo Plazo 2050 (ELP2050). Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico.
González-Eguino,M.,Arto,I., Rodríguez-Zúñiga,A.,García-Muros, X.,Tomas,M. 2020. Impacto económico de la rehabilitación energética de viviendas en España en el periodo 2021-2030. Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana.

BC3 Working Papers & Policy Briefings

2017
[2017-04] Cost-effectiveness and incidence of alternative mechanisms for financing renewables Xaquin Garcia-Muros, Christoph Böhringer and Mikel Gonzalez-Eguino
[2017-04] Mecanismos para financiar la promoción de energías renovables. Impactos en los hogares y las industrias Joaquin Garcia-Muros y Mikel González-Eguino
2015
[2015-04] US climate policy: a critical assessment of intensity standards Christoph Böhringer , Xaquin Garcia-Muros , Mikel Gonzalez-Eguino and Luis Rey
2014
[2014-01] Local air pollution and global climate change taxes: a distributional analysis Xaquín Garcia-Muros, Mercedes Burguillo, Mikel Gonzalez-Eguino and Desiderio Romero-Jordán

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