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EMP-E 2019 Conference: Modelling the implementation of 'A Clean Planet for All Strategy' | 8–9 October 2019 | EC DG RTD, Brussels The annual meeting of the Energy Modelling Platform for Europe (EMP-E) has again brought together a large number of scientists and policy makers involved in the transformation of the European energy system...

Macaronight | Gran Canaria | 27 September 2019 | The European Researchers’ Nights are public events dedicated to bringing researchers closer to the public. On 27 September 2019 it was celebrated in more than 400 cities in around 30 countries, and united for one night —'Macaronight'—the Atlantic archipelagos Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores...

Workshop on Extreme events and energy transitions—Tackling the challenges of climate change by integrating social and complex systems science | JRC Ispra site (Italy) | 23-27 September 2019.  Human activities expose us to ever more frequent extreme events such as power black-outs, droughts and extended floods. This poses challenges to...

MAGIC launched its video series "Uncomfortable Knowledge" on YouTube with six videos questioning master narratives in sustainability science: Complexity in Sustainability Is a circular bioeconomy possible? Can intermittent renewable energy power modern society? How should we measure efficiency? Are electric vehicles the future of transport? Are...

During 18 to 20 June 2019, MAGIC’s Bunyod Holmatov (University of Twente) joined thousands of other participants at the annual “EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW)” organized by the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. The three-day event covered a wide range of issues from “Eco design and energy labels” to “What will fuel...

Researchers Mario Giampietro and Juan Cadillo Benalcazar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) presented their MAGIC work at the ALTER-Net & EKLIPSE Conference 'The EU Biodiversity Strategy Beyond 2020: Research insights and needs for biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe', that was held from 17 to 19 June 2019 in Ghent, Belgium. The...

Tessa Dunlop presented at the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy Summer Study held in Giens, France between June 3 and 8, 2019. The researcher, who works at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra, looked at the social sciences gaps in energy efficiency research in the context of MAGIC's critical examination of EU energy policy. This comes...

Nexus projects CLISWELN, MAGIC, SIM4NEXUS and DAFNE teamed up in a special session on The water-energy-land nexus under climate change: from adaptation and mitigation case studies to services, products and implementation challenges at the 4th European Climate Change Adaptation conference (ECCA 2019): 'Working Together to Prepare for...

MAGIC researcher Louisa Jane Di Felice attended the 2nd International Conference on Energy Research and Social Science, taking place at the Arizona State University campus of Tempe between May 28 and May 31. The theme of the conference was "Energy and Society in Transition". The international event brought together researchers addressing energy...

MAGIC's Keith Matthews (The James Hutton Institute) participated in a two day seminar on the topic – Agricultural policy for the environment or environmental policy for agriculture, jointly hosted by The EU Commission and the European Association of Agricultural Economics. This brought together researchers and policy makers to discuss the nexus...