Trinomics staff co-write article on New Market Mechanisms in Climate Policy Journal

Trinomics staff members Hans Bolscher and Jeroen van der Laan contributed to a publication in the latest number of the Climate Policy Journal. The article called ” Developing a sectoral new market mechanism: insights from theoretical analysis and country showcases identifies available options for possible elements of New Market Mechanisms and reviews these options against a number…

Trinomics wins Framework Agreements on Air, Climate Change and Noise for European Environment Agency

Trinomics, as lead partner, in collaboration with TNO and with subcontracting services of Aether Ltd, ARCADIS Belgium, the Danish Centre of Environment and Energy (DCE), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Oeko Institute, REC, Ricardo-AEA Ltd, RIVM, Transport and Mobility Leuven (TML), the University of Barcelona (UAB) and the University of the West of England (UWE)…

Trinomics evaluates Dutch ‘Topsector Energy’’

Trinomics, in collaboration with CE Delft (lead), has been awarded an important contract by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs to evaluate the performance and future directions of the Dutch ‘Topsector Energy’ (TSE). Since 2011, the Dutch ‘Topsector Energy’ coordinates public research and innovation in the field of energy. So far, more than 130 projects…

Financial Mechanisms for Industrial Resource Efficiency

Trinomics, in collaboration with AMEC Environment & Infrastructure UK (lead) and Hayecon, has been awarded a contract by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support the IFC’s Investment Climate Department in developing the resource efficiency agenda for both public and private sector organizations, in particular by strengthening the approach to financial mechanisms as well as…

Trinomics to assist Caribbean in Sustainable Energy Management

Trinomics, in collaboration with TNO’s Caribbean Branch Office (lead) and Arizona State University, has been awarded a major contract by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to provide a detailed assessment of the technical and professional capacity for sustainable energy and ICT in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Jamaica. There is an increasing need for energy in…

Strengthening the EU disaster management capacity – Good Practices on Disaster Prevention

Disaster management on a European level is well developed but still Member States have developed context specific and local approaches to different types of disasters. To enhance the European approach to disaster management, in particular disaster prevention, consultants from Trinomics led a consortium consisting of CIMA, Ecorys, CGIAM and University of East Anglia, supported the…

Supporting the dialogue on the state of the environment in the Arctic region

Climate change is rapidly transforming the Arctic geographic, economic and social landscape. Melting ice and longer periods of ice-free waters are opening up for opportunities for resources extraction, shipping and other economic activity. The developments are putting a potentially enormous pressure on the Arctic environment. To improve and enhance the future governance of the Arctic…

Assistance for the Identification of Potential Projects of Common Interest (PCI) in the Field of Electricity Infrastructure

In 2012, the European Commission asked the team to assist with the selection of PCI for new electricity grid infrastructures as part of a new planning process that is based on involvement of stakeholders in several working groups. The main objectives of the study were to develop together with the Commission a methodology for assessing the…

Trinomics wins Framework Agreement on Climate Action for European Investment Bank

Trinomics, as lead partner, in collaboration with Alterra Wageningen, Climatekos Ltd, Ecologic, Get2C and Tecnalia has been selected by the European Investment Bank for the Framework Agreement on the provision of consultancy services to the Projects Directorate in the area of climate action, to support the EIB’s Environment, Climate and Social Office (ECSO). The Projects…

Supporting Transparency International’s Latin American Chapters on Tracking Climate Finance

Trinomics has been commissioned a support contract by Transparencia Mexicana, part of Transparency International (TI), to support the Latin-American chapters of Transparency International in tracking climate finance. Specifically, the project team will assist TI’s Peru and Mexico Chapters in obtaining funds for the implementation of a regional platform to track climate finance geographically. The previous…

Measuring and reporting mobilised international private climate finance

Trinomics has been commissioned a support contract by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to track private sector climate finance that has been mobilised by the Netherlands through the use of public interventions and public finance instruments. In November 2010, the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF) published its assessment…