Report: Climate Change Adaptation and Employment (4 MB) Trinomics led a study for DG CLIMA (together with TNO and Ricardo-AEA) on the impacts of climate change adaptation on employment and skills in the EU. The final report can be downloaded here. This study feeds into the EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change (2013) by defining the…
Report: Pilot Tracking Mobilised Private Climate Finance (1 MB) The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs has commissioned a pilot study to review its climate finance programmes on the ability to mobilise private climate finance. In close collaboration with a team of policy officers from the Ministry, Trinomics developed a methodology and performed a trial calculation…
Report: Resource efficiency in the building sector (5 MB) On 1st of July 2014, the European Commission published its Communication on Resource efficiency opportunities in the building sector (COM(2014) 445 final), which is part of its Circular economy package. The main objectives of this Communication are to enhance the use of building materials in more efficient way and…
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, 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)…
Report: Low Carbon Concepts (7 MB) The European economy is shifting to become more resource and energy efficient. Together with this shift, a related trend of decentralisation can be observed. Local initiatives and actors, such as (organised) citizens and local governments play an increasingly important role in this shift. These actors cooperate in new innovative…
Report: Impacts of Ecodesign & EL on R&D (3 MB) The Ecodesign and Labelling directives have the potential to not only deliver energy savings but also to positively impact the innovation activities and competitiveness of the manufacturers of the regulated products. With regard to the upcoming revision of the directives in 2014, it is therefore…
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…
Trinomics has been awarded a study contract by the European Parliament’s ITRE Committee to assess the potential impacts of TTIP on the European energy markets and manufacturing industries. Since 2013, the European Union and the United States are negotiating a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) also known in the United States as the Transatlantic…
Trinomics, in collaboration with Milieu Ltd, has been awarded a study contract by the European Parliament to carry out an ex-post evaluation of European water legislation and assess the costs of not coordinating policies on a European level. With the Water Framework Directive’s (WFD) entry into force in 2000, the EU set itself long-ter, ambitious…
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 has been awarded a contract by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) in Nairobi to produce a market study in order to strengthen economic cooperation between Kenya and the Netherlands in the (renewable) energy sector. Trinomics will conduct this market study of the (renewable) energy sector in Kenya, to arrive at…
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…
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…
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…
Report: Het Echte Groene Boekje (5 MB) Report: Het Echte Groene Boekje – Presentatie IenM (1 MB) Green growth and the green economy are in the centre of public interest in recent years. The popularity of these terms stems from their embodied and positive claim that economic growth and environmental improvement can be combined. But…
Trinomics, as lead contractor, in collaboration with Optimat and Dr. Winifred Ijomah has been awarded a contract by the Environment and Forestry Directorate of the Scottish government to provide an assessment of fiscal instruments to stimulate a more circulate economy in Scotland. Within the context of Scotland’s Government Economic Strategy, Scotland is looking into policy…
Trinomics is one of the project partners within the FP7 SCOT Consortium (Smart CO2 Transformation – SCOT). Reducing CO2, protecting the environment and our resources, but also reducing dependency on raw materials is a major societal challenge. In this context, the EU has adopted ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80-95% below 1990…
Trinomics, as lead partner, in collaboration with TNO and Ricardo-AEA, has been awarded a major contract by the European Commission’s DG Climate Action to support the review of Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CCS Directive). The EU Directive on the geological storage of CO2was adopted by the European Council on April…
Report: RE indicators (3 MB) Indicators’ timeliness is vital for allowing quick and adequate policy response by policy makers. Early estimates and nowcasting are emerging techniques that are increasingly being used as a way to bridge the gap between the most recent reported observations of an indicator and its, as yet unreported, or even unmeasured,…
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, 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…
Report: Economic Impacts of Shale Gas in the Netherlands – FINAL REPORT (2 MB) The rapid developments of shale gas particularly in North-America continue to stir up a lively debate about the pros and cons of shale gas worldwide, including in the Netherlands. Independent of the Dutch decision to allow for, or prohibit, exploratory drilling…
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…
Report: Overkoepelende Analyse Sectorstudies (518 KB) Trinomics has conducted a study on the role of climate policies on the competitiveness position of four industrial sectors in the Netherlands: the chemical industry, the steel sector, the cement sector and the refinery sector. While production in regions outside the EU is growing and energy prices and resource…
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…
Trinomics has successfully been selected this year for several Framework Agreements with the European Parliament and its Committees. We are very pleased to provide our services, knowledge and advice to our EU MEPs, EP Committees and Panels. Among others, Triple E Consulting has been selected for: Framework Agreement on the provision of external expertise on regulatory…
Trinomics, as lead partner, in collaboration with Oeko Institute e.V, Aether and AF-Mercados EMI has been selected by the European Parliament for the Framework Agreement on the provision of external expertise on regulatory and policy issues in the field of energy and climate change policies. Much of the political and legislative work of the Parliament…