Basque Centre for Climate Change

Artificial plastic substrate for tracking and exploring antimicrobial-resistant bacteria transmission pathways in aquatic ecosystems

Investigating the persistence and dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARBs) in aquatic ecosystems is challenging because conventional methods require large volumes of water, particularly difficult to collect in regions affected by climate-related stress. This study de...

Green hydrogen promotion in Cameroon: Implications for sustainable development

This paper argues that green hydrogen could be a driver of the technological transformation of a small open economy well integrated into the global energy market. Green hydrogen development is key to a sustainable transition of the economy. It can replace CO 2 -intensive technolo...

Redistribution meets decarbonisation: Exploring universal basic income through an ecological macroeconomic integrated assessment model

The dual challenge of climate change and rising inequality calls for policies capable of delivering both ecological sustainability and social equity. Within the field of Ecological Macroeconomics (EM), integrated assessment models (IAM) with biophysical and socio-economic linkage...

Schools as youth-friendly climate shelters: co-designing socio-spatial infrastructures of care for urban heat adaptation

Urban heat is unevenly distributed, while adaptation often overlooks young people’s lived experiences. This study examines how embodied and emotional experiences, everyday spatial practices, and participatory co-design inform youth-friendly climate shelters as socio-spatial infra...

Expanding frameworks: Integrating vulnerability, exposure, and critical infrastructure to assess pluvial flood risks in New York City

Extreme precipitation events are increasing their frequency and intensity across the United States, posing growing risks to urban communities through pluvial flooding. Effective adaptation against pluvial flooding through structural and nonstructural measures requires understandi...

Advancing relational methods in agri-food governance research and beyond: Introducing the Socio-Material Actor-Network Analysis (SMANA) methodology

To better grasp the messiness of agri-food governance, recent scholarship has called for approaches that foreground its relational, territorial and power-laden character. This paper contributes to this agenda by presenting the Socio-Material Actor-Network Analysis (SMANA) methodo...

A cluster-randomized controlled trial of a family-based psychosocial intervention to prevent childhood obesity from preschool ages: the PRESAFALIN study protocol

Abstract Background: Childhood obesity is a major global concern, and Spain's high obesity rates highlight the urgent need for effective and innovative interventions in early age. The PRESAFALIN study aims to promote parental competence, self-efficacy, and resilience to improve c...