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ICTA - Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals

The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) is a multidisciplinary centre that promotes academic research and postgraduate education on environmental sciences. It aims to improve our understanding of global environmental change, and the nature and causes of environmental problems. In addition, it studies policies, strategies and technologies to foster a transition to a sustainable economic and societal model.

The ICTA-UAB addresses major global environmental and sustainability challenges related to anthropogenic climate and global change. Researchers at ICTA-UAB undertake advanced research in specific areas of environmental science, divided into three general areas, namely “Earth and life sciences”, “Social environmental sciences” and “Technology, environment and society”.

About the Unit of Excellence María de Maeztu ICTA-UAB is the only research centre in environmental sciences to be identified as a Unit of Excellence by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO), the highest institutional recognition of scientific research in Spain.

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2024-09-03
06:02
14 p, 2.5 MB Municipal circular economy indicators : Do they measure the cities' environmental ambitions? / Kopp, Mira (University of Jena) ; Petit Boix, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Leipold, Sina (University of Jena)
Circular economy (CE) is gaining traction in cities as an approach to reducing local and global environmental impacts. Yet, how effective are these strategies in terms of their environmental impacts? To find out, we took a deep dive into 30 CE policies from cities in high-income countries across Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.spc.2024.08.009
Sustainable Production and Consumption, Vol. 50 (October 2024) , p. 431-444  
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2024-07-31
05:34
16 p, 875.9 KB Public perception of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in Denmark : Support or reluctant acceptance? / Ugarte Lucas, Paula (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl (University of Copenhagen. Department of Food and Resource Economics)
Most climate change mitigation scenarios rely on negative emissions technologies like bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). However, little is known about public support for BECCS. This paper gauges Danes' willingness to pay (WTP) for biomass with carbon capture and storage and examines factors influencing it. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104187
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol. 136 (July 2024) , art. 104187  
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2024-07-30
05:43
15 p, 3.3 MB Public perception vs ecological quality status : Examining the ecological restoration of the Congost River's Environment / Zaldo-Aubanell, Quim (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. Centre tecnològic Beta) ; Mas Ponce, Antoni (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia) ; Asbert, Guiu (Fundació Rivus) ; Clota, Berta (Fundació Rivus) ; Isnard, Manel (Consorci Besòs Tordera) ; Proia, Lorenzo (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. Centre tecnològic Beta) ; Bach, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Sánchez Mateo, Sònia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
This study examines the public's perceptions of the ecological restoration of the Congost River over the past thirty years, focusing on the period between 2010 and 2022. We conducted a survey of 112 river users across five key zones identified through a pilot study for their high pedestrian density, aiming to analyse how different sociodemographic groups perceive the river's ecological state. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34615
Heliyon, Vol. 10, Issue 14 (July 2024) , art. e34615  
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2024-07-30
05:43
13 p, 5.6 MB Weaving scientific and local knowledge on climate change impacts in coastal Kenya, Western Indian Ocean / Chambon, Mouna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Wambiji, Nina (Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute) ; Alvarez-Fernandez, Santiago (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Azarian, Clara (Sorbonne University) ; Ngunu Wandiga, Joey (Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute) ; Vialard, Jérôme (Sorbonne University) ; Ziveri, Patrizia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia) ; Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural)
Climate change poses severe threats to coastal social-ecological systems (SES) worldwide. Recent calls recognize the importance of including Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in research on climate change impacts. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103846
Environmental science & policy, Vol. 160 (October 2024) , art. 103846  
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2024-07-30
05:43
10 p, 2.0 MB The Catalan initiative for the Earth BioGenome Project : contributing local data to global biodiversity genomics / Corominas, Montserrat (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) ; Marques-Bonet, Tomas 1975- (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Arnedo, Miquel A. (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals) ; Bayés, Mònica (Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmica) ; Belmonte, Jordina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Escrivà, Hector (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Sorbonne Université) ; Fernández, Rosa (Institut de Biologia Evolutiva) ; Gabaldón, Toni (Instituto de Salud Carlos III. CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas) ; Garnatje, Teresa (Institut Botànic de Barcelona) ; Germain, Josep (Institució Catalana d'Història Natural) ; Niell, Manel (Andorra Recerca + Innovació) ; Palero, Ferran (Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva) ; Pons, Joan (Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats. Departament de Biodiversitat Animal i Microbiana) ; Puigdomènech, Pere, 1948- (Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica) ; Arroyo, Vanesa (Andorra Recerca + Innovació) ; Cuevas-Caballé, Cristian (Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat) ; Ferrer Obiol, Joan (Università degli Studi di Milano. Dipartimento di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali) ; Gut, Ivo (Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmica) ; Gut, Marta (Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmica) ; Hidalgo, Oriane (Instituto de Salud Carlos III. CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas) ; Izquierdo-Arànega, Guillem (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) ; Pérez-Sorribes, Laia (Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC) ; Righi, Emilio (Centre de Regulació Genòmica) ; Riutort, Marta (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) ; Vallès, Joan (Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat) ; Rozas, Julio (Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat) ; Alioto, Tyler (Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmica) ; Guigó, Roderic (Centre de Regulació Genòmica) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia
The Catalan Initiative for the Earth BioGenome Project (CBP) is an EBP-affiliated project network aimed at sequencing the genome of the >40 000 eukaryotic species estimated to live in the Catalan-speaking territories (Catalan Linguistic Area, CLA). [...]
2024 - 10.1093/nargab/lqae075
NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, Vol. 6, Issue 3 (September 2024) , art. lqae075  
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2024-07-23
23:04
16 p, 280.5 KB Ecofeminizing law : some notions toward rethinking law for equity and sustainability / Esteve Jordá, Clara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Until recently, gender has remained unarticulated in the discussions about the geological era we have entered: the Anthropocene. However, the patriarchycapitalism alliance has played an important role in the transition from the Holocene to the Anthropocene. [...]
2024 - 10.1108/978-1-80455-041-020241015
Ecofeminism on the Edge: Theory and Practice (Women, Economy and Labour Relations), 2024, p. 235-246  
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2024-07-23
07:33
10 p, 566.3 KB How do superblock interventions influence health? A scoping review / Cash-Gibson, Lucinda (Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socials) ; Bretones Diaz, Alexandra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia) ; Marquet Sardà, Oriol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Benach, Joan (Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socials)
Cities are implementing interventions to radically transform public space and urban transportation networks. While these interventions are urgently needed, many questions remain regarding their impacts on health, and how they can be effectively replicated. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.cities.2024.105262
Cities, Vol. 153 (October 2024) , art. 105262  
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2024-07-23
07:33
14 p, 694.3 KB En route to decarbonization : A periodisation of just transition in four carbon-intensive EU regions / Cantoni, Roberto (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Claire Brisbois, Marie (University of Sussex. Science Policy Research Unit)
In 2019, the European Commission launched the Green Deal to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, with the decarbonization of energy sources as one of its pillars. However, decarbonization is proceeding unevenly and is creating significant disruption, especially for regions that are heavily dependent on coal cycle activities. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.104061
Geoforum, Vol. 154 (August 2024) , art. 104061  
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2024-07-23
07:33
22 p, 2.9 MB Physical Mechanisms Sustaining Silica Production Following the Demise of the Diatom Phase of the North Atlantic Spring Phytoplankton Bloom During EXPORTS / Brzezinski, Mark (University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology) ; Johnson, Leah (University of Washington) ; Estapa, Margaret L. (University of Maine) ; Clevenger, Samantha (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) ; Roca Martí, Montserrat (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Romanelli, Elisa (University of California, Santa Barbara) ; Buck, Kristen N. (Oregon State University) ; Jenkins, Bethany D. (University of Rhode Island, Bay Campus) ; Jones, Janice L. (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Each spring, the North Atlantic experiences one of the largest open-ocean phytoplankton blooms in the global ocean. Diatoms often dominate the initial phase of the bloom with succession driven by exhaustion of silicic acid. [...]
2024 - 10.1029/2023GB008048
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 38, Issue 7 (July 2024) , art. e2023GB008048  
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2024-07-20
14:54
12 p, 2.0 MB Severe droughts reduce river navigability and isolate communities in the Brazilian Amazon / Lima, Letícia Santos de (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Silva, Francisco Eustáquio Oliveira e (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) ; Dorio Anastácio, Paula Rosana (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) ; Kolanski, Marina Marcela de Paula (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) ; Pires Pereira, Ana Carolina (Université de Montpellier) ; Menezes, Marianne Stéfany Resende (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) ; Cunha, Evandro Landulfo Teixeira Paradela (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) ; Macedo, Marcia Nunes (Woodwell Climate Research Center)
The Amazon basin is experiencing severe droughts that are expected to worsen with climate change. Riverine communities are especially vulnerable to these extreme events. This study investigates the experiences of Brazilian Amazonian communities during droughts occurring from 2000-2020. [...]
2024 - 10.1038/s43247-024-01530-4
Communications earth & environment, Vol. 5 (July 2024) , art. 370  
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The Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (43)
Environmental and Climate Economics (ECE) (80)
Integrated Assessment: Sociology, Technology and the Environment (IASTE) (63)
Integrated Earth System Dynamics Laboratory (IESD) (27)
Observatori de la Tordera (15)
Sustainability and Environmental Protection (Sostenipra) (122)
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