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Rita Sousa

Ph.D in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Universidade Nova Lisboa
ritasousa@eeg.uminho.pt

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 1.44

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Interest in energy economics, environmental economics, and climate change issues. Ph.D. and MSc. in economics and policy of climate and energy. I work on carbon pricing mechanisms, on countries’ low-carbon development scenarios, and modeling the linkage of renewable power systems. Past: Euronatura, Portuguese Climate Delegation to the UNFCCC, EDP and National Park of Peneda-Gerês.

 

 

Areas of interest

Energy economics
carbon pricing
low carbon development

Publications

Santos, J A , R Vicente, J , Pinto, E , Lomba, A , Gonçalves, J F , Fraga, H , … Cerejeira, J (2022)

On the development of a regional climate change adaptation plan: Integrating model-assisted projections and stakeholders' perceptions

Science of the Total Environment, 805, 1–14 DOI
Sousa, R , Álvarez-Espinosa, A C , Pardo, N R , Leon, S F M , Otalora, G R , Diaz, S C , … Salcedo, L R (2020)

Emissions trading in the development model of Colombia

Climate Policy, 20(9), 1161–1174 DOI
Aguiar-Conraria, L , Soares, M J , & Sousa, R (2018)

California's carbon market and energy prices: A wavelet analysis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376(2126) DOI
Sousa, R , Cerejeira, J , Portela, M , & Agante, E (2018)

EEE fees and the WEEE system – A model of efficiency and income in European countries

Waste Management, 79, 770–780 DOI
Sousa, R , & Aguiar-Conraria, L (2015)

Energy and carbon prices: A comparison of interactions in the European Union emissions trading scheme and the Western climate initiative market

Carbon Management, 6(3-4), 129–140 DOI
Sousa, R , Aguiar-Conraria, L , & Soares, M J (2014)

Carbon financial markets: A time-frequency analysis of CO 2 prices

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, 414, 118–127 DOI

Projects

CLICTOUR - Turismo Resiliente às Alterações Climáticas nas Áreas Protegidas do Norte de Portugal

Funding: Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte | CCDR-N

Duration: 2021-05-01 - 2023-06-30

CoaClimateRisk - O Impacto das Alterações Climáticas e Medidas de Adaptação para as Principais Culturas Agrícolas na Região do Vale Do Côa

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2020-08-24 - 2023-12-31

ECO.Fire - O valor económico dos incêndios florestais como suporte ao comportamento preventivo

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2020-01-15 - 2023-01-14

Avanços em Modelação Econométrica de Séries Temporais Não-Lineares e Aplicações

Funding: Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização

Duration: 2018-10-01 - 2022-09-30

Teaching

Desenvolvimento Sustentável e Transformação Digital Mestrado
Economia da Energia Mestrado
Finanças Públicas Licenciatura
Macroeconomia I Licenciatura
Projeto em Economia Aplicada Licenciatura

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