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Generally, in the development of new economic-business models the first projects are driven by those actors who concentrate a sufficient number of elements that give them a certain advantage over the rest. These advantageous elements are usually grouped into economic capital, technical knowledge and public infrastructures.In territorial terms, this phenomenon gives some areas more possibilities for development than others to the extent that some have easier access to a sufficient combination of these advantageous elements. Social capital is the sum of actual and potential resources, material or immaterial, of a given community, which can be mobilised among the different actors that make it up, whether they are individual or collective, public or private. The development of energy communities will largely depend on the combination of social capital intensity and accessibility to renewable energy resources in each case. Categories of territories according to social capital intensity The result of the characterisation of the territory according to the intensity of social capital offers the possibility of classifying energy communities in a more complex way. Types of energy communities Download report
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According to the Law Regulating Universities (LOSU), both public and private universities must guarantee the public service of university education, as well as develop their functions and take as their reference points, among others, the fight against climate change and the values derived from the Sustainable Development Goals. In the current context of multiple crises, the university needs an Observatory to monitor the university’s performance in the design, development, implementation and transfer of eco-social transition plans to achieve sustainability. One of the tools to be developed by this Observatory is a system of objective indicators focused on obtaining a rating of the university’s performance in applying eco-social transition criteria. An exponential trajectory of efforts between 2024 and 2030 has a lower slope at the beginning of the process, which can facilitate the structural changes that the university must undertake to meet eco-social criteria. Over time, the slope increases, so that changes and improvements, made possible by those efforts, must be accelerated more rapidly in the years closer to 2030. The exponential trajectory of efforts translates into the size of the intervals for rating university performance in the application of eco-social criteria. Download
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The analysis of the methodology used by the Government to establish the degree of alignment of the General State Budget with the ecological transition offers ample room for improvement. The modifications proposed in the report are aimed at addressing the two major weaknesses identified in the methodological analysis: Download report
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Digital technologies and data are, for better or worse, transformative. People, businesses, and governments live, interact, work, and produce differently than they did in the past, and these changes may be accelerating rapidly due to digitalisation. It is vital to ensure that the immense promises of digital technologies and data are directed exclusively towards growth and social well-being, while limiting and minimising their negative impacts. Download report
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Usually, the areas where most tourists concentrate during their visits are associated with specific places that have a certain tourist appeal, such as monuments, historical or emblematic sites, recreational areas, etc. These areas are called High Traffic Areas (HTA), both for tourists and the local population. In some places, managing these areas poses a significant problem for the municipal government, giving rise to conflicts related to safety, coexistence, mobility, waste, and commerce, among other issues. Basis for a management modelIf the starting point is a place defined as a High Traffic Area (HTA), the purpose of the management model for that area would be to establish annual targets for reducing the burden on the space. Given the link in HAFs between the number of people and the resources they use, as well as the waste they generate, the load to be reduced would be linked to the flows and stocks of materials (goods and waste) and flows of people, until sustainability is achieved. The definition of annual load reduction targets will have to follow a two-pronged approach to avoid inconsistencies and dysfunctions. Table. Summary and conditions of load indicators Download report
