Our University Is Partner in Scientific Project Funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund

An administrative contract No. KP-06-H95/2 was signed for the financing of a type 2 research project under the Competition for Fundamental Research – 2025. The project is entitled Analysis and Assessment of the Impact of Climate Hazards and the Extended Emissions Trading System in Buildings and Transport /ETS2/ on vulnerable, energy and transport-poor groups of the population in Bulgaria /ACTETS2/.

The project is implemented by the Institute for Climate, Atmosphere and Water Research at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences /BAS/ as a base organization, in partnership with the University of National and World Economy and the Institute for Economic Research at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences /BAS/. The Head of the scientific team is Corr. Memb. Prof. Dr. Ekaterina Bachvarova. The scientific team includes Prof. Dr. Hristina Nikolova, scientist and Project Manager on behalf of the UNWE, and Eng. Marta Klisurova, Doctoral student – both from the UNWE Economics of Transport and Energy Department.

The main objective of the project is to generate new interdisciplinary and socially oriented scientific knowledge for Bulgaria on the impact of climate hazard and the Emissions Trading System /ETS2/ on vulnerable social groups and households in energy and transport poverty.

The results of the project will serve to scientifically justify fairer and more sustainable policies for energy and transport-poor populations by including climate hazards in the national impact assessments.

The work on the project is structured in six work packages and the contract lasts 36 months, divided into two stages of 18 months.