Giacomo Falchetta
Biographic Data
| ID | 6581910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giacomo Falchetta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giacomo |
| FAMILY NAME | Falchetta |
| SIGNATURE | FALCHETTA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2607-2195 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A multidimensional assessment of systemic cooling poverty in the global south
Street green space is relevant but not sufficient for adapting to growing urban heat in world cities
Cities face multiple growing climate-related risks. Identifying adaptation strategies and quantifying their effectiveness and limits is hence crucial. Street green space (SGS) receives significant attention in the urban heat adaptation space due to its potential to reduce heat load and provide additional ecosystem benefits. Yet, the majority of existing studies assessing the effectiveness of SGS are either global or very local, and typically rely…
Shared pooled mobility: Expert review from nine disciplines and implications for an emerging transdisciplinary research agenda
Shared pooled mobility has been hailed as a sustainable mobility solution that uses digital innovation to efficiently bundle rides. Multiple disciplines have started investigating and analyzing shared pooled mobility systems. However, there is a lack of cross-community communication making it hard to build upon knowledge from other fields or know which open questions may be of interest to other fields. Here, we identify and review 9 perspectives:…
Innovation in distributed energy services for sustainable development: Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa
In this work, we explore how locally led innovations can advance sustainable energy access in low-income regions of Africa. Given the emphasis of the Sustainable Development Goals on the importance of affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy, we critically assess how local innovations can address the unique challenges of regions characterized by informality and low purchasing power and where existing grid-based electricity supply is weak. Thr…
Solar irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa: Economic feasibility and development potential
Irrespective of water resource abundance, agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is predominantly rainfed. Along with fertilization, irrigation could support smallholder farmers with stabilizing crop yields, increasing incomes, and achieving food security. A key barrier to irrigation uptake is inadequate rural electricity supply for pumping and distributing water, besides other infrastructure deficits. Here we devise a spatially explicit integra…
Understanding systemic cooling poverty
Short-run effects of grid electricity access on rural non-farm entrepreneurship and employment in Ethiopia and Nigeria
Empirical evaluation of the household-level economic effects of electricity access in rural regions has challenged researchers due to data scarcity issues and identification challenges. Previous studies provide mixed evidence depending on the context and the empirical approach adopted. Continued efforts towards a robust understanding of this linkage are necessary for guiding the design of rural electricity access and economic development policies…
The M-LED platform: Advancing electricity demand assessment for communities living in energy poverty
Globally about 800 million people live without electricity at home, over two thirds of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. Planning electricity access infrastructure and allocating resources efficiently requires a careful assessment of the diverse energy needs across space, time, and sectors. Because of data scarcity, most country or regional-scale electrification planning studies have however assumed a spatio-temporally homogeneous (top-down) poten…
Comparing paratransit in seven major African cities: An accessibility and network analysis
Satellite Observations Reveal Inequalities in the Progress and Effectiveness of Recent Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ending energy poverty is a necessary condition for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Boosting electricity access levels is, how- ever, insufficient if consumption and reliability in- dicators stagnate. Previous research has shown that satellite-derived data can complement field surveys in tracking energy poverty but with little consideration for the multi-dimensionality of en- ergy access and the role of demographic dy- namics. …
Monitoring hydropower reliability in Malawi with satellite data and machine learning
Hydro-climatic extremes can affect the reliability of electricity supply, in particular in countries that depend greatly on hydropower or cooling water and have a limited adaptive capacity. Assessments of the vulnerability of the power sector and of the impact of extreme events are thus crucial for decision-makers, and yet often they are severely constrained by data scarcity. Here, we introduce and validate an energy-climate-water framework linki…
Monitoring hydropower reliability in Malawi with satellite data and machine learning
Hydro-climatic extremes can affect the reliability of electricity supply, in particular in countries that depend greatly on hydropower or cooling water and have a limited adaptive capacity. Assessments of the vulnerability of the power sector and of the impact of extreme events are thus crucial for decision-makers, and yet often they are severely constrained by data scarcity. Here, we introduce and validate an energy-climate-water framework linki…
Satellite Observations Reveal Inequalities in the Progress and Effectiveness of Recent Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ending energy poverty is a necessary condition for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Boosting electricity access levels is, how- ever, insufficient if consumption and reliability in- dicators stagnate. Previous research has shown that satellite-derived data can complement field surveys in tracking energy poverty but with little consideration for the multi-dimensionality of en- ergy access and the role of demographic dy- namics. …
The M-LED platform: Advancing electricity demand assessment for communities living in energy poverty
Globally about 800 million people live without electricity at home, over two thirds of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. Planning electricity access infrastructure and allocating resources efficiently requires a careful assessment of the diverse energy needs across space, time, and sectors. Because of data scarcity, most country or regional-scale electrification planning studies have however assumed a spatio-temporally homogeneous (top-down) poten…
Comparing paratransit in seven major African cities: An accessibility and network analysis
Short-run effects of grid electricity access on rural non-farm entrepreneurship and employment in Ethiopia and Nigeria
Empirical evaluation of the household-level economic effects of electricity access in rural regions has challenged researchers due to data scarcity issues and identification challenges. Previous studies provide mixed evidence depending on the context and the empirical approach adopted. Continued efforts towards a robust understanding of this linkage are necessary for guiding the design of rural electricity access and economic development policies…
Solar irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa: Economic feasibility and development potential
Irrespective of water resource abundance, agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is predominantly rainfed. Along with fertilization, irrigation could support smallholder farmers with stabilizing crop yields, increasing incomes, and achieving food security. A key barrier to irrigation uptake is inadequate rural electricity supply for pumping and distributing water, besides other infrastructure deficits. Here we devise a spatially explicit integra…
Understanding systemic cooling poverty
Shared pooled mobility: Expert review from nine disciplines and implications for an emerging transdisciplinary research agenda
Shared pooled mobility has been hailed as a sustainable mobility solution that uses digital innovation to efficiently bundle rides. Multiple disciplines have started investigating and analyzing shared pooled mobility systems. However, there is a lack of cross-community communication making it hard to build upon knowledge from other fields or know which open questions may be of interest to other fields. Here, we identify and review 9 perspectives:…
Innovation in distributed energy services for sustainable development: Case studies from sub-Saharan Africa
In this work, we explore how locally led innovations can advance sustainable energy access in low-income regions of Africa. Given the emphasis of the Sustainable Development Goals on the importance of affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy, we critically assess how local innovations can address the unique challenges of regions characterized by informality and low purchasing power and where existing grid-based electricity supply is weak. Thr…
A multidimensional assessment of systemic cooling poverty in the global south
Street green space is relevant but not sufficient for adapting to growing urban heat in world cities
Cities face multiple growing climate-related risks. Identifying adaptation strategies and quantifying their effectiveness and limits is hence crucial. Street green space (SGS) receives significant attention in the urban heat adaptation space due to its potential to reduce heat load and provide additional ecosystem benefits. Yet, the majority of existing studies assessing the effectiveness of SGS are either global or very local, and typically rely…
Economics (6 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Climate change (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Energy and Environment Impacts (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Electricity (3 works) · Electrification (3 works)