CV Adriaan Hendrik Perrels

Title research professor

E-mail adriaan.perrels@fmi.fi

Postal address Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, FIN 00101 Helsinki

Street address Erik Palménin Aukio 1, FI-00560 HELSINKI

Phone number +358 50 5838575

Fax +358 9 19293503

Fields of expertise

  • Cost-benefit studies at regional (Dutch, across EU), national (Dutch, Finnish) and international (EU, global – developing country) level related to energy, environment, and transport policies, lately with special reference to climate and weather services
  • Model development, notably regarding energy demand (TISED – momentary electricity demand) and private consumption & environmental impacts (ELSA – energy & lifestyle model, Finnish consumption models/KulMaKunta), regional / sectoral hazard impact models
  • Econometric analysis (damage incidence related to weather, energy consumption, energy price formation, transport mode choice, households' time & money expenditures)
  • Contributions to scenario construction (EU Renewal Energy Use at Regional levels (SPEAR); EU Clean Coal Technology Development (CARNOT); EU Consumption & Lifestyles; FINADAPT scenarios; TOLERATE integrated regional climate change – economy scenario; VAPET summerhouse scenarios)
  • Leading national and international (interdisciplinary) projects
  • Editorial board member and associate editor of Energy Efficiency (Springer Science publishers), since 2008

On-going scientific projects

  • IRTORISKI 2010-2011: The study IRTORISKI investigates how the use of cost benefit analysis in climate change adaptation planning can be streamlined such as to be useful both for initial prioritization of natural hazards according to their risk and for initial comparison of measures regarding a particular hazard. Involved institutes are FMI, VTT, and VATT. Funded by the Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry (MMM) and Tukes, ISTO programme.
  • RECAST 2011-2014 (REviewing Climate change simulations for enhanced Adaptation in Sectors and Technical infrastructure) : The main objective of this study is to assess the impacts of climate change induced uncertainty and growth of weather variability on the social and economic coping range of selected infrastructure and real estate, with the aim to generate insights, methods and procedures that enable better adaptation to climate change. Involved institutes are FMI, VTT and Helsinki University. Funded by the Finnish Academy (FICCA).
  • ENSURE 2011-2015 (Enhancing Sustainable Urban Development through Ecosystem Services): The study entails: (1) quantifying certain key regulating, supporting and provisioning services by measuring the impact of urban green on water quality, flood control, urban air quality, and biodiversity, (2) creating relevant knowledge about young and elderly people's understanding, attitudes and values concerning the urban environment and the role of ecosystem services as part of it, (3) evaluating the economic significance of ecosystem services, taking into account resilience to climate change, (4) investigating the role of social, ecological and spatial scales in urban sustainability, the governance challenges they bring to land use, and opportunities to overcome these. Cooperation under HENVI umbrella with HY/HENVI, METLA and SYKE. Overall coordinator is Susanna Lehvävirta (HY/HENVI). Funded by HENVI and partners.
  • COOL 2011-2014: The study intends to systematically investigate selected aerosol technologies as examples of geo-engineering. Our goal is to understand the factors and processes that determine the role aerosol techniques may play in the global search for ways to address climate change, taking into account risks, cost effectiveness, and regional distribution of costs, benefits, positive and negative side effects, and governance options. We also aim to understand legal aspects of the technologies, including their treatment under existing laws and the need for new regulations. Involved institutes are FMI, SYKE, Helsinki University, and the University of East-Finland. Led by Ari Laaksonen (FMI). Funded by the Finnish Academy (FICCA)
  • NONAM 2010-2013 (Network on Adaptive Management in relation to climate change): It aims at the strengthening of the Nordic research capacity and at orienting at societal research needs, notably with respect to the preparation and implementation of adaptation policies in public and private organizations. The prime theme area is: risk management and decision support with respect to adaptation policy development and related investments, notably regarding infrastructure and the overarching planning and management systems. Partners are GEUS (DK) and Vedur (Iceland). Funded by NordForsk / TRI Network initiative on Effect Studies and Adaptation to Climate Change.
  • WMO TT SEB 2010-2012: TT SEB is to develop guidance on methodologies for assessment of social-economic benefits of climate & weather services in the Region. This assignment is implemented along three lines of actions, being (1) a review of the Madrid Action Plan (MAP), (2) a review of relevant literature and projects, and (3) the development of guidelines for selecting a valuation method appropriate for a considered case, supplemented with recommendations for follow-up.

University and other degrees

  • Drs. (=M.Sc.) Economics Free University Amsterdam, 1985, with special reference to regional and urban economics, as well as energy economics.
  • Ph.D. (dr.) Economics, Free University Amsterdam, 1992, subject: strategic planning of electricity systems and the development of a time-of-day demand model.
  • Docent, University of East Finland (Joensuu), Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, section Law and Economics, as of 2003

Previous professional appointments

  • Free University Amsterdam (VUA), Faculty of Economics, dept. of spatial and transport economics, Amsterdam, junior researcher energy and transport studies, 1985-1987.
  • Free University Amsterdam (VUA), Faculty of Economics, dept. of spatial and transport economics, Amsterdam, researcher energy and transport studies / PhD, 1987-1991.
  • Netherlands Energy Research Centre (ECN) – department of Policy Studies, Petten, The Netherlands, senior researcher Lifestyle and Energy studies, 1992-1998
  • The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, Institute for Infrastructure Research INRO*, Delft, The Netherlands, Senior advisor and programme co-ordinator for Economics and Infrastructure, 1998-1999. *) now part of TNO Built Environment and Geosciences
  • Government Institute for Economic Research VATT, Helsinki, senior researcher – energy and climate studies, 1999-2001
  • Government Institute for Economic Research VATT, Helsinki, principal economist – energy, climate, transport and environment studies, 2001-2009

Links

List of publications

Selected publications:


1. Virta, H., Rosqvist, T., Simola, A., Perrels, A. Molarius, R., Luomaranta, A. (2011), Cost-benefit analysis of climate change induced extreme events as part of public decision making – Final project report of IRTORISKI (in Finnish, with extended English summary), Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki

.2. Berghäll, Elina and Perrels, Adriaan (2010), The economic crisis and its consequences for the environment and environmental policy, TemaNord 2010:555, Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen, 2010, 98s. http://www.norden.org/sv/publikationer/publikationer/2010-555/

3. Perrels, Adriaan (2010), User response and equity considerations regarding emission cap-and-trade schemes for travel, Energy Efficiency, Vol.3, DOI 10.1007/s12053-009-9067-5

4. Perrels, A., Veijalainen, N., Jylhä, K., Aaltonen, J., Molarius, R., Porthin, M., Silander, S., Rosqvist, T., Tuovinen, T., Carter, T. ja Fronzek, S. (2010), The implications of climate change for extreme weather events and their socio-economic consequences in Finland, VATT Research Reports 158, 133 p.

5. Perrels, A., Nissinen, A., Sahari, A. (2009), Reviewing key building blocks of an integrated carbon footprinting and consumer purchases' monitoring & reward system - Climate Bonus project report (WP4), VATT Research report 143:3, 42 pp.

6. Perrels, A., Nissinen, A., Sahari, A. (2009), The overall economic and environmental effectiveness of a combined carbon foot-printing and feedback system - Climate Bonus project report (WP6), VATT Research report 143:5, 44 pp.

7. Riitta Molarius, Adriaan Perrels, Markus Porthin, Tony Rosqvist (2008), Testing a Flood Protection Case by Means of a Group Decision Support System, VATT Discussion paper 449, Helsinki. http://www.vatt.fi/file/vatt_publication_pdf/k449.pdf

8. Perrels, Adriaan (2008), Wavering between radical and realistic sustainable consumption policies: in search for the best feasible trajectories, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol.16. Issue 8. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.08.008

9. Labanca, Nicola ja Perrels, Adriaan (2008), Editorial: Tradable White Certificates—a promising but tricky policy instrument, Energy Efficiency, Vol. 1, (No.4), pp.233-236, http://www.springerlink.com/content/7j884m012qn604l2/

10. Perrels, Adriaan (2008), Market imperfections and economic efficiency of white certificate systems, Energy Efficiency, Vol. 1, (No.4), pp.349-371, http://www.springerlink.com/content/v6303347157g572n/

11. Perrels Adriaan, Tuovinen Tarja, Veijalainen Noora, Jylhä Kirsti (2008), Evaluating economic risks of extreme weather events – from costs to resilience, Futura, 4/08, pp.73-86.

12. Honkatukia, J., Mälkönen, V., Perrels, A. (2008), Impacts of the European Emissions Trading Scheme on Finnish wholesale electricity prices, in Francesco Giulio (ed.), Markets for Carbon and Power Pricing in Europe – Theoretical Issues and Empirical Analysis, pp.160-192, Edgar Elgar publishers, Cheltenham UK.

13. Perrels. Adriaan, Himanen, Veli, Lee-Gosselin Martin (2008), Building Blocks for Sustainable Transport – Obstacles, Trends, Solutions, Emerald publishers, 278 pp.

14. Perrels, Adriaan (2007), Economic Implications of Differences in Member State Regulations for the European Union Emission Trade System, VATT Discussion paper 412, Helsinki. (also published as annex of publication no. 72) http://www.vatt.fi/file/vatt_publication_pdf/k412.pdf

15. Soimakallio, S., Perrels, A., Honkatukia, J., Moltmann, S., Höhne, N. (2006), Analysis and Evaluation of the Triptych 6, VTT Working paper 46.

16. Perrels, A., K. Ostertag, G. Henderson (2006), Reshaping markets for the benefit of energy saving, in Perrels, A., K. Ostertag, G. Henderson (guest editors), Reshaping markets for the benefit of energy saving – Special Issue of Energy Policy, Vol.34, No.2, January 2006. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2004.08.023

17. Carter, T.R., Jylhä, K., Perrels, A., Fronzek, S. and Kankaanpää, S. (2005): FINADAPT scenarios for the 21st century: alternative futures for considering adaptation to climate change in Finland, FINADAPT Working Paper 2, Finnish Environment Institute Mimeographs, Helsinki, 42 pp.

18. Perrels, Adriaan, Rajala, Rami and Honkatukia, Juha (2005): Appraising the socio-economic impacts of climate change for Finland, FINADAPT Working Paper 12, Finnish Environment Institute Mimeographs, Helsinki, 27 pp.