Ramón Bueno
Staff Scientist
Somerville, MA
ramon.bueno@sei-us.org
+1 (617) 627-6793
Ramón works on research and policy analysis in the Climate Economics program at SEI-US. He brings over 20 years of professional experience designing, building and using analysis models and information systems across a variety of multi-disciplinary applications, including business intelligence and decision support systems. He is fluent in both Spanish and English and has long been a close observer of, and sometimes participant in, developments in US-Cuba relations, Puerto Rico, and more broadly the Caribbean and Latin America. Ramón attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a B.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1974 and an M.S. in February 1977 on Systems Modeling and Optimization (Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems-LIDS). In 2007, he completed a one-year mid-career program at MIT in which he focused on socioeconomic development and policy/impact analysis.
Recent Publications by Ramón Bueno
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Estimating Regions' Relative Vulnerability to Climate Damages in the CRED ModelSEI Working Paper WP-US-1103 Author(s): Stanton, E.A. ; Cegan, J. ; Bueno, R. ; Ackerman, F.Year: 2012 Research Area(s): Climate Economics Description: This article introduces the CRED climate vulnerability index (VI-CRED), developed for use in the CRED integrated assessment model. VI-CRED is an index of vulnerability to climate change, with the advantage of simplicity and transparency as compared to more complicated indices with dozens of components. VI-CRED apportions economic damages from climate change among world regions on the basis of differences in vulnerable sectors' contribution to gross domestic product, share of population living at less than 5 meters above sea level, and access to freshwater resources. Its results are broadly similar to those of other indices, but it assigns a more prominent role to water scarcity and, for this reason, includes the Middle East among the most vulnerable regions.Note: This is an updated version of a paper first published in February 2011. Download PDF |
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The CIEL Backgrounder: Understanding the Climate Impact Equity LensSEI technical report Author(s): Stanton, E.A. ; Bueno, R.Year: 2011 Research Area(s): Climate Economics Description: To provide insight into the wide range of outcomes that climate change will have on individuals, the Climate Impact Equity Lens (CIEL) calculates net gains and losses from a global failure to cut greenhouse gas emissions, viewed not as global or national averages, but instead for individuals. The purpose of the tool is to illustrate both the severity and the diversity of expected impacts from climate change. This backgrounder gives a basic introduction to CIEL tool, written in plain language, and also includes a more technical methodology for the CIEL model.Note: This report is part of a package that also includes Real People, Real Impacts: The Climate Impact Equity Lens and a policy brief of the same title. Download PDF External Link |
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Real People, Real Impacts: The Climate Impact Equity LensSEI Report Author(s): Stanton, E.A. ; Bueno, R. ; Davis, M.Year: 2011 Research Area(s): Climate Economics Description: The Climate Impact Equity Lens (CIEL) is a new tool for calculating net impacts from climate change in a way that highlights important differences in the distribution of costs and benefits. CIEL looks at climate impacts for real people instead of regional averages by comparing an individual's climate damages in a given year to her savings from not reducing emissions. Using CIEL can help us think about whether we are net winners (savings greater than costs) or net losers (costs greater than savings) today, and how that is likely to change over time. As policymakers negotiate the future of our climate, it is absolutely vital that they have in mind not just the potential impacts on a few "average" people, but the wide diversity of effects that will be felt by every person around the world. The policy report examines discusses this wide range of climate impacts, and includes a special case study on the Caribbean (also available in Spanish).Note: This report is part of a package that also includes a policy brief of the same title and The CIEL Backgrounder: Understanding the Climate Impact Equity Lens. More information Download PDF External Link |
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Real People, Real Impacts: The Climate Impact Equity Lens (Policy Brief)SEI Policy Brief Author(s): Stanton, E.A. ; Bueno, R. ; Davis, M.Year: 2011 Research Area(s): Climate Economics Description: The Climate Impact Equity Lens (CIEL) is a new tool for calculating net impacts from climate change in a way that highlights important differences in the distribution of costs and benefits. CIEL looks at climate impacts for real people instead of regional averages by comparing an individual's climate damages in a given year to her savings from not reducing emissions. This policy brief, which summarizes our report of the same title, shows how CIEL helps us think about whether we are net winners (savings greater than costs) or net losers (costs greater than savings) today, and how that is likely to change over time. As policymakers negotiate the future of our climate, it is absolutely vital that they have in mind not just the potential impacts on a few "average" people, but the wide diversity of effects that will be felt by every person around the world.Note: This report is part of a package that also includes a report of the same title and The CIEL Backgrounder: Understanding the Climate Impact Equity Lens. Download PDF External Link |
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CRED v.1.3 Technical ReportSEI technical report Author(s): Ackerman, F. ; Stanton, E.A. ; Bueno, R.Year: 2011 Research Area(s): Climate Economics Description: Climate and Regional Economics of Development (CRED) is an integrated assessment model, with a central focus on the global distribution of climate damages and climate policy costs. It is designed to estimate both the best pace of investment in mitigation, and the best distribution of the cost of that investment to regions of the world, with the goal of informing global climate negotiations and help break the stalemate between developed and developing countries. Version 1.3 of the CRED model was completed in June 2011. This technical report describes the CRED v.1.3 methodology in detail.Download PDF |