Searcher
Julián Cubero
Julián Cubero
BBVA Research - Lead Economist

J. Julián Cubero has been Lead Economist of the Economics of Climate Change Cluster at BBVA Research since March 2020. The area deals with the study from the point of view of economic analysis of environmental sustainability and the impacts resulting from climate change, both by physical factors and the transition to a low greenhouse gas emissions economy.

Previously, J. Julián Cubero has been at BBVA Research: Spanish economy Chief Economist (October 2006-December 2008), Chief Economist-Macroeconomic Analysis of Mexico (January 2009 -August 2012), Chief Economist-Economic Scenarios (September 2012-May 2016) and Chief Economist for Economic Modeling and Long-Term Analysis area (June 2016-February 2020).

J. Julián Cubero holds a degree in Economics - Quantitative Economics - from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Latest publications

The cost of capital is vital for renewable energy projects due to high investment needs, policy uncertainty, and early-stage risks. De-risking strategies can lower costs, particularly in developing economies. However, for emerging cleantech, these strategies must balance innovation and competition.
The Letta report provides a comprehensive assessment of the European Union's single market and contains a set of policy proposals for its future development. They have the potential to impact the European strategic agenda for the next few years, particularly to strengthen the green transition with targeted recommendations.
In the face of unequivocal evidence of climate change, the challenge is to decouple economic development from greenhouse gas emissions with more ambitious policies aimed at achieving a socially just transition by internalizing the costs of emissions and promoting green innovation and private investment.