More than 700 million people have no running water. A study by MCC released today shows that a tax on carbon dioxide could help remedy this situation while ...

(only in German) Edenhofer zu Hintergründen, Inhalten und Konsequenzen des neuen Weltklimavertrages

Worldwide, the potential collapse of food imports threatens the food security of 200 million people. Countries in North Africa and Central America are the most ...

In the magazine "Herder Korrespondenz", MCC Director Edenhofer explained why we have to decouple growth from emissions—and the role which the ...

At the Vatican, Ottmar Edenhofer spoke with Francis about the relationship between science and religion. Global commons like the atmosphere were also one of ...

MCC proposes to create incentives for countries to strengthen Paris Agreement through coordination of carbon prices

Ottmar Edenhofer has been nominated as one of the editors of the influential scientific journal “Review of Environmental Economics and Policy” (REEP).

With a new study the MCC proposes a fair distribution of revenues from carbon pricing through annual lump-sum payments to all.

MCC scientists have co-authored a paper in Nature Climate Change with the key message: There is no fall-back option to reducing CO2 now.

A new study by MCC lead author Felix Creutzig and other MCC scientists shows: The transport sector has the capacity to nearly halve its CO2 emissions by 2050 - ...