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AGRICA - Climate risk analyses for identifying and weighing adaptation strategies in sub-Saharan Africa
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A project implemented by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and ...
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Edenhofer again ranked amongst Germany’s top economists
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09/03/2018 – Ottmar Edenhofer has once again been ranked one of Germany’s leading economists by the national daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He ...
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Spacefood for cows: Industrial microbes could feed cattle, pigs and chicken with less damage to the environment
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06/20/2018 - Deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, nitrogen pollution – today’s agricultural feed cultivation for cattle, pigs and ...
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Better be safe than sorry: economic optimization risks tipping of important Earth system elements
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06/15/2018 - Optimizing economic welfare without constraints might put human well-being at risk, a new climate study argues. While being successful in bringing ...
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China floods to hit US economy: climate effects through trade chains
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05/28/2018 - Intensifying river floods could lead to regional production losses worldwide caused by global warming. This might not only hamper local economies ...
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Wealth inequality: closing the gap by taxing land and bequests
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22/03/2018 - To reduce wealth inequality without diminishing the economic performance of a country, a policy package of bequest taxes and land value taxes ...
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"Consulted by the Pope": Catholic Academy of Bavaria honours climate economist Edenhofer
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05/16/2018 - The Catholic Academy of Bavaria honours the climate economist Ottmar Edenhofer with its Romano Guardini Prize. "As a renowned economist, committed ...
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Bankers, UN and scientists help assess climate risks for finance
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04/26/2018 - Together, 16 banks, the United Nations, business consultants and scientists produced first guidance to help the financial industry become more ...
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Coal phase-out: Announcing CO2-pricing triggers divestment
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01/29/2018 - Putting the Paris climate agreement into practice will trigger opposed reactions by investors on the one hand and fossil fuel owners on the other ...
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Coalition-building for pricing CO2 could make sense even for egoistic countries
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02/26/2018 - Even countries that tend to act in an egoistic way in the long run have an incentive to participate in international climate stabilization ...
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