Do we have to shrink the economy to save the climate?
Moderated by the "Süddeutsche Zeitung": a discussion between MCC Director Ottmar Edenhofer and the advocate of post-growth economics Niko Paech.
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A new approach to the social cost of carbon
What is the impact of the climate crisis? An MCC-led study highlights the effect of the gaps between rich and poor within countries. This is relevant for the world climate summits.
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MCC supports monitoring to achieve German climate targets
Brigitte Knopf presents the report of the Council of Experts on Climate Change at the Federal Press Conference. MCC working paper supports the Council’s expertise on the transport sector.
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Corona crisis lesson: additional bike lanes induce large increases in cycling
A quite simple climate policy instrument turns out to be successful and cost-effective. Drawing on data from 106 European cities, an MCC study documents the causality.
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Industrialised countries finance new coal-fired power plants in Asia on a grand scale
A new MCC study reveals the global capital flows behind the most important climate killer – and outlines counter strategies.
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140,000 square kilometres of solar cells for carbon-free air traffic in 2050
A new study shows the enormous challenges of sourcing synthetic fuels, and the pressure to act for politicians. The coronavirus crisis is a window of opportunity.
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Dialogue with citizens enriches climate research
In "focus groups", MCC experts have now gathered insights into values and priorities within the population as input for the energy transition project Ariadne.
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Climate plantations fail to make the world more sustainable
Cultivate fast-growing plants, burn them, capture the CO2 and then store it? An article for the journal Global Change Biology Bioenergy shows the limitations of this idea.
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German politics has been talking up coal for decades
MCC uses big data technology to analyse all Bundestag speeches since 1949. Pro-fossil encouragement prevailed despite the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Research on climate solutions to become as well organised as that in the health sector
Led by the MCC: a new international network under the umbrella of the Campbell Collaboration consolidates findings, identifies knowledge gaps, and facilitates policy advice.
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The idea of an environmental tax is finally gaining strength
Study: 100 years after Arthur Cecil Pigou’s proposal, questions of its implementation are being resolved in the climate crisis. Carbon pricing is more efficient than regulations and bans.
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Pope Francis appoints Ottmar Edenhofer to help in “Promoting Integral Human Development”
The MCC Director is to support the eponymous dicastery, a Vatican agency focused on the issues of refugees, the sick, and the poor.
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"Climate Excuses" makes you fit for discussions
An exceptional entertainment tool based on an MCC study helps you familiarise yourself with the argumentation patterns of climate protection preventers.
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One dollar invested in rainforests saves 5.4 dollars spent on other climate protection measures
Prevent deforestation, promote restoration – an MCC-led study shows this would more likely enable us to achieve the 2-degree target, and could reduce costs immensely.
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An extra 200 million tonnes of CO2 for the EU
A study quantifies the extent to which we are harming the climate through imported goods. The yardstick for attributing emissions to producers and consumers is economic benefit.
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EU should focus on carbon pricing to achieve 2030 climate targets
Prior to the key EU summit, the new Kopernikus research project Ariadne, with the participation of the MCC, illuminates three scenarios for implementation.
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New opportunities for global climate diplomacy
Five years after the conclusion of the Paris Agreement: a statement by MCC Director Ottmar Edenhofer and a new MCC Policy Brief with findings from cooperative research.
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Carbon pricing can reduce social inequality
A meta-study evaluates research on distribution effects. It reveals a favourable condition for corresponding reforms in poorer countries in particular, and the transport sector in general.
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Change the sunshine to save the earth?
The EU has asked the MCC and two other institutes to critically assess unconventional methods of climate protection. 9 million euro of funding for six years.
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MCC researcher Arwen Colell receives the Bavarian Energy Award
She coordinates joint learning on the German energy transition in the Ariadne project. Her doctoral thesis shows: decentralised electricity and heat supply can enhance social cohesion.
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Climate protection can be made socially acceptable
An MCC-led meta-study evaluates the side-effects & risks of evaluated policy measures taken to date to combat global warming.
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Why there is no energy transition in many countries
Understanding the forces of inertia in order to overcome them: a study led by the MCC sharpens the sense of the "political economy of coal", drawing on India, Indonesia, and Vietnam as examples.
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Ottmar Edenhofer among the top 10 most influential economists in Germany
In this year of the coronavirus, the Director of the MCC is receiving attention on his economic expertise on climate policy and global commons as shown by a new ranking by the "FAZ".
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“Now is the time to turn these words into deeds”
Statement by MCC Director Ottmar Edenhofer on the announcement of the more ambitious climate policy in Germany, presented today by Federal Minister of Economics, Peter Altmaier.
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Status perception of middle class households is a climate killer
The worldwide booming demand for cars and energy-guzzling domestic appliances is in part a result of social norms: an intervention point for politics, as highlighted by an MCC study.
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Ottmar Edenhofer awarded with most prestigious environmental prize
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt: “one of the most influential worldwide pioneers on the economics of climate change”.
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Climate protection needs growth, but not business as usual
An analysis for the journal WIREs Climate Change systematically highlights where we should rethink our understanding of a dynamic economy with a view to greater sustainability.
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Climate damage to the global economy is greater than expected
An empirical study led by MCC shows a loss of economic output of 7 to 14 percent by 2100, with each tonne of CO2 emitted in 2020 causing the equivalent of 76 to 148 euros in damage.
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German Government appoints MCC’s Brigitte Knopf to Council of Experts on Climate Change
This new body will examine greenhouse gas statistics and evaluate measures taken in the event of excessive emissions. It also has extensive competences in relation to possible tightening of targets.
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Coal: expanding the notion of just transition
Experts from four continents propose to extend the concept of "Just Transition" to industry and consumers. MCC leads an article on this topic in Nature Climate Change.
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