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 ...

Statement by MCC Director Ottmar Edenhofer on the announcement of the more ambitious climate policy in Germany, presented today by Federal Minister of ...

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 ...

Global commons, political economy, policy portfolios and equality

Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt: “one of the most influential worldwide pioneers on the economics of climate change”.

An analysis for the journal WIREs Climate Change systematically highlights where we should rethink our understanding of a dynamic economy with a view to ...

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 ...

This new body will examine greenhouse gas statistics and evaluate measures taken in the event of excessive emissions. It also has extensive competences in ...

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 ...

New study highlights a key UN development goal: 4 million additional kilometres of driveways, total cost of 3,000 billion dollars, 1.5 percent of carbon budget ...