The French star economist Thomas Piketty has shown that wealth inequality in the developed nations is continually increasing. Public investment in ...

More than 60 climate experts will meet mid-August to plan a special IPCC report concerning the 1.5°C target.

A massive reduction of greenhouse gases can only take place in a properly functioning EU carbon market. A price floor for the traded carbon permits would ...

A second time in row MCC is one of the top scientific think tanks in the field of climate change. In this year´s "Climate Think Tank Ranking" by the ...

MCC emphasizes synergy effects between forest conservation and economic development through land taxation

"We quickly have to specify institutions and policy instruments", was a conclusion of the panel discussion jointly organized by MCC and Hertie School of ...

Ottmar Edenhofer´s statement about the signing of the Paris Agreement on 22 April 2016

(only in German) Kolumne von Ottmar Edenhofer beim Deutschen Klima-Konsortium (DKK): "Die Unterzeichnung des Paris-Abkommens ist der Anfang eines Weges, nicht ...

“The polluter pays” is the main principle in emissions trading. However, despite being the central pillar of EU climate protection, emissions trading has ...

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 ...