Through cooperations with The University of Potsdam and The Hertie School of Governance the MCC builds its profile in climate policy.

MCC director Edenhofer sees the IPCC at a crossroads: In "Science" he writes that in order to become more relevant it should explore costs, benefits and risks ...

Pope Francis calls for recognition of the atmosphere as a global common. In "Nature Climate Change" the MCC shows the relevance for the combat on climate ...

In "Science" MCC director Edenhofer warns that building new coal power plants cause dangerous path dependencies.

A new MCC study finds that geography is a fundamental cause of growth across societies: Geographical advantage for agricultural production may slow down ...

MCC Scientists illustrate how countries can reduce poverty and provide the poorest with water, electricity and sanitation by abolishing fossil fuel subsidies.

Anne Zimmer from PIK together with Michael Jakob and Jan Steckel from MCC published the best paper in the Elsevier journal Energy for Sustainable Development ...

New results of MCC research show that the low price of coal is driving up global CO2 emissions. They were now published in the scientific journal PNAS.

With his encyclical "Laudato Si", Pope Francis wants to push climate policy. Ottmar Edenhofer and Brigitte Knopf from the Mercator Research Institute on Global ...

The MCC has presented a new model for making environmental assessments more policy-relevant, yet not policy-prescriptive.