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23.02.2026 – A groundbreaking economic study calculates the effectiveness of this novel policy instrument. The underlying idea is that you are allowed to ...

17.09.2024 - The EU has decided to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. From then on, for every tonne of CO₂ still emitted, one tonne would have to be taken out ...

31.03.2026 – The emissions trading system launched by the European Union in 2005 could one day also be used to capture CO₂ on a large scale. A new model study ...

21.01.2026 – Carbon dioxide removal technologies are becoming increasingly important for climate action, but their differing storage times matter for policy ...

06/23/22 - Taxing rich peoples’ gains from capital can help reduce inequality while keeping up overall prosperity – yet only on two conditions. First, the ...

24.09.2025 – How can we socially cushion the higher fuel and heating costs expected to emerge with the second EU emissions trading system, starting in 2027? ...

30.07.2025 - In the wake of newly agreed climate finance targets in Baku at COP29, climate economists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ...

11/14/2023 - Taxing land instead of capital could reduce the widening gap between rich and poor in societies, finds a new study from the Potsdam Institute for ...

10/19/2023 - From interdisciplinary basic research to scientific policy advice: the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has received the green ...

11/22/2023 - Reduced fossil fuel consumption due to the energy crisis, tentative positive signs in the expansion of renewable energy capacities, electric cars ...