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How a carbon central bank can turn Europe into a CO₂ “eater”
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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 ...
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How markets should be designed for non-permanent carbon removals
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21.01.2026 – Carbon dioxide removal technologies are becoming increasingly important for climate action, but their differing storage times matter for policy ...
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How taxing the rich can help everyone
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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 ...
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In Brussels, PIK explains social flanking of the new emissions trading system
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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? ...
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International cooperation on fossil fuel levies could raise billions for climate finance
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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 ...
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Land taxation can reduce wealth inequality
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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 ...
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More interdisciplinary science: Green light for additional institutional funding of PIK
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10/19/2023 - From interdisciplinary basic research to scientific policy advice: the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has received the green ...
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More new fossil gas heating systems, only tentative progress: energy transition update
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11/22/2023 - Reduced fossil fuel consumption due to the energy crisis, tentative positive signs in the expansion of renewable energy capacities, electric cars ...
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New Brandenburg Climate Council chaired by Hermann Lotze-Campen
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15.07.2024 - Hermann Lotze-Campen from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has been appointed chair of the new Brandenburg Scientific ...
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New hope for the climate: Edenhofer & Rockström on Biden US Presidency
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01/26/2021 - The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) puts hope in the start of Joe Biden's presidency after climate topics have been rather ...
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