How governments can incentivise climate protection at home
27.07.2021 –
An MCC-led study sheds light on the impact of various policy instruments on everyday lifestyles. It deals with savings of 350 million tonnes of CO2 per year worldwide.
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“This is a historic policy plan for Europe, commensurate with the scale of the challenge”
14.07.2021 –
Statement by MCC Secretary General Brigitte Knopf on the legislative proposals presented today to implement the new EU climate targets and the Green Deal.
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Condensing the worldwide state of knowledge on “Climate and Health” from 16,000 studies
14.07.2021 –
A project with MCC participation for the UK Foreign Office. Large research gaps on co-benefits and trade-offs still to be filled. Further research with focus on the Global South.
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The trends we need to reverse to stop global heating
29.06.2021 –
Freight services, floor space, meat consumption: a new MCC-led study describes the various drivers of greenhouse gas emissions more comprehensively and precisely than ever before.
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Smart transfer rules can strengthen EU climate policy
25.06.2021 –
Brussels sets ambitious targets with the European Green Deal, so how can we ensure that all member states go along with them? An economic study on decision-making in groups of states gives us clues.
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Higher fuel price plus per capita refund: the fairest way of climate protection in transport
16.06.2021 –
An MCC-led study shows that most people would actually benefit. A representative sample of 156,000 German households was used to examine five policy alternatives.
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Heat stress due to climate: today's hotspots and the outlook for the future
08.06.2021 –
MCC uses the example of hospital admissions of the elderly in Germany to show the importance of tackling the climate crisis, with an analysis for all 8,000 postcode areas.
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Cleaning up emissions from our atmosphere
07.06.2021 –
The issue of "negative emissions" is moving up the agenda, and governments are setting concrete goals. MCC provides an overview of the state of knowledge.
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Four popular misconceptions about carbon pricing
05.06.2021 –
MCC refutes errors in the current climate policy debate. The “Spiegel" reports on it in detail, and warns against thrashing out the issue in the Bundestag election campaign.
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Great potential for ecological tax reform in Germany
01.06.2021 –
Consistent pricing of environmental and health damage would mobilise hundreds of billions of euros. Analysis of the energy transition project Ariadne with participation of the MCC.
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MCC group leader Sabine Fuss elected to the European Academy of Sciences
27.04.2021 –
This prestigious association promotes excellence in science and technology as a driver for human wellbeing. It has 700 members world-wide, and more than 30 Nobel laureates.
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Do we have to shrink the economy to save the climate?
21.04.2021 –
Moderated by the "Süddeutsche Zeitung": a discussion between MCC Director Ottmar Edenhofer and the advocate of post-growth economics Niko Paech.
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A new approach to the social cost of carbon
20.04.2021 –
What is the impact of the climate crisis? An MCC-led study highlights the effect of the gaps between rich and poor within countries. This is relevant for the world climate summits.
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MCC supports monitoring to achieve German climate targets
15.04.2021 –
Brigitte Knopf presents the report of the Council of Experts on Climate Change at the Federal Press Conference. MCC working paper supports the Council’s expertise on the transport sector.
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Corona crisis lesson: additional bike lanes induce large increases in cycling
30.03.2021 –
A quite simple climate policy instrument turns out to be successful and cost-effective. Drawing on data from 106 European cities, an MCC study documents the causality.
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Industrialised countries finance new coal-fired power plants in Asia on a grand scale
24.03.2021 –
A new MCC study reveals the global capital flows behind the most important climate killer – and outlines counter strategies.
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140,000 square kilometres of solar cells for carbon-free air traffic in 2050
09.03.2021 –
A new study shows the enormous challenges of sourcing synthetic fuels, and the pressure to act for politicians. The coronavirus crisis is a window of opportunity.
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Dialogue with citizens enriches climate research
26.02.2021 –
In "focus groups", MCC experts have now gathered insights into values and priorities within the population as input for the energy transition project Ariadne.
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Climate plantations fail to make the world more sustainable
15.02.2021 –
Cultivate fast-growing plants, burn them, capture the CO2 and then store it? An article for the journal Global Change Biology Bioenergy shows the limitations of this idea.
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German politics has been talking up coal for decades
11.02.2021 –
MCC uses big data technology to analyse all Bundestag speeches since 1949. Pro-fossil encouragement prevailed despite the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Research on climate solutions to become as well organised as that in the health sector
27.01.2021 –
Led by the MCC: a new international network under the umbrella of the Campbell Collaboration consolidates findings, identifies knowledge gaps, and facilitates policy advice.
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The idea of an environmental tax is finally gaining strength
20.01.2021 –
Study: 100 years after Arthur Cecil Pigou’s proposal, questions of its implementation are being resolved in the climate crisis. Carbon pricing is more efficient than regulations and bans.
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Pope Francis appoints Ottmar Edenhofer to help in “Promoting Integral Human Development”
12.01.2021 –
The MCC Director is to support the eponymous dicastery, a Vatican agency focused on the issues of refugees, the sick, and the poor.
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"Climate Excuses" makes you fit for discussions
12.01.2021 –
An exceptional entertainment tool based on an MCC study helps you familiarise yourself with the argumentation patterns of climate protection preventers.
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One dollar invested in rainforests saves 5.4 dollars spent on other climate protection measures
11.01.2021 –
Prevent deforestation, promote restoration – an MCC-led study shows this would more likely enable us to achieve the 2-degree target, and could reduce costs immensely.
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An extra 200 million tonnes of CO2 for the EU
28.12.2020 –
A study quantifies the extent to which we are harming the climate through imported goods. The yardstick for attributing emissions to producers and consumers is economic benefit.
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EU should focus on carbon pricing to achieve 2030 climate targets
09.12.2020 –
Prior to the key EU summit, the new Kopernikus research project Ariadne, with the participation of the MCC, illuminates three scenarios for implementation.
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New opportunities for global climate diplomacy
07.12.2020 –
Five years after the conclusion of the Paris Agreement: a statement by MCC Director Ottmar Edenhofer and a new MCC Policy Brief with findings from cooperative research.
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Carbon pricing can reduce social inequality
16.11.2020 –
A meta-study evaluates research on distribution effects. It reveals a favourable condition for corresponding reforms in poorer countries in particular, and the transport sector in general.
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Change the sunshine to save the earth?
05.11.2020 –
The EU has asked the MCC and two other institutes to critically assess unconventional methods of climate protection. 9 million euro of funding for six years.
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