Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities appoints Ottmar Edenhofer
19.06.2023 –
This association has a tradition of more than 300 years. The MCC Director is also a member of the two further German academies Leopoldina and acatech.
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New data show a worsening of the climate crisis
08.06.2023 –
A “wake-up call” to the pre-COP28 conference in Bonn: 50 scientists, with contributions from MCC, provide an update of global indicators. Innovative info dashboard for the public.
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Researchers calculate the effects of a climate transition in India
01.06.2023 –
Scenario study: western regions benefit, eastern regions suffer. The government would have to take compensatory measures to prevent the issue from causing a national showdown.
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A good fifth reduction in climate gases from urban traffic in 15 years, with a better quality of life
29.05.2023 –
A study co-authored by MCC points the way for tailor-made policy portfolios. Specifically, it concerns 120 big cities on five continents, with 525 million people.
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Effective capital markets are needed to protect the climate
22.05.2023 –
Energy transition is slower when loans are too expensive. A model study co-authored by MCC in the top journal JAERE now examines how policymakers should deal with this.
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MCC group leader Martin Kowarsch appointed Adjunct Professor in Denmark
17.05.2023 –
Aalborg University confers the title in view of his research on applied philosophy, shaping the interface of science, politics, and society.
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Experts expect around 50 percent fewer new coal-fired power plants than announced
08.05.2023 –
A high-quality survey provides a realistic picture of the investment dynamics. It should be the baseline for negotiations on phasing out this climate killer technology.
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Carbon price as an investment incentive for private households
18.04.2023 –
The MCC calculates when households should switch to fossil-free technologies to avoid or reduce financial burdens.
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How billions from carbon pricing could enforce climate protection and social compensation
27.03.2023 –
Revenues could finance a climate money, increase climate protection investments or reduce income taxes.
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Ariadne Citizens' Summit brings together science and civil society
22.03.2023 –
Stakeholders from economics and politics discuss results of joint work on climate policy with researchers and citizens
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A new approach to assessing policies in the climate crisis
17.03.2023 –
How should we deal with tipping points and uncertainties? An MCC-led study extends classical welfare economics with the concept of planetary boundaries.
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Energy crisis could become a win-win situation for climate and the economy
06.02.2023 –
A study retrospectively calculates for 2022, with regard to CO2 emissions and gross domestic product, the loss of Russian gas and oil and ambitious EU-wide demand savings.
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New report reveals “large gap” in carbon dioxide removal needed
19.01.2023 –
CDR from new technologies must increase 1,300-fold by the year 2050. Joint press release of MCC, SWP, University of Oxford, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Carbon dioxide removal should receive additional financial support
20.12.2022 –
A model study co-authored by MCC, and published in the top journal JEEM, explores optimal pricing of positive and negative emissions of the climate gas CO2.
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MCC and Leibniz Institute SAFE explore social impacts of climate policy in the transport sector
12.12.2022 –
A project proposal has won the Leibniz Association's Collaborative Excellence competition and will receive funding for three years from 2023. Edenhofer: “Strategic partnership”.
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MCC presents an “advent calendar of good climate news”
29.11.2022 –
From 1 December onwards, 24 facts and trends that give hope. Edenhofer: “The idea is to show that climate policy and individual climate action are meaningful.”
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Two MCC researchers among the most scientifically influential worldwide
18.11.2022 –
Ottmar Edenhofer and Felix Creutzig have made the renowned list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2022”, compiled by the analytics company Clarivate.
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German Gas Commission's relief concept halves the crisis-related extra costs for private households
03.11.2022 –
MCC study based on consumer expenditure data examines the combination of a one-off payment and a price brake. Edenhofer: “Substantial relief, but not yet socially balanced.”
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MCC co-authors eminent scientific assessment on health and climate change
28.10.2022 –
Max Callaghan and Jan Minx use artificial intelligence to map out the scientific publication landscape for the new edition of the “Lancet Countdown”.
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UN report with MCC involvement warns of 2.8C global heating
27.10.2022 –
There is a large ambition and implementation gap in climate policy, with a turnaround still to come. William Lamb led the chapter on emissions in the UNEP Emissions Gap Report.
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Africa needs country-specific narratives for a clean energy future
25.10.2022 –
A study co-authored by MCC in the top journal Nature Energy analyses the situation in the continent's 54 countries. Focus on Ethiopia, South Africa, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso.
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To keep the EU united: instead of gas price break, economists suggest a savings bonus
22.10.2022 –
Op-ed in the German weekly “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” shows the way out of the conflict of distribution. A new financial mechanism should help curb consumption.
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MCC advises the German government on cushioning the gas crisis
19.09.2022 –
Group leader Matthias Kalkuhl has now been appointed to a new commission that will develop a concept for relieving the burden on private households and businesses.
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How to secure social peace now, despite gas shortages
29.08.2022 –
MCC calculates the distributional effects of additional costs and possible compensation in Germany, recommending a new relief package for the period to April 2023.
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Fuel price increase plus green vehicles incentives – the best climate policy for road transport
23.08.2022 –
An MCC-led study identifies the success stories to date, taking an innovative approach to policy evaluation. It concludes that climate neutrality is feasible.
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Coal phase-out: new study fuels doubts about “commissionitis”
15.08.2022 –
After the roundtable agreement in Germany, public debate was even more polarized, rather than being pacified, according to big data analysis of comments on Twitter.
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New study sheds light on the core of pro-coal logic
05.07.2022 –
Regional growth effects exceed those of other energy sources for power generation. Climate strategies in the Global South must take this into account.
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MCC is a place for excellent academic education
01.07.2022 –
One example of many: Barbora Sedova's doctoral thesis has now been recognised by the University of Potsdam as the outstanding dissertation of the year 2021.
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Addressing the architecture of global trade in the context of climate
24.06.2022 –
Policymakers should change some rules – and make more use of others. This follows from an agenda paper by experts from twelve countries in the top journal “Science”.
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“Climate, War, and Science”: Edenhofer holds Erich Schneider lecture in Kiel
14.06.2022 –
At the renowned event at Christian Albrechts University, the MCC Director will be painting the big picture on climate policy and geopolitics.
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