Climate Policy, Economics & Energy
Climate Policy, Economics & Energy
Finding ways to stabilize our climate and ensure equitable prosperity. This is one of our research topics.

Research can act as a mapmaker for climate policy, identifying different pathways to reach societal goals and assessing the relevant costs and benefits - for generations to come and around the world. Interdisciplinary research teams explore options for decision-makers. The energy sector accounts for about two thirds of human-made greenhouse gas emissions and is thus a key area of investigation, from coal combustion to renewables and from grid design to CO2-pricing. As energy powers our modern economies, our industries as well as our homes, this is relevant for our businesses and jobs. And for our everyday lifes.

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Not in my backyard? Wind turbines have little effect on US property values
Not in my backyard? Wind turbines have little effect on US property values
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Edenhofer on the presentation of the German government's Carbon Management Strategy
Edenhofer on the presentation of the German government's Carbon Management Strategy
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Electrification or hydrogen? Both have distinct roles in the European energy transition
Electrification or hydrogen? Both have distinct roles in the European energy transition
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Transforming food systems could create multi-trillion dollars of economic benefits every year
Transforming food systems could create multi-trillion dollars of economic benefits every year
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EU climate Advisory Board:  EU needs to significantly accelerate its emission reductions
EU climate Advisory Board: EU needs to significantly accelerate its emission reductions
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Real progress, yet transition away from fossil fuels too vague: PIK Assessment on COP28 closing
Real progress, yet transition away from fossil fuels too vague: PIK Assessment on COP28 closing
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10 New Insights in Climate Science at COP28: Rapid fossil fuels phase-out crucial for minimising 1.5°C overshoot
10 New Insights in Climate Science at COP28: Rapid fossil fuels phase-out crucial for minimising 1.5°C overshoot
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A fifth higher: Tropical cyclones substantially raise the Social Cost of Carbon
A fifth higher: Tropical cyclones substantially raise the Social Cost of Carbon
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More new fossil gas heating systems, only tentative progress: energy transition update
More new fossil gas heating systems, only tentative progress: energy transition update
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Land taxation can reduce wealth inequality
Land taxation can reduce wealth inequality
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2023 year of record extremes: new report
2023 year of record extremes: new report
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Diabetes, dementia, depression: Adapting fuel taxes could benefit people’s health
Diabetes, dementia, depression: Adapting fuel taxes could benefit people’s health
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“Shaping European environmental policy”: Ottmar Edenhofer on ENDS Europe Impact List
“Shaping European environmental policy”: Ottmar Edenhofer on ENDS Europe Impact List
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Getting expectations right more relevant than getting prices right: Credibility is key for policies to achieve net zero targets
Getting expectations right more relevant than getting prices right: Credibility is key for policies to achieve net zero targets
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More economic struggle, less care about the environment
More economic struggle, less care about the environment
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Climate extremes hit stressed economies even harder
Climate extremes hit stressed economies even harder
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John Schellnhuber new Director General at IIASA
John Schellnhuber new Director General at IIASA
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New series of talks by the Federal President on transformation opens with Ottmar Edenhofer
New series of talks by the Federal President on transformation opens with Ottmar Edenhofer
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Six decades and more than 1600 regions worldwide: New database on economic development and climate change
Six decades and more than 1600 regions worldwide: New database on economic development and climate change
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Worse than diesel and gasoline? Bioenergy as bad as fossils if there is no pricing of CO2 emissions from land-use change
Worse than diesel and gasoline? Bioenergy as bad as fossils if there is no pricing of CO2 emissions from land-use change
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EU climate Advisory Board recommends ambitious 2040 climate target and urgent transitions
EU climate Advisory Board recommends ambitious 2040 climate target and urgent transitions
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Greentech Honorary Award for Johan Rockström
Greentech Honorary Award for Johan Rockström
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Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities appoints Ottmar Edenhofer
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities appoints Ottmar Edenhofer
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PIK expertise at "Leibniz in the Bundestag"
PIK expertise at "Leibniz in the Bundestag"
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New framework from “Efficiency first” to “Decarbonization  first” in European building sector needed
New framework from “Efficiency first” to “Decarbonization first” in European building sector needed
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Climate change risk to price stability: Higher average temperatures increase inflation
Climate change risk to price stability: Higher average temperatures increase inflation
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Effective capital markets are needed to protect the climate
Effective capital markets are needed to protect the climate
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PIK expertise on the Petersberg Climate Dialogue
PIK expertise on the Petersberg Climate Dialogue
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EU border tax on CO2 offers huge opportunity to tackle climate change
EU border tax on CO2 offers huge opportunity to tackle climate change
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E-fuels likely to remain scarce for a long time: PIK analysis paper
E-fuels likely to remain scarce for a long time: PIK analysis paper
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