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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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
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Climate extremes hit stressed economies even harder
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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
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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
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EU climate Advisory Board recommends ambitious 2040 climate target and urgent transitions
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Greentech Honorary Award for Johan Rockström
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Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities appoints Ottmar Edenhofer
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PIK expertise at "Leibniz in the Bundestag"
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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
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Effective capital markets are needed to protect the climate
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PIK expertise on the Petersberg Climate Dialogue
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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
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Coal exit can happen only with stronger policies – and with China
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Science takes centre stage in Davos
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Climate, Development, Economics - Kati Krähnert is a Professor at RWI and Bochum University
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Federal Research Minister visits PIK
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Climate risk insurance can effectively mitigate economic losses
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Carbon dioxide removal should receive additional financial support
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European Union to adopt emissions trading system for transport and heat
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COP27 world climate summit: “Results are not good enough”
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Finding equity in climate mitigation finance: new study in 'Science'
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World climate summit COP27: Potsdam researchers highlight need for action
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Fossil fuels threaten health and life: Experts call for massive acceleration of the energy transition
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Economic losses from hurricanes become too big to be offset by the US if warming continues
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The second consortium meeting of the Green Central Asia partners GFZ, University of Halle and PIK
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