Claudia Guenther

Research Analyst
Guenther

Claudia Guenther is a Researcher working in the Climate & Energy Policy Group at PIK. She is currently focusing on the European Emission Trading scheme and carbon pricing.

Claudia Guenther graduated with a Master's degree in Economics and Management Science at Humboldt University, majoring in Quantitative Methods. She also holds a Bachelor degree in International Relations from Technical University Dresden and has studied Economics at the University of Havana. Prior to joining PIK, she has spent several years working in the renewable energy and consultancy sector.

Contact

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
claudia.guenther[at]pik-potsdam.de
P.O. Box 60 12 03
14412 Potsdam


Günther, C., Pahle, M., Govoruhka, K., Osorio, S., Fotiou, T. (2025): Carbon prices on the rise? Shedding light on the emerging second EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS 2). - Climate Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2485196

Pahle, M., Quemin, S., Osorio, S., Günther, C., Pietzcker, R. C. (2025): The emerging endgame: The EU ETS on the road towards climate neutrality. - Resource and Energy Economics, 81, 101476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2024.101476

Sultani, D., Osorio, S., Günther, C., Pahle, M., Sievert, K., Schmidt, T., Steffen, B., Edenhofer, O. (2024): Sequencing Carbon Dioxide Removal into the EU ETS, (CESifo Working Papers ; 11173), München : Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research - CESifo, 37 p.

Günther, C., Schill, W-P., & Zerrahn, A. (2021): Prosumage of solar electricity: tariff design, capacity investments, and power system effects, Energy Policy, 152, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112168.

Ariadne: The Future of Our Energy. Kopernikus Project. With funding from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space. https://ariadneprojekt.de/en/

Issues and options for EU emissions trading after 2030 (2023-2024). Funded by European Commission, DG CLIMA - Climate Action.

Price Development and Impacts on the Electricity, Heat and Industry Sectors in the Event of Reforms of the European Emissions Trading Scheme (2021 – 2024) on EU ETS reform options. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate (BMWK).