Ottmar Edenhofer in an interview with Schweizer Radio SRF 3 - "Klimakitsch ärgert mich", on 7 January 2019. Link
In an interview of the Handelsblatt Ottmar Edenhofer appeals against the background of the Bavarian state elections and in the run-up to COP24 in Katowice to politicians to set a clear signal for an ambitious German climate policy, above all by introducing a CO2 price.
Ottmar Edenhofer concludes in the article published in Handelsblatt of 18 October 2018 "Die Öko-Lüge - Wie Deutschland seine Vorreiterrolle beim Klimaschutz verspielt", Germany has a lost decade behind it in terms of climate protection. What has been missed in terms of structural change and the automotive industry.
The German newspaper “DIE ZEIT” published an interview with Ottmar Edenhofer about the IPCC’s “Special Report 1.5 degrees” on 4 October 2018.
In the Washington Post Ottmar Edenhofer is warning of the consequences of coal plants: "[...] when we continue with the existing coal fired power plants, and build the new ones, we are closing the door to the 2 degree target".
In the German newspaper "F.A.Z.", Ottmar Edenhofer advocates an ambitious minimum price for CO2 as an instrument for efficient emissions reduction and easier international cooperation (17 November 2017).
Nach dem 1,5°-Bericht: Ehrgeizigere Ziele - halbherzige Mittel?", 04 February, Kieler Energiediskurs, Kiel.
"Optionen für CO2-Bepreisung: EU ETS und Transportsektor", 28 January 2019, Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge Target Summit, Berlin.
