According to Germany’s five leading economic research institutes, the country’s economy shows cyclical and structural weaknesses. In their spring report, they revised their GDP forecast for the current year significantly downward to 0.1 percent. In the recent fall report, the figure was still 1.3 percent. Expectations for the coming year are almost unchanged at 1.4 percent (previously 1.5 percent). ...
CO2-neutrale Wärmeversorgung führt zu sinkendem Erdgasverbrauch – Teilstilllegung der Gasinfrastruktur im Zuge der Wärmewende notwendig – Gesetzliche Anschlusspflicht und lukratives Erdgasgeschäft verhindern aber Stilllegung – Rekommunalisierung kein Allheilmittel – Länder und Kommunen brauchen mehr Unterstützung durch Bundesregierung Im Zuge der Wärmewende werden Gasverteilnetze in Zukunft weniger ...
Die bestehenden Verteilnetze für Erdgas werden aufgrund der Dekarbonisierung der Wärmeversorgung in großen Teilen stillgelegt werden müssen. Für die Gasnetzbetreiber bestehen dazu weder regulatorische noch wirtschaftliche Anreize. Für die verbleibenden Kund*innen könnte eine verschleppte Stilllegung aber teuer werden. Dieser Wochenbericht untersucht, inwiefern die Kommunen durch die Rekommunalisierung ...
In the lead up to COP28, particularly with the global stock take underway, it becomes important to consider additional indicators and targets toward the achievement of an inclusive transition to climate neutrality. We would like to discuss, if this could deliver a set of benefits: First, many climate targets only monitor broad sectoral level emission reductions. They focus on the political...
The European Union’s Circular Economy Action Plan (2020) introduced initiatives to establish a coherent product policy framework focusing on the entire life cycle of products. This Action Plan targets regulations on product design to promote circular economy processes and reduce of waste creation. Together with the subsequent Sustainable Product Regulation and further revisions of regulations on...
Dennis Gaus, who works at the Energy, Transportation, Environment department, has successfully defended his dissertation at Technische Universität Dresden. The dissertation with the title "Highway Infrastructure and its Maintenance: Economic Effects on Regions and Firms in Germany" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Georg Hirte and Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann. We congratulate Dennis on his success ...
