Political decisions and trends regarding coal use for electricity generation developed differently in the UK and Germany, despite being subject to relatively similar climate protection targets and general political and economic conditions. The UK agreed on a coal phase-out by 2024. In Germany, a law schedules a coal phase-out by 2038 at the latest. This paper investigates reasons for the different ...
European governments are struggling to regain economic strength in the coronavirus pandemic as in many countries the number of new infections seems to gradually subside. Growth rates deep in the red call for a reconstruction programme when the crisis is finally manageable and economic activity can resume. Amidst this, there are again infl uential groups that claim “this is not the time to insist on strict ...
Clear policy strategies are essential to guide corporate decision making and effective policy to achieve decarbonisation of European industry. This brief provides a much-needed overview of the current policy landscape in five EU Member States (Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain) by investigating how the path to climate-neutral industrial production is reflected in their key national plans. ...
Carbon Contracts for Differences (CCFD) are one of the elements of the policy package developed by the Climate Friendly Materials Platform (CFMP) in order to help decarbonise European’s industry while preserving its competitiveness. CCfDs are a powerful tool for helping European industry transformation during the first stages of the transition period towards a low emission economy, and the current ...
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht rügt das Entschädigungsgesetz für die Atomkonzerne und gibt damit einer Klage von Vattenfall Recht. DIW-Energieökonomin Claudia Kemfert kommentiert dies wie folgt:
Das DIW Berlin erweitert wie geplant seinen Vorstand um ein viertes Mitglied und hat heute auf Empfehlung der Auswahlkommission Alexander Kritikos in das Leitungsgremium berufen. Neben Kritikos gehören dem Vorstand Institutspräsident Marcel Fratzscher, der Direktor des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP), Stefan Liebig, sowie Geschäftsführerin Angelica E. Röhr an. „Mit ...
