Mit einer Taxonomie für nachhaltige Investitionen schafft die EU-Kommission erstmals einheitliche Kriterien für klimaverträgliche Wirtschaftsaktivitäten. Um das Ziel der Klimaneutralität bis 2050 zu erreichen, soll Unternehmen und Investoren damit Orientierung gegeben werden, welche Investitionen mit der Vermeidung von Treibhausgasemissionen im Einklang stehen und als nachhaltig eingestuft werden können. ...
The EU Taxonomy is the first standardised and comprehensive classification system for sustainable economic activities. It covers activities responsible for up to 80 percent of EU greenhouse gas emissions and may play an important role in channelling investments into low-carbon technologies by helping investors to make informed decisions. However, especially in transition sectors much depends on the ...
This paper explores which climate-friendly projects could be part of the COVID-19 recovery while jump-starting the transition of the European basic materials industry. Findings from a literature review on technology options in advanced development stages for climate-friendly production and enhanced sorting and recycling of steel, cement, aluminium and plastics are combined with insights from interviews ...
This paper studies costly political resistance in a non-democracy. When Nazi Germany surrendered in May 1945, 40% of the designated Soviet occupation zone was initially captured by the western Allied Expeditionary Force. This occupation was short-lived: Soviet forces took over after less than two months and installed an authoritarian regime in what became the German Democratic Republic (GDR). We exploit ...
