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Forschungsprojekt
Aktuelles Projekt| Klimapolitik
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Forschungsprojekt
Aktuelles Projekt| Klimapolitik
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Climate Friendly Materials Platform
Materials are central to our economies – but their production also dominates industrial greenhouse gas emissions. It is therefore not possible for Europe to reach an 80-95% emission reduction target without significant emission reductions from the materials sector. While some production efficiency improvements and fuel shifting to lower carbon inputs have been achieved in sectors such as...
23.01.2017| Andrzej Blachowicz, Tobias Fleiter, John Barrett, Christopher Beauman, Robert Kok, John Barrett, Henry Derwent, Heleen de Coninck, Tomas Wyns, Heleen de Coninck, Roland Ismer, Manuel Haussner, Karsten Neuhoff, Jörn C. Richstein, Vera Zipperer
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
We present an approach to simulate climate and energy policy for the EU, using a flexible and modular agent-based modelling approach and a toolbox, called the Energy Modelling Laboratory (EMLab). The paper shortly reviews core challenges and approaches for modelling climate and energy policy in light of the energy transition. Afterwards, we present an agent-based model of investment in power generation ...
In:
Environmental Modelling & Software
96 (2017), S. 421-431
| Emile J. L. Chappin, Laurens J. de Vries, Jörn Richstein, Pradyumna Bhagwat, Kaveri Iychettira, Salman Khan
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Diskussionspapiere 1712 / 2017
Greenhouse gas emission benchmarks are widely implemented as a policy tool, as more countries move to implement carbon pricing mechanisms for industrial emissions. In particular, benchmarks are used to determine the level of free allowance allocation in emission trading schemes, which are distributed as a measure to prevent carbon leakage. This paper analyses how benchmark designs impact firms’ production ...
2017| Vera Zipperer, Misato Sato, Karsten Neuhoff
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Diskussionspapiere 1710 / 2017
In this paper we show that carbon pricing is subject to time-inconsistency and we investigate solutions to improve on the problem and restore the incentive for the private sector to invest in low-carbon innovation. We show that a superior price- investment equilibrium can be sustained in the long-term, if the policy-maker is enough forward looking and allowed to build reputation. In the short-term, ...
2017| Olga Chiappinelli, Karsten Neuhoff
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Diskussionspapiere 1714 / 2017
Low and uncertain carbon prices are often stated as a major obstacle for industrial sector investments in technologies to deliver deep emissions reductions. Project-based carbon contracts underwritten by national governments could addressregulatory risk, lower financing costs and strengthen incentives for emission reductions at investment and operation stage. In this paper design options for project-based ...
2017| Jörn Richstein
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DIW aktuell ; 5 / 2017
Am 11 . Dezember 2017 jährt sich die Verabschiedung des Kyoto-Protokolls zum 20. Mal. Grund genug, zurückzublicken auf die Implementierung dieses ersten bedeutenden Klimaschutzabkommens und zu fragen, welche Erfahrungen gemacht und Lehren daraus gezogen wurden. Die wichtigste davon: Die internationale Formulierung von Emissionsminderungszielen reicht für eine effektive Klimapolitik nicht aus. Deswegen ...
2017| Karsten Neuhoff, Heiner von Lüpke, Carlotta Piantieri
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DIW Economic Bulletin 49 / 2017
Public authorities spend large proportions of their GDP on goods and services and are therefore responsible for a significant share of embedded emissions. Given this large impact, governments have the responsibility of decarbonizing their purchases, as well as the potential to influence markets towards sustainability. So-called ‘Green Public Procurement’ (GPP) consists in the use of environmental criteria ...
2017| Olga Chiappinelli, Vera Zipperer
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DIW Wochenbericht 49 / 2017
Die öffentliche Hand gibt große Anteile des Bruttoinlandsprodukts für Waren und Dienstleistungen aus und ist somit für einen erheblichen Anteil der Treibhausgasemissionen verantwortlich. Angesichts dieser beträchtlichen Auswirkungen steht der Staat einerseits in der Verantwortung, möglichst emissionsarm einzukaufen, und verfügt andererseits über das Potenzial, Märkte zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit zu bewegen. ...
2017| Olga Chiappinelli, Vera Zipperer