Thema Klimapolitik

Policies to finance energy efficiency: An applied welfare assessment

The project “Policies to finance energy efficiency” rigorously evaluates efficiency financing facilities using advanced econometric methods. The aim of the study is to, first, identify market failures that stifle the financing of energy efficiency, and, second, suggest policy interventions that may address these failures. Special attention is given to whether loans or subsidies are better suited...

Policies to finance energy efficiency: An applied welfare assessment

The project “Policies to finance energy efficiency” rigorously evaluates efficiency financing facilities using advanced econometric methods. The aim of the study is to, first, identify market failures that stifle the financing of energy efficiency, and, second, suggest policy interventions that may address these failures. Special attention is given to whether loans or subsidies are better suited...

Power System Impacts of Electric Vehicles in Germany: Charging with Coal or Renewables

We analyze the impacts of future scenarios of electric vehicles (EVs) on the German power system, drawing on different assumptions on the charging mode. We find that the impact on the load duration curve strongly differs between charging modes. In a fully user-driven mode, charging largely occurs during daytime and in the evening, when power demand is already high. User-driven charging may thus have ...

Europe's Mechanism for Countering the Risk of Carbon Leakage

The EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a regional cap-and-trade program in a world with no binding international climate agreement. This climate regulation may induce a relocation of production away from Europe, with potentially negative consequences for the European economy. This relocation could lead to carbon leakage, i.e. a shift of greenhouse gas emissions from Europe into regions with ...

Modernization and Innovation in the Materials Sector: Lessons from Steel and Cement

Since 2007, the European cement and steel sectors have been characterized by substantial surplus production capacity. Hence re-investment in primary production of many materials remains limited and endangers the longer-term economic viability of many plants. Opportunities for innovation and modernization could overcome these challenges. They are linked to new demands for more efficient and lower-carbon ...

Combining Dynamic Allocation and Inclusion of Consumption into the EU ETS Would Be Beneficial: Six Questions to Karsten Neuhoff

Leakage Protection for Carbon-Intensive Materials Post-2020

Climate protection is a global challenge that all countries have a common but differentiated responsibility to address. However, not all governments are willing to commit to targets of equal stringency, and individual countries may put different emphases on carbon pricing in their policy mix. Carbon prices may thus continue to differ over longer time horizons. Therefore, measures to protect production ...

Modernisierung und Innovation bei CO₂-intensiven Materialien: Lehren aus der Stahl- und Zementindustrie

Seit 2007 ist die europäische Zement- und Stahlindustrie mit einer starken Nachfragereduktion konfrontiert, die zu Überkapazitäten führte. Aus diesem Grund kommt es nur in begrenztem Maße zu Reinvestitionen bei Produktionsanlagen. Dies gefährdet jedoch die längerfristige Wirtschaftlichkeit und den Erhalt vieler Anlagen. Neue Perspektiven für diese Branchen könnten sich aus Innovations-und Modernisierungsoptionen ...

Eine Kombination von dynamischer Zuteilung und Einbeziehung des Konsums in den Emissionshandel wäre vorteilhaft: Sechs Fragen an Karsten Neuhoff

Maßnahmen zum Schutz vor Carbon Leakage für CO₂-intensive Materialien im Zeitraum nach 2020

Klimaschutz ist eine globale Herausforderung, für deren Bewältigung alle Länder eine gemeinsame, aber differenzierte Verantwortung tragen. Einzelne Länder setzen in ihrem Politikmix jedoch unterschiedlich stark auf die Bepreisung von CO2, so dass sich die CO2-Preise in verschiedenen Ländern und Weltregionen noch auf längere Sicht unterscheiden können. Dann wären Maßnahmen zum Schutz vor der Verlagerung ...