Research Projects

Further Development of the European Emissions Trading System Post 2012

The European greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system has been amended considerably with regard to the period post 2012. This research project contributes to the analysis of the implementation and further development of emissions trading in Europe and the consequences for Germany, in particular.

Future of Fossil Fuels in the wake of greenhouse gas neutrality (FFF)

The objective of this project is to investigate previously under-researched aspects of decarbonizing the German electricity sector in the European context and to derive an assessment of concrete policy instruments for both the German and the European level. In doing so, we extend existing analyses that focus solely on a coal phase-out in Germany by considering a wider geographical scope including...

GeNECA

Sustainability policy has to consider the interdependencies of human life and nature; it has to meet the high moral standards of intra- and intergenerational justice set by the Brundtland Commission in 1987; and, finally, it has to motivate people to behave accordingly. This is quite a challenging task that often is responded to in a too simplistic way. Current sustainability science and civic...

General Economic and Sectoral Effects of the Promotion of Renewable Energies

The federal government of Germany is promoting the diffusion of renewable energies, thereby intending to induce the structural change of the energy supply as well as enhance growth and employment. This project is going to analyse effects of supportive measures for the promotion of renewable energies on productivity, production and employment on the general economic and sectoral level.For this...

Generalisation of Research on Accounts and Cost Estimation - GRACE

GRACE (Generalisation of Research on Accounts and Cost estimation) is a research project funded by the European Commission within the 6th Framework programme (Sustainable surface transport). It aims to support the development of sustainable transport systems by facilitating implementation of transport pricing systems that reflect the costs of infrastructure use. Its objectives and content are to: ...

German-Japanese Energy Transition Council (GJETC)

Despite of differences in energy politics and supply, Japan and Germany have to master similar challenges: To reorganise the energy supply system with the objective to attain a system which in a long-term shall be reliable and low in risk, resource-friendly and widely climate-neutral. At the same time, the ecological modernisation should maintain, or even strengthen the international...

Global Coal Markets

DIW Berlin developed in the framework of a joint research project with Stanford University's Program on Energy and Sustainable Development PESD the model Coalmod-World. Coal is not only the dirtiest but also the most consumed of all fossil energy sources worldwide. This research project aimed at capturing the current state of the main coal markets in the world, namely the US, China, South Africa,...

Global Economic Costs of Conflict (GECC)

The effects of conflict on civilians due to death, serious injury, or other direct and indirect outcomes are immense. The objective of this research project is to estimate the global economic costs of mass violent conflict that is the measurable worldwide impact of conflict, and to provide estimates both at the country level and across time. In doing so, the project analyses different...

Global Food Markets: Global Food Security - Challenge for Production and Consumption

Scarce resources, the rising demand for agricultural products and growing land-use competition between the production of energy and food have increased the importance of strategies for food security. In the research project “Global Food Markets: Global Food Security – Challenges for Production and Consumption” both supply and demand-oriented approaches that can realize sustainable supply increases...

Globalisation of R&D in multinational corporations in Germany - An International Comparison

Globalisation of R&D in Multinational Corporations in Germany - An International Comparison

Going for gold? The intangible effects of the Olympic Games in London, Paris and Berlin

This project aims to measure the intangible impact of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Paris and Berlin. It will achieve this by gathering primary longitudinal data from individuals living in each of the three cities over the period 2011-2013 to see what effect, if any, the Olympics have on a comprehensive set of subjective well-being (SWB) outcomes. In particular, it will uniquely show how these...

Great Expectations? Germany's Recovery from the Great Depression, 1932-1936

The overarching objective of the project is to describe and analyse the evolution of expectations about key macroeconomic variables in Germany between 1932 and 1934 and use these insights to evaluate their significance for the German recovery from the Great Depression in a structural macroeconomic model. We aim to assemble qualitative and quantitative evidence about the evolution of expectations...

Green Guarantee Pension

The Green Guarantee Pension is designed to ensure that people who have worked the majority of their lives, brought up children, looked after other people or have acquired other rights under the statutory pension insurance (Gesetzliche Rentenversicherung) receive a pension in old age that is above the means-tested basic pension. The Guarantee Pension increases pension entitlements within the...

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions scenarios for the Projection Report 2009 in the framework of the European GHG monitoring (Policy scenarios for climate protection V)

In the framework of the international, European, and national climate protection policy it is necessary to evaluate the future development of greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of actual and additional policies and measures in quantitative terms and at regular intervals. This project aims at developing and analyzing policy scenarios for climate protection, which will provide an important...

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Scenarios for the Projection Report 2011 in the Famework of the European GHG Monitoring (Policy Scenarios for Climate Protection VI)

In the framework of the international, European, and national climate protection policy it is necessary to evaluate the future development of greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of actual and additional policies and measures in quantitative terms and at regular intervals. This project aims at developing and analyzing policy scenarios for climate protection, which will provide an important...

Growth and Sustainability Policies for Europe (GRASP)

The main purpose of GRASP is to address policy concerns associated with growth in an integrated analytical framework. This framework is built on the Schumpeterian growth approach developed by Philippe Aghion. It emphasizes quality-improving innovation in imperfectly competitive markets and suggests that optimal growth policy may depend on levels of technological (and financial) development and on...

Herders coping with hazards in Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia

Aim of the projectWith climate change, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia are increasingly experiencing natural hazards. The livelihoods of herders are particularly affected by natural hazards, which render them vulnerable to poverty. The proposed project has two objectives: (1) to extend the available knowledge on how herders in Central Asia cope with natural hazards and (2) to improve the research capacity...

How to increase employment of the elderly

ICT-related industrial policies: objectives and concept