How are additional costs for oil and gas distributed between private households, and how can politics ensure social compensation? Our know-how as a climate think tank is in particular demand in the current situation. An overview:

Our interactive carbon price calculator for socially balanced climate protection, our expert report for the German government,  and extensive supplementary analyses – clearly arranged on our topic page.

It will not be feasible to achieve the temperature targets of the Paris global climate agreement without negative emissions. The MCC Policy Brief provides an overview of relevance, possible technologies, and policy instruments.

Click and find out: in our series of short videos in English, MCC scientists report on aspects of "Climate & The Economy". Produced from our home offices in corona times.

On our Commons Economics Blog, MCC researchers communicate crucial information about their lastest scientific findings in an easy-to-digest way. Topics include, for example, coal, carbon pricing, negative emissions, and development.

MCC scientists publish at a particularly high frequency in internationally renowned journals. This led to MCC being ranked as Europe’s best performing climate research institute relative to its size.