Carbon pricing: core instrument for climate policy
Our draft for a socially balanced heat transition, our interactive carbon price calculator, our groundbreaking carbon pricing report for the German government, and more – 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.
Have you already assorted speech bubbles today? Various argumentation patterns often serve as instruments of a prevention strategy in the climate debate. Our learning game based on an MCC study makes you familiar with them in an entertaining way.
On our Commons Economics Blog, MCC researchers communicate crucial information about their latest scientific findings in an easy-to-digest way. Topics include, for example, coal, carbon pricing, negative emissions, and development.
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MCC Europe’s best climate think tank
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.
Almost 90 percent cost reduction within ten years. Other fossil-free solutions also much cheaper. MCC-led study on the effect of technology and product innovation.
New body launched today at Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research. It deals with the goals, milestones and priorities for research and innovation policy.
The Climate and Transformation Fund will soon be larger than the budgets of the Ministries of Economics and Transport combined. Big new items, but no climate money.
The German-French culture channel explains the options through impressive on-site reports, and has them evaluated by our group leader Jan Minx as a studio guest.
Ongoing deliberations within the German government receive input from the energy transition project Ariadne. The paper is led by MCC and Hertie School.
Emissions must be reduced quickly, and ultimately to zero. This is shown by the "Carbon Clock" of the MCC. It is based on the remaining CO2 budget (in tonnes) quantified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Edmondson, D., Flachsland, C., aus dem Moore, N., Koch, N., Koller, F., Gruhl, H., Brehm, J., 2024