She coordinates joint learning on the German energy transition in the Ariadne project. Her doctoral thesis shows: decentralised electricity and heat supply can enhance social cohesion.
An MCC-led meta-study evaluates the side-effects & risks of evaluated policy measures taken to date to combat global warming.
Understanding the forces of inertia in order to overcome them: a study led by the MCC sharpens the sense of the "political economy of coal", drawing on India, Indonesia, and Vietnam as examples.
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In this year of the coronavirus, the Director of the MCC is receiving attention on his economic expertise on climate policy and global commons as shown by a new ranking by the "FAZ".
Statement by MCC Director Ottmar Edenhofer on the announcement of the more ambitious climate policy in Germany, presented today by Federal Minister of Economics, Peter Altmaier.
The worldwide booming demand for cars and energy-guzzling domestic appliances is in part a consequence of social norms: an important intervention point for politics, as highlighted by an MCC study.
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt: “one of the most influential worldwide pioneers on the economics of climate change”.
An analysis for the journal WIREs Climate Change systematically highlights where we should rethink our understanding of a dynamic economy with a view to greater sustainability.
An empirical study led by MCC shows a loss of economic output of 7 to 14 percent by 2100, with each tonne of CO2 emitted in 2020 causing the equivalent of 76 to 148 euros in damage.
This new body will examine greenhouse gas statistics and evaluate measures taken in the event of excessive emissions. It also has extensive competences in relation to possible tightening of targets.
