Policy dialogue on carbon pricing

Policy dialogue at the highest level: in July 2019, in the Climate Cabinet and in the presence of the Chancellor, MCC Director Ottmar Edenhofer presented the expert report "Options for a Carbon Pricing Reform" developed at the institute. In the months leading up to the report, the MCC, within a dialogue forum, held intensive talks on the subject with ministries, the Chancellery and various interest groups.

Concept

English executive summary of the expert report (download, 1.1 MB)

Full version of the expert report (German, download, 3.6 MB)

What this is about (MCC policy brief)

MCC press release of 12. July 2019

MCC press release of 20. September 2019

MCC press release of 14. October 2019

Assessment of German Climate Package (download, 1.2 MB)

Supplementary analyses

Effects of carbon pricing in other countries

Differences between city and country

Households particularly burdened

Incidence on households: calculation for "Wirtschaftswoche" (German, download, 0.6 MB)

Frequently asked questions

Media echo

"Forscher halten Systemwechsel für nötig" ("Der Spiegel", 12. Juli 2019, German)

„Die deutsche Energiewende ist ineffizient“ ("FAZ", 12. Juli 2019, German)

"Wirtschaftsweise empfehlen CO₂-Steuer zum Klimaschutz" ("Tagesspiegel", 12. Juli 2019, German)

"German gov't advisors call for CO₂ price for transport and buildings" (Xinhua, 12. Juli 2019)

"CO₂-Steuer könnte Benzinpreis um bis zu 37 Cent pro Liter steigen lassen, sagen Ökonomen" ("Business Insider ", 14. Juli, German)

"CO₂-Steuer oder Emissionsrechtehandel?" ("VDI-Nachrichten", 15. Juli 2019, German)

"Warmlaufen für den Tag der Entscheidung" ("FAZ", 19. Juli 2019, German)

"Merkel: Kabinett noch nicht einig über CO₂-Preis" (Dow Jones, 19. Juli 2019, German)

"Der Kohleausstieg reicht nicht": Op-ed by Brigitte Knopf ("Focus", 27. Juli 2019, German)

"Merkel-Berater sieht CO2-Steuern skeptisch" ("FAZ", 28. August 2019, German)

"Klimawandel: Das ist jetzt zu tun!" (Youtuber Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, 15. September 2019, German)

"Germany Unveils $60 Billion Climate Package" (New York Times, 20. September 2019)

"How Will Germany Pay For Its €50bn Climate Plan?" („Forbes“, 21. September 2019)

„Wie wenig ambitioniert das Klimapaket ist“ („Süddeutsche Zeitung“, 21. September 2019, German)

TV-Bericht „Berlin direkt“ zu Klimaschutzprogramm (ZDF, 22. September 2019,German)

TV-Diskussion zum Klimaschutzpaket der Bundesregierung (ARD, 23. September 2019, German)

"Bundesregierung: WTF?" (Youtuberin Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, 23. September 2019, German)

"In Germany, the politics of climate change are shifting" (PRI’s World, 24. September 2019)