128 results:

UN report proposes fiscal reforms for the low-carbon transition

… of the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), in which Matthias Kalkuhl and Brigitte Knopf from the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) played a leading…

MCC Carbon Clock updated

… need for political action: By 2050, the global economy must be completely carbon-free, “says Brigitte Knopf, General Secretary of MCC. “Thanks to the IPCC we now have a more detailed understanding of the need to…

Bridging the gap: Fiscal reforms for the low-carbon transition

…Kalkuhl M., Knopf B., Van Dender K., B. Closing the policy gap: fiscal reforms for the low carbon transition, Chapter 6, UNEP (2018). The Emissions Gap Report 2018 Kalkuhl, M., Knopf, B., Van Dender, K., et al.

MCC sharpens focus on development

… Development Goals (SDGs). Signing the cooperation agreement between MCC and GIZ with Brigitte Knopf (Secretary General, MCC), Ottmar Edenhofer (Director, MCC), Christoph Beier (Deputy CEO, GIZ) and Jörg…

Green Fiscal Reform for a Just Energy Transition in Latin America

… Trinidad, C., Edenhofer, O., Bak, C., Bouile, D., Buira, D., Carlino, H., Gutman, V., Hübner, C., Knopf, B., Lucena, A., Santos, L., Scott, A., Steckel, J.C., Tanaka, K., Vogt-Schilb, A., Yamada, K.

Shifting Paradigms in Carbon Pricing

… that the old paradigm is unable to solve a number of challenges, e.g. market participants’ myopia. Knopf, B., Burghaus, K., Flachsland, C., Jakob, M., Koch, N., Edenhofer, O.

A Framework for Assessing the Performance of Cap-and-Trade Systems: Insights from the European Union Emissions Trading System

… collar are likely to address these distortions. Fuss, S., Flachsland, C., Koch, N., Kornek, U., Knopf, B., Edenhofer, O.

Shifting Paradigms in Carbon Pricing

… emissions trading schemes (ETSs) can be found in Europe, California and Québec, for example. B. Knopf; K. Burghaus; C. Flachsland; M. Jakob; N. Koch; O. Edenhofer

MCC and PIK to intensify research on global commons

…the basis of current scientific understanding—into alternative policy options and knowledge maps. Brigitte Knopf, Secretary General of the MCC, is pleased about Edenhofer’s appointment as the Director of PIK. “What’s…

Towards a comprehensive approach to climate policy, sustainable infrastructure, and finance

… Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Bak, C.; Bhattacharya, A.; Edenhofer, O.; Knopf, B.