Despite the wide recognition of the complex interactions between trade (policy) and climate (policy), the state-of-the-art capabilities in macroeconomic models face substantial limitations, such as lack of…
Against the background of an unprecedented acceleration and scaling of the transformation to climate neutrality, the sub-project focuses on the economic evaluation and design of reliable and adaptable economic…
Countries representing more than 65% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and more than 70% of the world economy have committed to achieving net-zero emissions by mid-century. A critical aspect of achieving the goal…
Four megatrends — technological transformations, globalization, climate change, and demographic changes — are reshaping labor markets, redefining opportunities and risks, and posing new challenges for welfare…
Achieving the Paris agreement goals to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels and contributing to the UN Sustainability Goals will require massive public and …
Natural carbon sinks offer potential for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere by using the natural carbon cycle (e.g., Geden and Scott, 2019). This project analyses a cluster of selected CDR measures…
Increasing energy prices are a particular burden on low-income households and jeopardize their social participation. At the same time - despite substantial financial incentives through federal energy conservation…
Low-income households face multiple challenges in the transformation towards a zero-carbon economy in Germany. This social group is both proportionally more burdened by price-based instruments and exhibits a lower…
We will empirically estimate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on international trade. One hypothesis to be tested is that economies with a higher degree of trade diversification are less harmed by…