Projects of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.03.2015 – 28.02.2018

    Step by Step Commitments for Energy Saving

    The overall aim of the research project STEP_BY_STEP is to investigate behavioral responses to different energy conservation campaigns at the household level in four different European countries (Spain, Italy, …

  2. Project // 23.02. – 30.09.2015

    The Circular Economy and Employment

    First, the project summarized the main definition concepts of a circular economy and clarified the relationship to related concepts such as green growth and eco-innovation. Second, the project estimated the…

  3. Project // 01.02.2015 – 30.01.2019

    European Global Transition Network on Eco-Innovation, Green Economy and Sustainable Development (green.eu)

    Eco-innovations are considered a central enabler for a green economy and for a sustainable development while not threatening the competitiveness of the European Economy. The inter- and transdisciplinary project…

  4. Project // 01.02.2015 – 31.07.2018

    Coordination and Assessment of Research and Innovation in Support of Climate Mitigation Actions (CARISMA)

    CARISMA aims to contribute to the overarching objective of a sustainable, climate-resilient economy and society in the European Union and beyond. The project makes a contribution in the field of climate change…

  5. Project // 01.02. – 30.04.2015

    The Future of Europe's Strategy to Reduce CO2 Emissions from Road Transport

    The objective of this project was to explore future options for a regulatory framework in the EU targeting the reduction of CO2 from road transport after the compliance to the 95 grams per kilometre target in …

  6. Project // 01.12.2014 – 30.11.2015

    Decomposition Analysis of the Changes in Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the EU and Member States

    The objective of this study was to assess the main drivers behind changes in greenhouse gas emissions using both decomposition analysis and econometric analysis, including the causal links between policies and…

  7. Project // 01. – 31.12.2014

    Marginal Abatement Cost for the Evaluation of the Market Stability Reserve

    The European Commission was discussing the introduction of a market stability reserve (MSR) for stabilizing market prices within the EU emission trading system (EU ETS). To assess the likely effect of such an MSR,…

  8. Project // 01.08.2014 – 30.09.2016

    Employment Effects of Environmental Regulation: The German Electricity Tax

    Environmental regulations have important repercussions on the labor market. One of these repercussions concerns employment and the question inhowfar environmental policies generate or destroy employment. This…

  9. Project // 01.07.2014 – 30.06.2017

    Macroeconomic Analysis of Biomass Use by Means of a CGE Model

    In this project, we conduct a macroeconomic analysis of effects induced by the increased use of biomass. In a first step, macroeconomic and sectoral indicators will be identified by a computable general…