Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW policy brief No. 24-20 // 2024

    Klimakonferenz in Baku: Mehr Reziprozität in der internationalen Klimapolitik

    Das Pariser Klimaabkommen sieht vor, die globale Erderwärmung auf unter 2°C gegenüber dem vorindustriellen Niveau zu begrenzen. Eine Herausforderung, deren Erfolg von der internationalen Kooperation der…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-065 // 2024

    More Frequent Commitments Promote Cooperation, Ratcheting Does Not

    International climate negotiations have so far failed to produce ambitious climate cooperation. We combine laboratory experiments with simulations to investigate the performance of two negotiation design…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-064 // 2024

    Regulated Correlations — Climate Policy and Investment Risks

    Investments in energy technologies are substantially governed by climate policy. We demonstrate analytically that price-based instruments, such as carbon-taxes, and quantity-based regulations, like emission…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-061 // 2024

    Assessing the Costs of Industrial Decarbonization

    Companies in various industries are under growing pressure to assess the costs of decarbonizing their operations. This paper develops a generic abatement cost concept to identify the cost-efficient combination…

  5. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2024

    Can the Financial Sector Protect the Climate? The Potential of Sustainable Finance

    Climate policy aims to reduce emissions by redirecting investment from emission-intensive toward carbon-neutral assets. One key instrument, carbon pricing, guides investors and asset managers by lowering the…

  6. ZEW policy brief No. 24-15 // 2024

    Urban Air Mobility – Mehr Luftschloss als Senkrechtstarter!

    Urban Air Mobility (UAM) beschreibt den kommerziellen Personentransport in der Luft, in oder zwischen Städten und ländlichen Gebieten, mittels eVTOL-Vehikeln (electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles).…