Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

Today, more than 70% of the world’s total electricity production is supplied by power plants using conventional fossil fuels. Coal accounts for more than half of the fossil fuel combustion in electricity plants.…

In the recent survey of the KfW/ZEW CO2 Indicator, Emission Trading Experts were asked about their preferences regarding the planned Europe-wide auctioning of Emission Allowances starting in 2013. A majority of…

This paper investigates whether climate negotiators have preferences for equity and whether these preferences may help to explain different positions in international climate policy. For this purpose we…

• Chemical Industry Less Innovative
• Younger Pupils More Often Victims
• Study Calls for Elimination of 4.8 Billion Euro in Tax Breaks
• ZEW Study Shows Inefficiency in National Real Estate Stock Markets
• Competition in…

The European Emission Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) is the first large-scale and inter-regional trading scheme for greenhouse gas emissions. It is seen as the central instrument of European climate policy. After a…

Energieeffizienzpolitik in der Kritik

Energiewirtschaft

• Stabile Versorgungssicherheit im Jahr 2010
• Kaum Versorgungsprobleme 2009
• Langfristig Unsicherheiten bei der Öl- und Gasversorgung

Energiepreise

• Kurzfristig…

ZEW/ProgTrans-Umfrage unter Transportmarktexperten - Stabile bis moderat steigende Preise erwartet

In den meisten Verkehrszweigen der deutschen Transportwirtschaft ist im nächsten halben Jahr mit einer Zunahme…