Mobilising private capital is crucial for financing the transition to a climate-neutral economy. This requires the involvement of various stakeholders, including households, the financial sector, the real economy…
This project examines the determinants of technology adoption in the heating transition and the role of public policy. We combine quasiexperimental methods and structural modelling with a survey experiment to…
The transportation sector is responsible for 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Policy makers have therefore implemented various transport-related climate policies that are often limited to specific markets…
Recent years have been characterized by overlapping policy challenges: the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and resulting energy crisis and increasing geopolitical tension, as well as the escalating climate crisis.…
As the European Union expands the scope of carbon pricing through the implementation of the EU ETS2—set to include emissions from heating and transport sectors starting in 2027—and as carbon prices are expected to…
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…
Households invest less in energy efficiency than would be rational from an economic and ecological perspective. Research on the energy efficiency gap shows that information deficits, incentives, and social…
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…