Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW policy brief No. 21-05 // 2021

    A Smart Design of New EU Emissions Trading Could Save 61 Per Cent of Mitigation Costs

    Carbon pricing is a key instrument for achieving Europe’s ambitious climate targets. It is therefore not surprising that reform of the EU carbon market is at the heart of the measures proposed by the European…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-053 // 2021

    Energy Conversion and Storage: The Value of Reversible Power-to-Gas Systems

    In the transition to decarbonized energy systems, Power-to-Gas (PtG) processes have the potential to connect the existing markets for electricity and hydrogen. Specifically, reversible PtG systems can convert…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-052 // 2021

    Corporate Carbon Reduction Pledges: An Effective Tool to Mitigate Climate Change?

    In the intensifying public debate about limiting the harmful effects of climate change, many global corporations have recently articulated so-called “net-zero” goals for reducing and ultimately eliminating their…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-048 // 2021

    The Impact of Carbon Prices on Renewable Energy Support

    This paper examines how optimal renewable energy (RE) support (RES) policies need to be adjusted to account for carbon prices. We show theoretically and empirically that changing carbon prices requires adjusting…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Gesellschaftliche Asymmetrien, Prosozialität und ein drittes Prinzip - Perspektiven auf moderne Gesellschaften im Anschluss an Marcel Mauss' Essay Die Gabe

    Dieser Beitrag basiert auf 20 Tiefeninterviews mit verantwortlichen Akteur*innen von Sozialgenossenschaften, Konsortien und Netzwerken der Sozialen Landwirtschaft in vier süditalienischen Regionen, welche stark…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-043 // 2021

    Groundwork for Social-Ecological Transformations: The Social Contract, Global Governance and the Meaning of Time

    A decade ago, the German Advisory Council to the Federal Government on Global Environmental Change (Wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Bundesregierung für Globale Umweltveränderungen–WBGU) published its main report.…