Within this project, we provide scientific support for the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt), the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature…
The proposed research project aims at investigating market integration in European electricity markets with a focus on Switzerland. We identify current market integration empirically based on econometric models.…
The project "Integrated Assessment of a Green Transformation: An Assessment of Economic, Social, and Technological Transformation Pathways" aims at identifying long-term pathways towards a sustainable low-carbon…
The European Commission has recently defined in different Communications its vision for climate and energy policies in the medium and long term, setting ambitious targets for 2030. In its Communication on a…
The energy sector is central to worldwide climate protection strategies as it produces a large amount of carbon emissions. However, the effect of emissions reduction policies such as the EU Emissions Trading…
The research questions that we answered in this work were as follows:What distribution effects can result from environmental regulation in the form of excise taxes for households of different income levels and…
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, …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…