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  Press Releases // 22.08.2018

  “Suggestions of a Plastic Tax and Other New Sources of Income for the EU Are Far from Convincing”

  trade of CO2 emissions permits and an EU tax on a future common consolidated corporate tax base. The analysis comes to the conclusion neither a tax on plastic waste, nor revenues from emissions trading
• Events // 13.09.2018

  Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities for Low Carbon Mobility

  workshop is part of the BMBF project “Carbon Neutral Courier Services” (CO2URIER) focusing on concrete sustainability improvements in the courier [...] and transportation. The transport sector is one of the very few sectors in which carbon emissions and local emissions are still rising in most countries. In addition to pollution, the transportation of people [...] electric and self-driving vehicles and the sharing economy Voluntary approaches to reduce emissions: carbon offsetting, car- and ride-sharing and other mechanisms Congestion and air quality
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  News // 20.07.2018

  Cycling for the Climate – ZEW Team Participates in Environmental Awareness Campaign

  tried to clock up as many CO 2 -free kilometres as possible in their daily commutes or other journeys. Over the past weeks, the ZEW team was able to save around 770 kilograms of CO 2 , contributing to a more [...] more sustainable approach to our environment through the city cycling campaign. Apart from reducing CO2 levels, cycling also allows workers to shape their working life in a more active way – thus fostering [...] carried out a number of projects and strongly promoted the careful use of resources, energy and emissions. In addition to the acquisition of company bicycles and eco-friendly business trips, the institute
• News // 25.11.2010

  The Economics of Green IT

  initiate a self-sustaining process of technological advancement in this area. A consumer tax on CO2 emissions should be also be introduced since present-day decision-makers have little consideration for the [...] negative effects of climate change on future generations. The optimistic message from Aghion and his co-authors is that there is a plausible scenario in which catastrophic climate change can be prevented [...] presented a study on the determinants of ecological innovation and the effect of IT investment on emissions. Shunsuke Managi (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan) discussed the effects of
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  News // 29.05.2018

  Seventh Mannheim Energy Conference Focuses on Energy Economics

  focused particularly on topics like energy efficiency, energy innovations as well as CO2 emissions and emissions trading schemes. - The conference opened with an address by Dr. Sebastian Voigt, deputy [...] related to the limits and challenges of expanding emissions trading schemes internationally. In addition, they provided a comprehensive overview of the EU emissions trading scheme, placing special emphasis on [...] on the possible ways of designing emissions trading systems as well as on their impact on the economic performance of firms. What is more, the participants also shed light on the interactions between i
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  News // 09.05.2018

  ZEW Researchers Discuss Ways to Reduce CO2 Emission at UN Climate Conference

  How can we pave the way for an ecologically and socially sustainable society in a way that also makes economic sense? How should this transformation of our society be implemented? How can those involv
• News // 24.04.2018

  An Urban Road Pricing Scheme Is an Efficient Solution to Traffic-Related Air Pollution

  carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the transport sector, which are also damaging to the environment. Of course, when it comes to tackling global climate change, reductions in CO2 emissions can be made in [...] perspective, it makes sense to reduce emissions in those industries where it is cheapest to do so. Due to the existing energy taxes on mineral oil, reducing CO2 emissions in the transport sector is relatively [...] order to be cost-effective, climate policy should focus more heavily on CO2 abatement in the sectors included in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) or have the transport sector integrated into the ETS
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  Press Releases // 29.03.2018

  Urban Road Pricing Schemes Have a Clear Advantage over Diesel Car Bans in Cities

  governing exhaust emissions across all modes of transport. Emissions should be reduced where it is cheapest to do so As well as local air pollutants, policy-makers should be looking at CO 2 emissions in the transport [...] abatement costs for CO 2 appear to be comparatively high in the transport sector. In order to be cost-effective, therefore, climate policy should focus more heavily on reducing CO 2 emissions in the sectors [...] same time, policy-makers should also place a stronger focus on the EU emissions trading scheme as a means of reducing CO2 emissions in the transport sector in a cost-effective way. - This is the finding
• Publications // 11.04.2018

  ZEW Discussion Paper - The Demand for Global and Local Environmental Protection – Experimental Evidence from Climate Change Mitigation in Beijing

  Chinese CO2 emissions trading schemes (ETS). Purchased permits were withdrawn from the ETS. Since CO2 emissions mitigation is inevitably linked to other local benefits like the reduction in emissions of air [...] demand for voluntary climate change mitigation in Beijing is driven by concerns for local co-benefits of CO2 emissions reduction. Our research identifies the important role of private benefits in the voluntary
• Projects // 01.01.2017

  Pathways to Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Supply Chains

  buildings, transportation infrastructure and transportation, covering at least 75 percent of Sweden’s CO2 emissions. Five academic work packages support these case studies with a high level of cross-interaction [...] Carbon Exit takes on this challenge by focusing on opportunities and barriers for mitigating carbon emissions along the industry supply chains - from the input of raw materials, over primary and secondary