Die Abscheidung und Lagerung von CO2 wird zunehmend als Option im Rahmen einer Klimaschutzstrategie diskutiert. Wie sicher und wie wirksam ist diese Methode? Ottmar Edenhofer, Brigitte Knopf und Matthias Kalkuhl, Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Berlin, machen deutlich, dass die...

This paper takes the ‘policy failure' in establishing a global carbon price for efficient emissions reduction as a starting point and analyzes to what extent technology policies can be a reasonable second-best approach. From a supply-side perspective, carbon capture and storage (CCS) policies...

Interest rates are central determinants of saving and investment decisions. Costly financial intermediation distort these price signals by creating a spread between the interest rates on deposits and loans with substantial effects on the supply of funds and the demand for credit. This study...

Limiting global warming to well below 20 C may result in the stranding of carbon-sensitive assets. This could pose substantial threats to financial and macroeconomic stability. We use a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with financial frictions and climate policy to study the risks a...