The option of adapting to climate change is becoming more important in climate change policy. Hence, responding to climate change now involves both mitigation to address the cause and adaptation as a response to already ongoing or expected changes. These changes are also of relevance for the...

Germany is struggling to meet its 2020 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and climate goals. Against this background, we analyze the current draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) that sets out how Germany aims to achieve its national and European climate goals by 2030. We introduce the...

Emission-free hydrogen (H2) is crucial to decarbonize energy supply and to tackle the climate crisis. To unlock the potential of H2, pipelines infrastructures and related investments are required to enable trade. However, it is uncertain what future H2 infrastructure will be needed. The paper...

Der Stern-Report, der vierte IPCC-Bericht der UNO und nicht zuletzt der extrem warme Winter 2006/07 haben die Klimaproblematik wieder in de Mittelpunkt des öffentlichen Interesses gerückt. Welchen Beitrag kann und sollte Deutschland zur Lösung des Weltklimaproblems leisten? Die Antwort von...