Germany could have reached Kyoto protocol obligations earlier if German solar investments would be relocated to Sicily. Additional benefits of emission savings and energy production should rise up to 72%. Nevertheless German solar power plants 2008 counted for 20 % of the financial benefits...

This dissertation was written by Johannes Pfeiffer while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in November 2016 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the department of economics of the University Regensburg in December 2016. The thesis studies unintended...

To achieve the turnaround towards carbon neutrality, countries need to take much more ambitious action in this decade. One of the key fields of action is the transition of the energy sector –from fossil to renewable fuels, while drastically reducing energy consumption. This paperdiscusses...

Das novellierte Klimaschutzgesetz von 2021 gilt als ein wesentlicher Schritt zur Erfüllung der nationalen Klimaschutzziele und als Zeichen einer stärkeren Verankerung des Klimaschutzes in der deutschen Politik. Auf regionaler Ebene, auf der viele Klimaschutzmaßnahmen umgesetzt werden, zeigt...

Das novellierte Klimaschutzgesetz von 2021 gilt als ein wesentlicher Schritt zur Erfüllung der nationalen Klimaschutzziele und als Zeichen einer stärkeren Verankerung des Klimaschutzes in der deutschen Politik. Auf regionaler Ebene, auf der viele Klimaschutzmaßnahmen umgesetzt werden, zeigt...

With a glut of natural gas in North America, Canada's natural gas sector is looking to reach new global markets for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. The federal government will likely rule soon on environmental assessments of LNG exports facilities on Canada's west coast.If LNG from Canada...

In the absence of first-best climate policy, we demonstrate that existing government institutions and policy established for reasons unrelated to climate change may induce climate adaptation. We examine the impact of temperature on ambient ozone concentration in the United States from 1980-2013,...

The increasing attention paid to the possible consequences of climate change for the financial sector has strengthened international cooperation on green finance, with initiatives from both the industry and the institutions. International surveys show that so far there has been no adequate...

The introduction of a price on carbon dioxide is expected to be more efficient than prescriptive regulation. It also instantiates substantial economic value. Initially programs allocated this value to incumbent firms (grandfathering), but the growing movement toward auctioning or emissions fees...

In July 2014, Australia abolished the Australian carbon pricing mechanism introduced in 2011. In comparison, the EU emissions trading scheme has been up and running since 2005 despite critical challenges at various junctures. What explains the quick unravelling of the former and the...