This paper provides an overview of the treatment of technological change in economic models of environmental policy. Numerous economic modeling studies have confirmed the sensitivity of mid- and long-run climate change mitigation cost and benefit projections to assumptions about technology...

This paper provides an overview of the treatment of technological change in economic models of environmental policy. Numerous economic modeling studies have confirmed the sensitivity of mid- and long-run climate change mitigation cost and benefit pro-jections to assumptions about technology...

Deutschland hat nach dem Beschluss der EU, die europäischen Klimaziele zu verschärfen, und dem Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zur partiellen Verfassungswidrigkeit des Klimaschutzgesetzes seine Klimaziele angehoben. Der Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen soll bis 2030 um mindestens 65%...