Vor dem Hintergrund der europäischen Klimaschutzziele und der Herausforderungen der nationalen Energiewende- und Klimapolitik hat die Bundesregierung 2023 mehrere Gesetzesvorhaben vorangetrieben. Während die Reform des Gebäudeenergiegesetzes ("Heizungsgesetz") und das damit verbundene Gesetz...

Im Jahr 2000 verabschiedete die rot-grüne Koalition das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) und betrachtete Deutschland damit als internationalen Vorreiter im Bereich der erneuerbaren Energien. Im März 2024 initiierte die Ampelkoalition das Förderprogramm Klimaschutzverträge und sah darin...

The paper aims to briefly present the main problems regarding the impact of climate change on living organisms (humans, animals, plants), the measures taken so far to solve these problems and the actions that must be taken into account by the European Union and the states members. They propose...

This paper develops a mechanism design approach to study externalities and re-distribution. The mechanism screens individuals’ social weights to strike a balance among broad distributional objectives, incentives to work, and incentives to reduce externalities. The welfare-optimal allocation...

Key methodologies used for managing weather risks have relied on the assumption that climate is not changing and that the historic weather record is therefore representative of current risks. Anthropogenic climate change upends this assumption, effectively reducing the information available to...

Despite the increasing importance of occupations that rely heavily on interpersonal interaction, the impact of heat on team production relative to individual production remains largely unexplored. Heat can affect team and individual production in distinct ways, potentially increasing aggression,...

This paper proposes an approach to estimate the impact of adverse climatic events on the profitability of small European banks (LSIs). By considering river ooding phenomena, we construct a unique database matching the information on location, frequency and severity of oods with the location and...

Economists tend to view a uniform emissions price as the most cost-effective approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This paper offers a different view, focusing on economies where society values the well-being of future generations more than private actors. Employing analytical and...

Economists tend to view a uniform emissions price as the most cost-effective approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This paper offers a different view, focusing on economies where society values the well-being of future generations more than private actors. Employing analytical and...

In this study, we develop a two-country model to examine whether border carbon adjustments (BCAs) are more effective than emission tax alone in preventing carbon leakage and decreasing global emissions with endogenous assembly locations. Specifically, we explore three policy regimes: i) emission...