The EU is currently preparing a major overhaul of its climate policy framework to deliver on the Green Deal’s new climate targets of a 55 percent cut in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to 1990 by 2030 and GHG neutrality by 2050. Extending and strengthening the role of carbon pricing,...

Germany aims to phase out coal to achieve its 2030 climate target, for which a UK-style carbon price floor is considered. But this measure comes with risks related to the uncertainty about what price level is sufficient, and the waterbed effect arising from unilateral policy under the EU-ETS....

Following the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima Daiichi, in summer 2011 the German parliament decided to phase-out nuclear power by 2022. When this decision was taken, a number of model-based analyses investigated the influence this decision would have on electricity prices and CO2 emissions. They...

Fabian Joas, Michael Pahle und Christian Flachsland, Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung und Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, stellen die Ergebnisse einer Befragung von 54 Akteuren der Energiewende aus den Bereichen Politik, Wirtschaft,...

The central pillar of European climate policy, the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), is currently under scrutiny, as the allowance price is persistently low at around 5€/tCO2. The cap was met and emissions actually declined in recent years, ensuring the environmental effectiveness of...