Events

This thematic workshop serves to prepare the 8th Forum Climate Economics on February 23, 2021. Various projects of the research theme 2 are preparing the background...

Germany has set itself the goal of becoming a climate neutral country by 2050. But what does that mean in concrete terms? What can and must we do to achieve this? What...

The 7th Forum Climate Economics will discuss the need of an extensive fossil fuel phase-out in order to reach the climate targets of the Paris Agreement. In exchange...

In this paneldiscussion Europe's new sustainable growth strategy in the light of the corona pandemic will be discussed by Theresia Bauer, Ottmar Edenhofer, Günther H....

The roundtable series comprises three virtual discussion rounds on the main topics of the Forum Climate Economics 7. After short impulses from the scientific community,...

In view of the corona pandemic, the German government has announced extensive economic stimulus packages to support and rebuild the economy. These economic stimulus...

This hands-on online workshop in English introduced the participants to the basics of successful career development in academic research and provided them with an...

At the online panel discussion the key players in the metropolitan region of Rhine-Neckar were brought together to discuss the mobility-transition. ZEW scientists...

The first thematic workshop of the cross-cutting theme “financial markets, financial sector and climate finance” took place in Potsdam on March 23th and 24th 2020....

The first thematic workshop of the theme "Climate protection and transformation: Decarbonisation - Competitiveness - Quality of life" helped to prepare the 7th Forum...

Peter Altmaier, Federal Minister of Economics and Energy, explained at the ZEW Mannheim where the Federal Republic stands in terms of climate policy and energy system...

The Climate Friendly Materials (CFM) Platform hosted an event in the Spanish Pavilion at COP25 to open up a new and novel dialogue on innovative policy instruments to...

The parliamentary breakfast under the patronage of Sylvia Kotting-Uhl invites members of the german parliament and their subject specialists to discuss greenhouse gas...

More than one hundred guests discussed the political and social implications of the German Climate Protection Programme. The 6th Klimaforum titled "Carbon pricing –...

Just a few weeks before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Santiago de Chile (COP25), experts from science and politics will inform about the upcoming...

The ARGE panel discussion: “Carbon tax and fossil-fuel phase-out: is Germany on the right path?” takes place on September 25th, 2019 at the Annual Conference of the...

The aim of the conference was to give the projects of the BMBF funding measure Economics of Climate Change II the opportunity to get to know each other, exchange ideas,...

Although most economists and part of the industry recommend carbon pricing as a central climate protection measure, it remains a highly controversial topic during...

During the Forum the outcome of the COP 22 in Marrakech was analyzed and various questions were discussed. What was the progress on key issues? How effective is the...

During the conference "Shaping research on climate economics together" the results of the BMBF´s funding measure Economics of Climate Change I were discussed and new...

In Germany and the EU, climate protection and energy system transformation are implemented by a large number of measures. In addition to the EU Emission Trading System,...

Although the international community has agreed to limit the global temperature rise to a maximum of 2°C, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. To...

The 2030 climate and energy framework was adopted in October 2014 by the European Union. The framework sets specific targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas...

Our first Forum addressed the different dimensions of climate change costs and adaptation options on national and international levels. At the national level climate...