The economics of biodiversity is gaining traction and with it the economic valuation of ecosystem services (ESS). Most current developments neglect micr

Technological development and innovations play a decisive role on the path to climate neutrality. In the short run, the dissemination of already developed and market-ready technologies is crucial for global greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions....

We quantify the impact of large flooding events on the plant-level trade of manufacturing firms in China. Constructing a panel data set of more than 685,000 geolocated plants and provincial city and county measures of flooding events derived from...

In cooperation of the Christian-Albrechts-University (CAU) and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Wilfried Rickels takes up a professorship to research economic aspects of atmospheric CO2 removal (Economics of Negative Emissions Technologies)....

In an interdisciplinary team of economists, sociologist, and political scientist, the project plans to analyze the influence of climate change on attitudes towards migration and actual migration decisions using the example of Senegal.

In Germany, it is de facto forbidden to store captured carbon dioxide underground, and there is considerable skepticism about this technical possibility.

Angesichts des Angriffskrieges Russlands auf die Ukraine und der resultierenden Verwerfungen werden zur Energiesicherung in Deutschland bereits Kohlekra

This paper presents the overall and distributional welfare effects of alternative multi-regional emissions trading coalitions relative to unilateral act

The COP27 world climate summit is not only intended to concretize the implementation of global climate targets, but is also a reminder to meet the national emission reduction targets defined under the Paris Agreement. The considerable damage that...

The European Union cap-and-trade emissions trading system (EU ETS) faces two challenges in the context of the European Green Deal. First, to meet the Pa