A policy advice model for the IPCC assessments
14.04.2015 –
The MCC has presented a new model for making environmental assessments more policy-relevant, yet not policy-prescriptive.
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Smart financial policy could help meet climate goals
17.02.2015 –
A MCC study proposes taxing CO2 as a means to finance national budgets—and to protect the climate.
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Jan Minx professor for Science Policy and Sustainable Development
09.02.2015 –
MCC’s cooperation on “Governance of the Global Commons” with the Hertie School of Governance has started.
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Foregoing growth hardly helps the environment
09.02.2015 –
A new MCC study advocates the expansion and refinement of the debate around growth as well as the search for a new definition of welfare and prosperity.
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Brigitte Knopf is the new Secretary General of the MCC
29.01.2015 –
The MCC, following a successful setup phase, focuses even more strongly on producing assessments.
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Edenhofer appointed to National Academy
16.01.2015 –
Director of MCC elected as member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering acatech in January.
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How cities would need 25 percent less energy
13.01.2015 –
Shorter commutes, more bike paths, higher fuel prices: The particular policy has to be adjusted to the city type.
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Urban form and climate change
16.12.2014 –
MCC scientist Creutzig explains, in which cities a modal shift from car to public transit and cycling can protect the climate.
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Ethics and Economics: Study on Values in Simulations
05.12.2014 –
A new study contends that the incorporation of value assumptions in scientific scenarios can improve the usability of those scenarios for decision-makers in politics and business.
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Why a EU Carbon Central Bank
06.11.2014 –
A new MCC study shows: Such an authority could reduce political uncertainty and stabilize investors’ expectations on the EU ETS.
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Climate change mitigation through fight against poverty
30.10.2014 –
A new MCC study shows that progress in climate change mitigation is hinged on the alleviation of poverty in the developing and emerging countries.
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Be careful when betting on negative emissions
21.09.2014 –
An artikcle by lead author Sabine Fuss shows: In order to meet the 2-degree target, industrial-scale use of the yet unexplored BECCS technology would be required.
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Edenhofer one of the most important economists in Germany
05.09.2014 –
MCC director Ottmar Edenhofer has climbed up the FAZ`s ranking of economic researchers achieving place eleven.
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Fuss member of Global Carbon Project Scientific Steering Committee
03.09.2014 –
Sabine Fuss has been appointed a member of the GCP Scientific Steering Committee, where she will lead a research initiative called Managing Global Negative Emissions (MaGNET).
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IPCC Co-Chair calls for re-thinking of policy assessments
29.08.2014 –
In the journal “Science” Ottmar Edenhofer and other leading authors comment on deleted content and the strengths and weaknesses of the IPCC process in a series of articles.
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MCC affiliated with the Technical University Berlin
27.08.2014 –
MCC and TU Berlin signed a cooperation agreement to join forces to advance practical policy advice in climate economics.
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EU-wide Energiewende could strengthen Southern economies
22.08.2014 –
MCC group leader Felix Creutzig Researchers advocates for climate policy to combat euro crisis - and sees energy policy as a key EU joint project.
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Obama allies climate policy with finance policy
15.08.2014 –
With its strategy to reduce climate mitigation costs by early action the White House involves the research agenda of MCC scientistd in its current policy.
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Carbon price drop: recession innocent
07.08.2014 –
A new study shows, neither the recession nor the renewable are — as often assumed — the main driver of the massive price drop in the European Emissions Trading System.
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EU ETS: Failure is not an option
30.07.2014 –
Courageous steps are required to reform the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme, argues Ottmar Edenhofer in a comment piece for "Nature Climate Change".
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The Need for Resilience
05.06.2014 –
Felix Creutzig co-authored a commentary on resilience and risk management in Nature Climate Change.
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OECD and MCC discuss assessment reports
16.05.2014 –
The Environment Director at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) visited the MCC. The main purpose of the meeting was to exchange ideas about research projects.
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Release of new IPCC report
14.04.2014 –
As the IPCC's WG III Co-Chair MCC director Ottmar Edenhofer presented its latest report. He says: "It doesn't cost the world to save the planet."
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Energy Commodity Prices
09.04.2014 –
The speculative demand from financial investors is a contributing factor of extreme price changes in the energy commodity markets. This is a key finding of a MCC study.
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Cities to face more heat waves
18.03.2014 –
Creutzig and Fernandez appointed as authors for the Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities.
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New PNAS study
26.02.2014 –
Reform of livestock farming could greatly advance climate protection
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