The focus of the seminar is on concepts, design, adoption and performance of greenhouse gas pricing policies and other market-based instruments in European agriculture and LULUCF. Papers that link experiences from other regions or domains (e.g., the energy sector) to useful lessons for EU...

Climate change is one of the greatest economic challenges of our time. Given the scale of the problem, the question of whether a carbon tax should be introduced is hotly-debated in policy circles. This paper studies the design of a carbon tax when environmental factors, such as air...

Gewerkschaften stehen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Arbeit und Nachhaltigkeit: Ihre Aufgabe ist es, die Arbeitsplätze ihrer Mitglieder zu erhalten und Arbeitsbedingungen zu verbessern. Gleichzeitig sind viele dieser Arbeitsplätze Teil nicht-nachhaltiger Branchen. Umstrukturierung und...

Plenarveranstaltungen: - Plenum 1 - Konzepte und Methoden des Polarisierens - Plenum 2 - Innergesellschaftliche Pluralisierungen und Polarisierungen: Gruppen, Identitäten, Milieus - Plenum 3 - Umkämpfte Werte – umkämpfte Diagnosen: Geschlechter­gerechtigkeit als gesellschaftlicher Konflikt...

The workshop teaches step by step the key elements of CGE analysis ranging from the fundamental logic of structural economic equilibrium conditions via the parameterization with empirical data to the application of larger-scale models. The course will build on publications in peer-reviewed...

Preventing climate change is one of the largest global challenges requiring extensive actions by both firms and policy makers. This will also require a substantial transformation of flows intermediated by the financial sector. Recent years have seen a rapid rise in the extent to which the...

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the planet in the 21st century, and this event will provide insight for academics, policymakers and educators about challenges and insights that economics can provide relating to climate change. Event lead by the RES Education and Training...

Highly interconnected global supply chains make countries vulnerable to supply chain disruptions. In this paper, we estimate the macroeconomic effects of global supply chain shocks for the euro area. Our empirical model combines business cycle variables with data from international container...

IZA would like to encourage new research work in the important area of climate change. Global warming is increasing the frequency of extreme climatic conditions across the world. Despite efforts to mitigate the extent of climate change, exposure to extreme events such as heatwaves, floods, and...

We live in a time of unprecedented challenges for the energy sector. As the world begins to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, it becomes evident that the pandemic has brought to the surface economic and societal vulnerabilities, while its repercussions on energy systems have already started to...