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Funding conservation and restoration of coastal ecosystems : advantages and disadvantages of carbon credits compared to other funding instruments : interim report

Fallasch, Felix; Siemons, Anne; Rickels, Wilfried - 2026

This publication analyses the advantages and disadvantages of carbon credits compared to other financing instruments for protecting and restoring coastal ecosystems. Nine instruments are examined, including emission credits, biodiversity certificates, development cooperation, and blue bonds....

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Analysis of selected Blue Carbon projects in the voluntary carbon market : opportunities and risks of current carbon crediting methodologies : interim report

Jennerjahn, Tim C.; Fallasch, Felix; Siemons, Anne; … - 2026

This report examines the risks and opportunities of using carbon crediting mechanisms to fund the protection and restoration of coastal ecosystems. It evaluates seven projects registered in the voluntary carbon market, focusing on key challenges related to integrity risks such as additionality,...

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From high-tech strategy to high-tech agenda Germany : an overview of 20 years of the German STI flagship policy

Wittmann, Florian; Weiblen, Nele; Hummler, Andreas; … - 2026

This discussion paper examines how Germany designs and implements its major federal science, technology, and innovation (STI) policies. Being a flagship policy since 2006, the High-Tech Strategy and its following successors have not only provided a framework for German STI policy but also...

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The German energy crisis : a TENK-based fiscal policy analysis

Gutsch, Alexandra; Schult, Christoph - 2026 - This version: 15.05.2026

We study the aggregate, distributional, and welfare effects of fiscal policy responses to Germany’s energy crisis arising in 2022 using a novel ten-agent New Keynesian (TENK) model. The crisis, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, led to sharp price increases and significant consumption...

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The EU taxonomy in modeling : quantifying the effect of the EU taxonomy by modelling and an evaluation of scenarios for their EU taxonomy alignment : interim report

Eckstein, Johannes; Al-Dabbas, Khaled; Alexander-Haw, … - 2026

The EU Taxonomy establishes a reporting obligation for large and capital-market oriented companies on the sustainability of their economic activities. How effective this regulation is in reorienting capital flows and changing financing conditions for such activities is an open question. This...

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Projected EU emissions in 2040 : a comparison of assumptions and sector results between the EU Impact Assessment 2040 and the UBA Pathways 2050 scenarios : interim report

Emele, Lukas; Böttcher, Hannes; Hesse, Tilman; Ludig, … - 2026

This study analyses EU-wide greenhouse gas reduction scenarios for the year 2040. Four scenarios presented by the European Commission, in its Impact Assessment (IA) for the 2040 intermediate climate target, are compared against three scenarios developed in the project titled ‘Pathways to an EU...

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Pricing supply chain emissions of natural gas : options for their inclusion in the EU ETS 1 and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) : final report

Santonja di Fonzo, Adrián; Holz, Franziska; Graichen, … - 2026

This report assesses the relevance of natural gas supply chain emissions as well as options for their regulation and pricing within the EU climate policy framework. Including direct supply chain emissions - both CO₂ and methane (CH₄) - can significantly increase the estimated total climate...

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Export carbon leakage : assessment of different policy options in the context of CBAM : interim report

Montrone, Lorenzo; Wehrl, Andreas; Scholz, Daniel - 2026

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) applies the same carbon price to the embedded emissions of selected products imported into the EU market as charged in the EU Emissions Trading System 1 (EU ETS 1). It thereby creates a level playing field in that respect between domestic EU...

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From sustainability transitions to security : mapping the new terrain for innovation policy

Kivimaa, Paula; Janssen, Matthijs; Edler, Jakob - 2026

Increasing rise of military and non-military security issues, globally, influences innovation policies and interacts with policy aspirations to address societal challenges, notably around sustainability transitions. Drawing from research on security, geopolitics, and transformative and...

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Polity configurations and the performance of state intervention in transformative policies : a conceptual framework

Edler, Jakob; Shi, Liu - 2026

The imperatives of addressing grand societal challenges, such as fighting the causes for and implications of climate change, have driven a burgeoning scholarship on policy intervention to facilitate directional change in socio-technical systems. While the role of the state has come into focus -...

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