Predicting long-run growth effects of decarbonization is subject to high uncertainty. Awareness of limitations of growth forecasts should be raised. Scientific communication should aim at forecasts being misused in the political debate. Comparative analysis of growth effects can have value for...

Der Umbau des deutschen Energiesystems im Zuge der Energiewende wirkt sich in vielfältiger Weise auf die Ziele des energiepolitischen Zieldreiecks - Wirtschaftlichkeit, Umweltverträglichkeit und Versorgungssicherheit - aus. Diese Auswirkungen werden in der politischen und wissenschaftlichen...

Currently informal and formal international negotiations on climate change take place in an intensive way since the Kyoto Protocol expires already in 2012. A post-Kyoto regulation to combat global warming is not yet stipulated. Due to rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emission levels,...

Recent developments suggest that well-intended climate policies--including carbon taxes and subsidies for renewable energy—might not accomplish what policy makers intend. Hans-Werner Sinn has described a “green paradox,” arguing that these policies could hasten global warming by...