Head of Climate Economics at the Helmholtz-Center for Environmental Research (UFZ). Personal views on latest research in sustainability economics.
Jun 5, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Last stage before #COP28 is #SB58! For @UFZ_de on site report @RSchwarze
Hefty work load, unprecedented number of mandated events, efficiency needed. Negotiations texts t.b. expected on Wednesday, June, 14th, at 6 p.m.. Ready to comment at the location! #SB58
May 17, 2023 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
A short critique on Nahm, Miller and Urpelainen (G20’s US$14-trillion economic stimulus reneges on emissions pledges), or why I an less pessimistic ... nature.com/articles/d4158…)
The study compares the stimulus packages of the 20 largest economies in the COVID period (2020/21) and finds an insufficient contribution to emissions reductions.
May 17, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
A week ago, the central bank of #China’s official website announced that the People's Bank will increase 100 billion yuan to support the clean and efficient use of #coal.
Already in November 2021, the People's Bank of China (#PBC) created a special reloan of 200 billion yuan to support the clean and efficient use of coal in seven areas; the total amount of reloans to support #coal has reached 300 billion yuan.
May 15, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The #Ukraine war has shifted international political attention from the Glasgow #COP26 voluntary pledges to the Russian invasion.
Among the Glasgow pledges in detail, I see the most serious shortcomings in the pledge to phase out global funding for coal and other fossil fuels, the so-called #carbonbomb as The Guardian has currently called it, but also in the trend of continued and accelerated #deforestation
