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June 3rd 2022 - CONFERENCE / LECTURES

19/05/2022

Conference on Transformation of the global energy system and the distributional consequences of climate policy (English 9:30 – 12:15)

Details

Final Conference of the Project

“The Role of Structural Change and Distributional Effects” (ROCHADE)

  • Do ambitious climate policies prevent economic development?

  • Do rising CO2 prices burden poor households in the global South in particular?

These questions will be discussed with leading international scholars researching the development and distributional impacts of climate policy and the transformation of the global energy system.

9:30-9:45Opening Remarks–
Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr, WU Vienna, WIFO
9:45-10:30Mitigation policies in a globalized and developing world:
the role of structural change and distributional effects
(ROCHADE) – Prof. Jan Steckel, BTU Cottbus, MCC
10:30-10:45Break
10:45-11:15Putin’s war, distributional justice and climate policy options
– Lessons from an optimaltaxation model for Germany
– Prof. Ottmar Edenhofer, TU Berlin, MCC, PIK
11:15–11:45Global energy regime complexity: the challenges ahead
– Prof.in Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt, TU Munich
11:45–12:15Feasibility of climate change mitigation in the real world
– Prof.in Jessica Jewell, Chalmers University of Technology

Further Information

Further Information WIFO

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