20 June 2022

I.S.E.O Summer School

Iseo (Brescia), Italia

"Covid, Ukraine, and Climate"
20 June 2022, 17:30-19:30 (CET)
Istituto di studi Economici e per l'Occupazione (ISEO) Summer School

In this talk, climate economist Gernot Wagner will focus on systemic risks like the Covid-19 pandemic and draw parallels to unmitigated climate change. Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine are both examples of negative surprise events. Climate change, too, is beset with risks, uncertainties, and large-scale tipping point — with an important twist. For climate change, the world is in a race between negative climatic and positive socio-economic tipping points, driven by massive advances in low-carbon, high-efficiency technologies.

More info: istiseo.org

Batterien statt Kraftwerke

Deutschland hat es versäumt, eine konsequente Energiepolitik für die Zukunft zu machen. Stattdessen lähmt eine übervorsichtige Industriepolitik den Wandel. So bleibt man abhängig – von China und den USA.

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The YEARS Project mini-documentary

8 Jul 25

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Coalbed methane is an underappreciated problem of global steel production. While cutting methane emissions in the steel supply chain will not produce green steel overnight, it could reduce the sector’s emissions by the equivalent of a billion tons of carbon annually, and at little cost.

25 Sep 25