Climate Policy
Columbia Business School Spring 2026 A-term course
EU
The changing geopolitical landscape
European University Institute Climate Week 2025, Palazzo Buontalenti, Florence
Bloomberg: "A US Brain Drain Doesn’t Benefit Anyone"
By Lara Williams and Mark Gongloff
Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance
by Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News
Will US Tariffs Make World Leaders Value the Stability of Renewables?
by Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News
Floods are wreaking havoc around the world. Vienna might have found an answer
The Austrian capital has been spared the worst of recent flooding. Its experience could be a lesson in how to tackle the climate crisis
EU Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
Columbia Business School
Gute Industriepolitik ebnet den Weg zu effektiven CO2-Preisen
Es gibt handfeste Gründe dafür, effizienten Technologien zum Durchbruch zu verhelfen.
Greiner
Online
Stegra: Green Hydrogen Steel
Columbia Business School Case
Deutschsprachige FinanzministerInnen
Bregenz, Österreich
The Best Climate Policy Puts Carrots Before Sticks
Economists have long insisted that the only way to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases rapidly and at scale is to put a price on them. But while that is true, the key to a successful, politically sustainable climate policy is to ensure that the benefits precede the costs.
Convoco!
Salzburg, Austria
The Right Response to China’s Electric-Vehicle Subsidies
While the availability of cheap electric vehicles is good news for the planet and for consumers everywhere, it is bad news for shareholders and employees of Western car companies, and both the United States and Europe are considering imposing import tariffs on Chinese EVs. But tariffs are the wrong approach.
Sonne & Stahl: "Das Jahr im Klima-Check. So gut lief's in den USA & der EU"
Mit Andreas Sator & Miranda Schreurs
What Steel Decarbonization Needs
It is both technically possible and economically feasible to eliminate almost all the carbon dioxide from iron and steel production by mid-century, thus cleaning up an industry that accounts for 10% of global emissions. But progress will not happen without a concerted policy push.
Dialogues de l’économie citoyenne
Paris, France
Decarbonizing voestalpine High-Performance Metal
Columbia Business School Case