TY - CHAP A1 - Flachsland, Christian A1 - Edenhofer, Ottmar A1 - Kornek, Ulrike ED - Müller, Michael ED - Sommer, Jörg T1 - Koordinierte CO2-Preise : Ein Vorschlag zur Weiterentwicklung des Pariser Abkommens T2 - Unter 2 Grad? Was der Weltklimavertrag wirklich bringt N2 - Im Dezember 2015 wurde in Paris Geschichte geschrieben: Die Weltklimakonferenz einigte sich auf das erste Klimaschutzabkommen, das alle Länder in die Pflicht nimmt. Damit bekennt sich die Weltgemeinschaft völkerrechtlich verbindlich zum Ziel, die Erderwärmung auf unter zwei Grad zu begrenzen. Doch was ist dieses Paris-Abkommen wert? Wo liegen seine Stärken, welche Herausforderungen kommen auf die Weltgemeinschaft zu? Welche Risiken birgt es? Was muss jetzt politisch folgen? Expertinnen und Experten aus Wissenschaft, Politik, Medien und NGOs analysieren in diesem Buch Hintergründe, Inhalte und Konsequenzen des neuen Weltklimavertrages. Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-3-7776-2570-6 SP - 69 EP - 78 PB - Hirzel CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Leipprand, Anna A1 - Flachsland, Christian A1 - Michael, Pahle T1 - Energy transition on the rise : discourses on energy future in the German parliament JF - Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research N2 - In this paper we describe energy policy discourses and their story-lines in German parliamentary debates, and trace their evolution over the past decades. Through content analysis and coding with MAXQDA, changes in the discourses and in the use of story-lines by different political parties are analyzed. Our study shows that while the concept of a transition towards a nuclear-free, renewables-based energy system became hegemonic within three decades, the discourse itself underwent major changes. Energy Transition was de-radicalized and became part of a discourse of Ecological Modernization, thus aligning with mainstream economic logic. There are still considerable differences in the story-lines narrated by parliamentarians about pathways to Energy Transition and its effects. Discursive struggles into the meaning and the means of the transition project continue, suggesting that discourse structuration is far from complete. KW - discourse analysis KW - story-lines KW - energy transition KW - renewable energy KW - energy policy KW - Germany Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2016.1215241 IS - 3 SP - 283 EP - 305 PB - 30 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Steckel, Jan Christoph A1 - Jakob, Michael A1 - Flachsland, Christian A1 - Kornek, Ulrike A1 - Lessmann, Kai A1 - Edenhofer, Ottmar T1 - From climate finance towards sustainable development finance JF - WIREs Climate Change N2 - Decarbonizing the global energy system requires large-scale investment flows, with a central role for international climate finance to mobilize private funds. The willingness to provide international finance in accordance with common but differentiated responsibilities was acknowledged by the broad endorsement of the Paris Agreement, and the Green Climate Funds in particular. The international community aims to mobilize at least USD 100 billion per year for mitigation and adaption in developing countries. In this article, we argue that too little attention has been paid on the spending side of climate finance, both in the political as well as the academic debate. To this end, we review the challenges encountered in project-based approaches of allocating climate finance in the past. In contrast to project-based finance, we find many advantages to spending climate finance in support of price-based national policies. First, the support for international climate cooperation is improved when efforts of successively rising domestic carbon pricing levels are compensated. Second, carbon pricing sets incentives for least-cost mitigation. Third, investing domestic revenues from emission pricing schemes could advance a country's individual development goals and ensure the recipient's ‘ownership’ of climate policies. We conclude that by reconciling the global goal of cost-efficient mitigation with national policy priorities, climate finance for carbon pricing could become a central pillar of sustainable development and promote international cooperation to achieve the climate targets laid down in the Paris Agreement. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.437 VL - 8 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Edenhofer, Ottmar A1 - Flachsland, Christian A1 - Kornek, Ulrike T1 - Der Grundriss für ein neues Klimaregime JF - ifo Schnelldienst Y1 - 2016 SN - 0018-974X VL - 69 IS - 3 SP - 11 EP - 15 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Flachsland, Christian A1 - Grosjean, G. A1 - Acworth, W. A1 - Marschinski, R. T1 - After Monetary Policy, Climate Policy: Is Delegation Key to EU ETS reform? JF - Climate Policy N2 - Since the crash of carbon prices in phase II of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), many have argued that the low price mirrors structural failures requiring intervention. A wide range of reform options have been suggested, including delegating the governance of the carbon market to an independent authority. This article analyses the debate by reconstructing the various arguments for or against reform. Three possible drivers of the price decline are investigated: (1) exogenous shocks; (2) insufficient credibility; and (3) market imperfections. It is argued that the extent to which a low price is problematic and warrants reform depends on the specific objectives associated with the EU ETS and the perception on the functioning of the market. A two-dimensional EU ETS Reform Space, comprising the degree of price certainty within the EU ETS and the level of delegation, is devised. Within the Reform Space, EU ETS reform options currently discussed are mapped. This descriptive structure offers a framework to clarify whether delegation responds to various concerns with respect to the EU ETS. Delegation might enhance flexibility under unforeseen circumstances, decrease policy uncertainty, and increase the credibility of long-term policy commitments. However, higher degrees of delegation face challenges including democratic legitimacy and political feasibility. KW - Carbon authority KW - Carbon central bank KW - Carbon price KW - Delegation KW - EU Emissions Trading System KW - Market stability reserve Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2014.965657 VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 25 PB - Taylor & Francis ER -