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Caspar D. Friedrich, la grande riserva
Le opere d’arte più importanti possiedono una qualità singolare: continuano a generare nuovi significati anche a distanza di molto tempo dalla loro creazione. È quanto accade in modo particolarmente evidente con La grande riserva (Das grosse Gehege) di Caspar David Friedrich, dipinta quasi due secoli fa, nel 1832.
Naoshima e Teshima: isole-museo in Giappone
Il turismo è nato, come sappiamo, dal contatto stretto con l’arte ed è stato vissuto ai suoi albori come una prassi estetica. Chi intraprendeva il Grand Tour alla fine del Seicento scopriva con i propri occhi la bellezza classica dell’Italia e, nel contempo, l’interpretazione di quest’ultima fornita da artisti in auge quali il Domenichino, Claude (Claude Lorrain), Nicolas Poussin e tanti altri.
Why there are still good reasons to be optimistic about climate action
The world is experiencing a backlash against climate action. Even so, there are reasons not to give up hope, our opinion columnist argues: affordable renewables, growing climate awareness and, paradoxically, the war in the Middle East. 09. April 2026 09. April 2026 Despite everything, independent climate economist Michael Jakob remains optimistic. (privat) Sign up now and continue reading immediately No credit card details required. No automatic renewal. Sie haben bereits das Table.Briefing Abonnement?
Don’t despair, collective action can address climate change
Positive Tipping Points: How to Fix the Climate Crisis Tim Lenton Oxford Univ. Press (2025) Earth-systems scientist Tim Lenton has long been emphasizing the importance of ‘tipping points’ for climate change. In a seminal paper published in 2008, he and his co-authors identified several elements of Earth’s climate system that might shift to a different state irreversibly once physical thresholds are crossed (T. M. Lenton et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 105, 1786–1793; 2008).
Climate Doomsday? Why There’s Still Room for Climate Optimism
We are definitely not on track to reach the climate targets of the Paris Agreement. In about two years, humanity will have used up the remaining carbon budget – that is, the emissions that can still be released to the atmosphere – consistent with the goal of keeping global warming to below 1.5°C. Yet, despite these sobering prospects, some important progress has been achieved in recent years on several fronts.
The Case Against Climate Doom
Open Access 2025 | Open Access | Buch Loggen Sie sich ein, um Ihre Alerts zu aktualisieren und Neue anzulegen. Frontmatter Open Access Introduction Open Access Social Change Open Access Political Change Open Access Technological Change Open Access Outlook Backmatter Titel The Case Against Climate Doom verfasst von Michael Jakob Copyright-Jahr 2025 Electronic ISBN 978-3-031-93968-6 Print ISBN 978-3-031-93967-9 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93968-6
The Case Against Climate Doom
Skip to main content An Economist’s Guide to Climate Optimism Book Open Access 2025 The Case Against Climate Doom Overview This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Offers a positive perspective on climate change that outlines practical ways it can be overcome Highlights the economic opportunities of green technologies and carbon-neutral industry Provides an accessible and insightful introduction to environmental economics By highlighting the social,...
International Oil Extraction Levy
This report explores the design and implications of an international oil extraction levy as a mechanism to mobilize new sources of climate finance. The assessed levy places a price on the embedded CO₂ in extracted crude oil, increasing production costs and likely raising oil prices for final consumers. By internalising part of the climate costs of fossil fuels, the mechanism aligns with the polluter pays principle. Our analysis shows that such a levy holds considerable revenue potential.
Prolegomena per una teoria del paesaggio
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Prolegomena per una teoria del paesaggio [1] Università della Svizzera italiana, Mendrisio, Svizzera Localización: Moderna: semestrale di teoria e critica della letteratura, ISSN 1128-6326, Vol. 25, Nº. 1, 2023, págs.
Analyse: Deutschlands Klimaaußenpolitik: Kontext – Rückschau – Weiterentwicklung | Ariadne
Mit dem Schlagwort Klimaaußenpolitik (KAP) bezeichnet die Bundesregierung ihre Bemühungen, internationale Klimapolitik in alle außenpolitischen Bereiche zu integrieren und damit ihre Klimadiplomatie kohärent und strategisch auszurichten. Das betrifft die interne Organisation, eine dedizierte Klimaaußenpolitikstrategie sowie inhaltliche Schwerpunkte, Initiativen und Partnerschaften in der diplomatischen Praxis.
Carbon pricing and household welfare: evidence from Uganda
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Rechtsgutachten zur Krisenfestigkeit des EU-ETS
Publication Citation Dück, Lina-Marie et al. 2024: Rechtsgutachten zur Krisenfestigkeit des EU-ETS. Abschlussbericht. Umweltbundesamt: Dessau-Roßlau. This legal opinion on the resilience of the EU ETS analyses whether the system is sufficiently crisis-proof to deal with economic downturns, inflation and natural disasters. These crisis scenarios can significantly impair the functioning of the EU ETS.
Comparing Policy Options to Address Export-related Carbon Leakage
From 2026, the European CO₂ border adjustment (CBAM) will ensure that European industrial companies remain competitive despite rising CO₂ prices. The CBAM thus enables an ambitious European climate policy through effective emissions trading. However, the CBAM only covers imports into the EU: The question of whether and how the EU should take action to ensure the competitiveness of exporting companies is still unresolved.
State and Trends of Carbon Pricing Report 2023
https://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/state-and-trends-carbon-pricing-2023 Publication Citation World Bank. 2023. State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2023. © http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39796 Carbon pricing is gaining traction around the world, as more and more jurisdictions implement emissions trading systems or tax carbon emissions to achieve their climate objectives.
Dividenden kassieren - Mit diesen Tipps profitieren Anleger
Ich bin aufgrund meiner langjährigen Aktienanalysen mit den Herausforderungen vertraut, die das Dividendengeschäft mit sich bringt. Und weiß, wie man dennoch davon profitieren kann. Dieser Artikel zeigt, wie rentabel dieses Anlagekonzept wirklich ist und wie interessierte Anleger ihre finanziellen Bedürfnisse mithilfe von Dividenden erfüllen können. Warum Dividenden eine attraktive passive Einkommensquelle darstellen Dividenden bieten als passive Einkommensquelle den Vorteil des minimalen Aufwands.
Assessing different European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism implementations and their impact on trade partners - Communications Earth & Environment
Abstract The European Union (EU) will implement a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to reach its climate mitigation targets while avoiding the relocation of its industries to countries with less stringent climate policies (carbon leakage). The exact implementation and possible future extensions of such an EU CBAM are still being debated. Here we apply a throughflow-based accounting method on detailed trade network data to assess the coverage of different implementation options.
Wege zu einer sozial gerechten Verkehrswende
The transport sector is one of the main emitters of greenhouse gases. To meet the demands of the Paris Climate Agreement, a radical transition in transport policy needs to be initiated. In this book, Dr. Michael Jakob (Ecologic Institute) discusses the opportunities and challenges of the transport turnaround from the perspective of ecological and social sustainability.
Advancing a Green Hydrogen Agenda in the G20
This policy brief aims to support the work of NGOs and think tanks by developing elements of a green hydrogen agenda for the G20. Based on an analysis of the heterogeneous interests and agenda of the G20 countries, the first part discusses the challenges and opportunities of the G20 as a forum for shaping the emerging markets for hydrogen and hydrogen-based products into a direction that is compatible with climate neutrality.
Europe’s energy crisis is an opportunity to shape emerging green hydrogen market
The war on Ukraine — a major exporter of natural gas — has wreaked havoc on energy markets in Europe. Faced with imminent energy shortages, governments have ramped up coal use and expanded import of liquified natural gas from other nations. The International Energy Agency estimates that coal use in Europe could increase by 7 percent in 2022, after a 14 percent jump in 2021. This is a problem. Europe is sliding backward on its climate goals, just when it needs to be leaping forward.
To end coal, adapt to regional realities
To stall climate change, coal power plants must be phased out globally. But king coal is far from abdicating. And that’s because global strategies are not adapted to national realities. Coal power plants are the dirtiest form of electricity production, emitting up to twice as much carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour as do natural-gas facilities.
How trade policy can support the climate agenda
Information Published In Science Volume 376 | Issue 6600 24 June 2022 Copyright Copyright © 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Submission history Published in print: 24 June 2022 Permissions Request permissions for this article. We thank H. Colyer for language editing and A. Bosio for supporting the preparation of the manuscript.
How finance from rich nations could drive 40% of new coal plant emissions
Coal use needs to rapidly fall this decade if the world has any chance of achieving the 1.5C temperature target of the Paris Agreement, yet new coal power plants are still being built. Severe criticism is often levelled at Asian nations where the vast majority of coal power construction is taking place, while coal use declines in Europe and North America.
Finance-based accounting of coal emissions
Most new coal-fired power plants are currently being constructed in Asia. These plants are financed by banks and investors, which in many instances reside elsewhere. This paper examines the international dimension of coal financing from commercial banks and institutional investors based on a newly constructed dataset.
How to ‘fairly’ share emissions from goods traded around the world
But, as the world attempts to curb its greenhouse gas emissions, its increasing interconnectedness can complicate matters. A key debate is who should be held responsible for greenhouse gas emissions of internationally traded goods. In a globalised economy, should responsibility for emissions lie with those that produce goods? Or should it rather be accounted for by those that consume final goods and services?
How to ‘fairly’ share emissions from goods traded around the world
Each year, close to $20tn worth of traded goods are driven, shipped and flown across the world. The global value of trade in goods has tripled during the 21st century alone. But, as the world attempts to curb its greenhouse gas emissions, its increasing interconnectedness can complicate matters. A key debate is who should be held responsible for greenhouse gas emissions of internationally traded goods. In a globalised economy, should responsibility for emissions lie with those that produce goods?
The future of coal in a carbon-constrained climate
Phasing out coal requires expanding the notion of a ‘just transition’ and a roadmap that specifies the sequence of coal plant retirement, the appropriate policy instruments as well as ways to include key stakeholders in the process. Despite decades of knowledge about its contribution to climate change, coal combustion still accounts for 40% of global CO2 emissions from energy use.
Aktien mit bis zu 16% Dividendenrendite als Sachdividenden: So geht's!
von Michael C. Jakob · Veröffentlicht 10. April 2019 · Aktualisiert 19. September 2019 Der Lindt & Sprüngli 4-kg Schokoladenkoffer ist zur Legende geworden. Alle Aktionäre erhalten jährlich einen “Schokikoffer” kostenlos nach Hause geschickt, mit neuen Kreationen und alten Klassikern. Eine Aktie notiert allerdings auch zu einem Wert von 70’000 EUR (Stand April, 2019). Der Koffer kann nicht käuflich erworben werden, er steht ausschließlich den Aktionären zu.
Coal and carbonization in sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract Economic development in sub-Saharan Africa has increased carbon emissions and will continue to do so. However, changes in emissions in the past few decades and their underlying drivers are not well understood. Here we use a Kaya decomposition to show that rising carbon intensity has played an increasingly important role in emission growth in sub-Saharan Africa since 2005. These changes have mainly been driven by the increasing use of oil, especially in the transportation sector.
Successful coal phase-out requires new models of development
Different energy sources have different spillovers on economic development and industrialization. Pathways of economic development based on renewable energy sources might require additional policies to support industrial development. Fig. 1: Coal use across space and time. Fig. 2: Changes in poverty rates against the share of coal in total power capacity additions. References 1. Luderer, G. et al. Nat. Clim. Chang. 8, 626–633 (2018). 2. Glaeser, E. L., Kerr, S. P. & Kerr, W. R. Rev. Econ. Stat. 97, 498–520 (2015). 3.
Mountains and the Rise of Landscape
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1526–1569), “The Tower of Babel,” 1563. The mountain-like tower reaching toward heaven can be seen as both an image of the human desire to create something monumental and a symbol of an impossible enterprise. “Mountains and the Rise of Landscape” is the culmination of a curatorial project and a research seminar conducted at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, the latter focusing on the question, How do you model a mountain?
Mobilizing domestic resources for the Agenda 2030 via carbon pricing
We thank U. Weddige and A. Marxen for support with visualizing data, G. Schmidt-Traub, B. Wils, G. Hutton and J. Lim for support with the data, T. Hausotter of the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ) for comments on an early draft of the paper, and A. Churiakova for research assistance.
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