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Carbon tax in schools: a laboratory for change
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
Over two million school kids from 135 countries have participated in the climate strikes this year. The "Fridays for future" movement, initiated by climate activist Greta Thunberg, has boosted discussions on which policy tools can have a tangible effect in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One of these tools is putting a price on carbon.
(Also available in German)
Centred on science – how the IPCC can guide mitigation action
Prof Dr Michiel Schaeffer, Dr Robert Brecha, Bill Hare
A Green New Deal in the United States – fantasy or necessity?
Dr Robert Brecha
The Green New Deal (GND) is currently only in the form of a “resolution” introduced by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey; any actual legislation that results from the resolution will be taken up by the respective chambers of Congress – and likely will not be done as a whole package. Having said that, the GND is a rare example of proposing how to tackle a societal-scale set of challenges not by looking at individual components but by presenting a vision for the whole system.
The inadequate in pursuit of the out-of-date: Germany’s coal exit must be revised by 2020
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
Germany's Coal Commission has ignored essential review guidelines of the national climate targets with regard to the Paris Agreement. The commission's plan must be revised already by 2020, alongside the EU's and Germany's targets.
(Article also available in German)
Progress on Loss and Damage in Katowice
Dr Olivia Serdeczny
Beyond offsets? Market mechanisms under the Paris agreement
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Bill Hare