Greening Europe’s post-COVID-19 recovery
Book edited with Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachman PDF Available here...
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The effect of COVID certificates on vaccine uptake, public health, and the economy
In the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have, among other measures, mandated the use of COVID certificates to prove vaccination, recovery or a recent negative test, and have required individuals to show certificates to acc...
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Instruments of a strategic foreign economic policy
The separation of security and economic objectives in foreign policy, which was often sought in international political issues in the past, has outlived its usefulness. The transition to a more power-based order can be f...
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Elimination versus mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of effective vaccines
Lancet Global Health Abstract: There is increasing evidence that elimination strategies have resulted in better outcomes for public health, the economy, and civil liberties than have mitigation strategies throughout the ...
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Can climate change be tackled without ditching economic growth?
Higher levels of economic activity tend to go hand-in-hand with additional energy use and consumption of natural resources. As fossil fuels still account for 80 percent of the global energy mix, energy consumption remain...
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A green fiscal pact: climate investment in times of budget consolidation
Paper prepared for the informal ECOFIN meeting of EU finance ministers and central bank governors in Ljubljana on 10/11 September 2021. Paper is available here...
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Energy Policy: Conditions are ideal for a new climate club
Our latest piece in the academic journal Energy Policy...
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A global deal for our pandemic age
Report of the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response The report can be downloaded here: www.pandemic-financing.org...
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Digital European Economic Sovereignty? The Case of Semiconductors
Study prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). The notion of European ‘strategic sovereignty’ is increasingly important in debates about the European Union. Given rapidly shifting...
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Conference on the future of Europe: vehicle for reform or forum for reflection?
In the absence of an explicit decision or prioritisation for the Conference on the future of Europe, political dynamics will decide its outcome. The reputational damage for the EU could be significant if both sides of th...
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