Guntram Wolff Guntram Wolff

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Guntram Wolff Guntram Wolff

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  • Blog
  • Interviews/press
  • Podcast
  • Teaching
  • Bio and Publication list
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The state of trade: the EU’s trade policy

A conversation with Member of the European Parliament Bernd Lange on the European Union’s trade policy. Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff and Senior fellow Alicia García-Herrero welcome Bernd Lange MEP, Chair of the Europea...
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4th November 2021 by Guntram Wolff 450 views Share:
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# Publications

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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3rd November 2021 by Large group of authors 677 views Share:
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Can COP26 save the planet?

With COP26 around the corner, I discuss with Italy’s Minister for Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani. In this live episode we discuss what the Italy G20 Presidency would like to see from Glasgow: the need for ...
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3rd November 2021 by Guntram Wolff 412 views Share:
# Blog

Germany’s current account surplus after the Covid recession

In 2019, Germany ran a current account surplus of $290 billion, the largest in the world. Germany’s current account surplus is persistently large: from 2011 to 2020, it never dropped below 6% of GDP and remained above 7%...
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26th October 2021 by Guntram Wolff 22629 views Share:
# Teaching

Keynote lecture: Klimaneutrale Wirtschaft: die Herausforderung und der europäische Rahmen

Agora Energiewende invited me to give a keynote lecture. It is available here (on youtube)....
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8th October 2021 by Guntram Wolff 295 views Share:
# Blog, Interviews

Can climate change be tackled without ditching economic growth?

The ultimate answer to the question on whether climate change can be tackled without ditching economic growth depends on our willingness to step up climate action massively. This piece originally appeared in Corriere del...
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27th September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1136 views Share:
# Blog

German elections: seizing the moral and economic opportunity of global health security

This blog is part of a series by CGD and partnering institutions from Germany focused on presenting specific policy proposals for the next German government’s leadership on global development issues. The COVID-19 pandemi...
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25th September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 767 views Share:
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Germany’s foreign economic policy: four essential steps

Germany and the EU need to develop a strong and proactive agenda to manage foreign economic relations, which are essential for German and European prosperity. Germany’s foreign economic policy has barely got a mention in...
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23rd September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 581 views Share:
# Publications

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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17th September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 616 views Share:
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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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10th September 2021 by Guntram Wolff 708 views Share:
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Welcome to my homepage. I am a political economist and the director of the German Council on Foreign Relations.

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